Research Experience for Teachers at the University of Notre Dame (RET@ND) is a program of summer research projects for high school teachers of the Michiana region. The projects will be directed by faculty members from several academic departments in the Colleges of Engineering and Science at Notre Dame. Participating teachers will be encouraged to create new curricular modules for use in their classrooms.

The projects cover a wide choice of mathematical, scientific, and technological topics. The projects vary in duration from 4 to 8 weeks. The stipends for participating teachers range from $1,500 to $6,000. Participating teachers may also receive college credit for their work.

The Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning at Notre Dame is the organizational and facilitating point of entry to RET@ND. It will organize weekly presentations on both scientific and teaching related topics. The Center will organize opportunities for teachers from all disciplines to meet each other socially so that they can discuss their research, curricular and pedagogical matters, as well as the set of issues that they face in their high schools. The participating high school teachers will form a network of mathematics, science and technology teachers from the region in partnership with Notre Dame.

Information about Projects: Description of the projects, stipend information, and names of supervising faculty members, can be found in the Project Descriptions section of this site.

Application Process: Interested teachers should fill out the on-line Application Form and submit it. The project application deadline is March 1, 2007. The number of positions is limited, but every effort will be made to accept as many qualified candidates as possible. Applicants will be notified by April 15, 2007 of their status.

Funding: This is provided by various National Science Foundation sponsored RET programs hosted by the academic departments, as well as the University of Notre Dame.