Resources
Funding Sources
A list of all the STEM Education focused efforts of the federal government can be found here. Information on the NSF's data management plan requirements has been put together by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.
Agency Descriptions
- DRL (Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings)
- DUE (Division of Undergraduate Education)
- EIR (Education and Interdisciplinary Research)
- ESP (Education and Special Programs) -eg. CAREER Awards
- FIPSE (Dept. of Ed's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education)
- NSF Current Education Program Announcements
January
- Cyberlearning -- required letter of intent due in May
- DR K-12 (Discover Research K-12) (preliminary proposal in October)
- ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
- PRIME (Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation)
- TUES (Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic--was CCLI) -- (Type 2, 3, and Central Resource projects) The title of the CCLI program was changed in order to emphasize the special interest in projects that have the potential to transform undergraduate STEM education. The additional review criteria have been modified to emphasize the desire for projects that (1) propose materials, processes, or models that have the potential to enhance student learning and to be adapted easily by other sites and (2) involve a significant effort to facilitate adaptation at other sites.
- Research in Engineering Education -- January and August
February
- GSE (Research on Gender in Science and Engineering) -- Letter of intent, full proposal due in March
- HSD (Human and Social Dynamics)
- PIRE (Partnership for International Research and Education)
- SLC (Science of Learning Centers)
March
- GSE (Research on Gender in Science and Engineering) -- Letter due in February
- IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship)
- PREM (Partnership for Research and Education in Materials)
- Noyce (Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program)
- RIGEE (Research Initiation Grants in Engineering Education)
- TSL (Transforming STEM Learning)
April
- ALT (Advanced Learning Technologies)
- CE21 (Computing Education for the 21st Century)
- NSDL (National STEM Education Distributed Learning) -- Letter of Intent, full proposal due in May
- FIRE (Fostering Interdisciplinary Research in Education)
May
- Cyberlearning -- Required letter of intent, full proposal due in January
- GK-12 (Graduate Student Teaching Fellowship)
- NSDL (National STEM Education Distributed Learning)
- TUES (Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic--was CCLI) (Type 1 projects)
July
- Informal Science Education (Preliminary proposal, full proposal due in Dec)
August
- SLC (Science of Learning Centers)
- S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program) -- Letter of intent, full proposal due in September
- Research in Engineering Education -- January and August
- REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) -- see Dear Colleage Letter encouraging Education Research
September
- STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program) -- Letter of intent due in August
October
November
- DR K-12 (Discover Research K-12) -- Preliminary proposal, full proposal due in January
- REESE (Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering) + Letter
December
- Informal Science Education (Full proposal, preliminary proposal due in July)
Also take note of this NSF "Dear Colleague Letter" that describes the incorporation of STEM education research into CAREER proposals.
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