| ExLENT nsf23507 | Pivots & Beginnings Tracks: March 2, 2023; 5:00 pm (submitters local time) | Up to $1,000,000 | No | Up to 3 years | IHEs, Non-profit/nonacademic organizations that are directly associated with educational or research activities, For-profit if cooperating with IHE or if the project is meritorious, State and Local Governments | The goal of ExLENT is to expand the workforce in emerging technology fields (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics) by increasing diverse learners access to emerging technology career training and pathways through experiential learning opportunities. Ideal experiential learning opportunities place individuals in authentic workplace environments that foster learning by engaging in the process of identifying and solving real-world problems. Experiential learning, from internship and cooperative programs to service-based learning and research opportunities, has demonstrated success in attracting and retaining students in STEM fields at all educational levels. Although these entry-level opportunities are becoming more common in higher education, access to experiential learning activities remains limited and particularly challenging for individuals not enrolled at a college or university. |
| Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education | Pivots, Beginnings, & Explorations Tracks: September 14, 2023 | Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. | No | Open | Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Enhance support for research, development, implementation, and assessment to improve STEM education at two-year colleges. This is a targeted approach for advancing innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education. It also seeks to support systemic approaches to advance inclusive and equitable STEM education practices. |
| Racial Equity in STEM Education | Encouraged to send one-page concept paper in advance of submitting; Deadline: 7/13/2021 | $250,000 - $5,000,000 | No | Open | PreK-12, Institutions of Higher Education; municipal organizations; STEM workplaces; informal STEM contexts, such as museums, community organizations, media | Support bold, potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM. Advance racial equity in STEM education and workforce development through research and practice. Core to this funding opportunity is that proposals are led by, or developed and led in authentic partnership with, individuals and communities most impacted by the inequities caused by systemic racism. |
| Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) | 7/21/2021, annually thereafter the third Wednesday in July | $300,000 - $3,000,000 | No | Open | Institutions of Higher Education and associated organizations | Approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. Educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. Bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning. |
| Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) | 8/12/2022 | $100,000 - $5,000,000 | No | 1-5 years | Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Projects building on prior fundamental and/or applied research in STEM education and providing theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Projects will also be expected to be research-informed and to result in field-tested outcomes and products that enhance STEM teaching and learning at two-year colleges. |
| Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) | 8/31/2021 (last Tuesday in August, annually thereafter) | $75,000 - $3,000,000 | Yes | 1-6 years | Institutions of Higher Education; consortia of such institutions; nonprofit organizations, professional societies or similar organizations. | Recruiting, preparing, and retaining elementary and secondary math and science teachers and teacher leaders in high-need school districts. Supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become K-12 STEM teachers; experienced K-12 STEM teachers to become teacher leaders in high-need school districts; research on effectiveness and retention of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts. |
| Advanced Technological Education (ATE) | 10/6/2022 | $70,000 - $7,500,000 | No | 3 years | Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Focus on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy with an emphasis on two-year colleges. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and industry to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians. |
| Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) | LOI October 4, 2021; proposal 1/25/2022 | $5,000,000 - $10,000,000 | No | 5 years | Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Catalyze the STEM enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM workforce that reflects the population of the Nation. NSF INCLUDES seeks to improve collaborative efforts aimed at enhancing the preparation, increasing the participation, and ensuring the contributions of individuals from groups that have been historically underrepresented and underserved in the STEM enterprise. |
| Education & Human Resources: Education Core Research (ECR: Core) | Deadline 10/07/2021 | $500,000 - $2,000,000 | No | 3-5 years | Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Fundamental research that contributes to the general, explanatory knowledge that underlies STEM education in one or more of 3 Research Areas: STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and STEM Workforce Development. |
| Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) | 11/1/2021 | $250,000- $2,000,000 | No | 2-5 years | Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Non-profit, Non-academic Organizations, For-profit Organizations, State and Local Governments | Advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments. |
| Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE): Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) | Tracks I and II: 2/10/2021, annually thereafter; Track III 8/25/2021, annually thereafter | $200,000 - $3,000,000 | No | 2-5 years | Nonprofit institutions, Institutions of Higher Education that offer undergraduate STEM educational programs that result in certificates or degrees and are an HSI | Enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education and increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing degrees in STEM. Building capacity at HSIs through innovative approaches to incentivize institutional and community transformation and to promote fundamental research on engaged student learning, how to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and improve understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs. |
| Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) | Deadline 4/7/2021; 3/16/2022 (Third Wednesday in March, annually thereafter)
| $80,000 - $1,500,000 | No | 5 years | 2-year institutions, Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, tribal colleges and universities, urban and rural public institutions | Projects with potential outcomes that include, but are not limited to: 1) making systemic improvements in STEM education; 2) promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion; 3) mitigating the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on two-year colleges. |
