9:46 p.m.
Dear Colleagues,
One (possibly) last thing before the break. Along with reminders for three recently posted
private foundation opportunities, I’ve listed several National Science Foundation programs
with deadlines for early next year.
--Iwan
Previously posted:
William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence LOI
Due: January 12, 2022
http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-improving-use-researc...
"This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of research evidence
in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We want to know what it
takes to produce useful research evidence, what it takes to get research used, and what
happens when research is used.
We welcome descriptive studies that reveal the strategies, mechanisms, or conditions for
improving research use, as well as evaluation of deliberate efforts to increase routine
and beneficial uses of research in decision-making. We are particularly interested in
research on ways to improve the use of research evidence by state and local policymakers,
mid-level managers, and intermediaries.
We invite studies from a range of disciplines, fields, and methods, and we encourage
investigations into various youth-serving systems, including justice, housing, child
welfare, mental health, and education."
William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Reducing Inequality LOI Due: January 12,
2022
http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-reducing-inequality
"This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of
programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral,
or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-12 in the United States. We prioritize studies
that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic
standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.
We welcome descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality or
elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce
inequality. We also welcome intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce
inequality. Finally, we welcome studies that improve the measurement of inequality in ways
that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers."
Spencer Foundation Research Grants on Education: Large LOI Due: January 26, 2022
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant
"The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects
that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets
ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We
anticipate awarding grants with budgets across each of the following funding tiers --
$125,000 to 250,000; $250,001 to $375,000; and $375,001 to $500,000. We accept Intent to
Apply forms twice a year. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions
are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline,
design, method, or location. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous,
intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most
pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education."
National Science Foundation RFPs for early 2022
National Science Foundation Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL) Due:
January 19, 2022
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505731&org=NSF&s...
"Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL) supports potentially
transformative research that develops basic theoretical insights and fundamental knowledge
about principles, processes and mechanisms of learning, and about augmented intelligence -
how human cognitive function can be augmented through interactions with others, contextual
variations, and technological advances.
The program supports research addressing learning in individuals and in groups, across a
wide range of domains at one or more levels of analysis including: molecular/cellular
mechanisms; brain systems; cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes; and
social/cultural influences.
The program also supports research on augmented intelligence that clearly articulates
principled ways in which human approaches to learning and related processes, such as in
design, complex decision-making and problem-solving, can be improved through interactions
with others, and/or the use of artificial intelligence in technology. These could include
ways of using knowledge about human functioning to improve the design of collaborative
technologies that have capabilities to learn to adapt to humans.
For both aspects of the program, there is special interest in collaborative and collective
models of learning and/or intelligence that are supported by the unprecedented speed and
scale of technological connectivity. This includes emphasis on how people and technology
working together in new ways and at scale can achieve more than either can attain alone.
The program also seeks explanations for how the emergent intelligence of groups,
organizations, and networks intersects with processes of learning, behavior and cognition
in individuals.
Projects that are convergent and/or interdisciplinary may be especially valuable in
advancing basic understanding of these areas, but research within a single discipline or
methodology is also appropriate. Connections between proposed research and specific
technological, educational, and workforce applications will be considered as valuable
broader impacts but are not necessarily central to the intellectual merit of proposed
research. The program supports a variety of approaches including: experiments, field
studies, surveys, computational modeling, and artificial intelligence/machine learning
methods."
National Science Foundation Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs) Due:
February 9, 2022
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/computer-science-all-csforall-...
"This program aims to provide all U.S. students with the opportunity to participate
in computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) education in their schools at the
preK-12 levels. With this solicitation, the National Science Foundation (NSF) focuses on
both research and researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs) that foster the research and
development needed to bring CS and CT to all schools. Specifically, this solicitation aims
to provide (1) high school teachers with the preparation, professional development (PD)
and ongoing support they need to teach rigorous computer science courses; (2) preK-8
teachers with the instructional materials and preparation they need to integrate CS and CT
into their teaching; and (3) schools and districts with the resources needed to define and
evaluate multi-grade pathways in CS and CT."
National Science Foundation EHR Core Research : Building Capacity in STEM Education
Research Due: February 25, 2022
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ehr-core-research-building-cap...
"ECR’s Building Capacity for STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) solicitation
supports projects that build individuals’ capacity to carry out high quality STEM
education research that will enhance the nation’s STEM education enterprise and broaden
the pool of researchers that can conduct fundamental research in STEM learning and
learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce
development.
Specifically, ECR: BCSER supports activities that enable early and mid-career researchers
to acquire the requisite expertise and skills to conduct rigorous fundamental research in
STEM education. ECR: BCSER seeks to fund research career development activities on topics
that are relevant to qualitative and quantitative research methods and design, including
the collection and analysis of new qualitative or quantitative data, secondary analyses
using extant datasets, or meta-analyses.
This career development may be accomplished through investigator-initiated projects or
through professional development institutes that enable researchers to integrate
methodological strategies with theoretical and practical substantive issues in STEM
education. Early and mid-career faculty new to STEM education research, particularly
underrepresented minority faculty and faculty at minority-serving and two-year
institutions, are encouraged to submit proposals."
National Science Foundation Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education (V&C)
Due: March 7, 2022
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/vision-and-change-undergraduat...
"The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Undergraduate
Education (DUE) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) acknowledges
the need to expand and chronicle educational change efforts across the nation. To this
end, DUE invites proposals to study the impact of the Vision and Change (V&C) movement
in Undergraduate Biology Education. Specifically, this program seeks to support projects
that evaluate a combination of factors such as the awareness, acceptance, adoption, and
adaptation of V&C principles and outcomes including changes in curriculum,
laboratories, and student retention, completion, and learning. Collectively, results of
these projects are anticipated to describe the nature and extent of V&C’s use within
the undergraduate biology curriculum. The projects could also describe key factors and
approaches taken by the V&C community that have the potential to be useful for
improving undergraduate education in other scientific disciplines or in interdisciplinary
STEM education. "
National Science Foundation Racial Equity in STEM Education Due: March 22, 2022
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505910
"Persistent racial injustices and inequalities in the United States have led to
renewed concern and interest in addressing systemic racism. The National Science
Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support
bold, ground-breaking and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism
in STEM. Proposals should advance racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research (both fundamental
and applied) 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. The voices, knowledge, and
experiences of those who have been impacted by enduring racial inequities should be at the
center of these proposals, including in, for example: project leadership and research
positions, conceptualization of the proposal, decision-making processes, and the
interpretation and dissemination of evidence and research results. The proposed work
should provide positive outcomes for the individuals and communities engaged and should
recognize peoples’ humanity, experiences, and resilience. Proposals need to consider
systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits, and how these barriers impact access to,
retention in, and success in STEM education, research, and workforce development.
Competitive proposals will be clear with respect to how the work advances racial equity
and addresses systemic racism, as these constructs may have different meanings in
different settings.
Proposals should articulate a rigorous plan to generate knowledge through research (both
fundamental and applied) and practice, such as, but not limited to:
* building theory;
* developing methods;
* testing approaches and interventions;
* assessing the potential, efficacy, effectiveness, and scalability of approaches and
interventions;
* establishing, cultivating and assessing authentic partnerships;
* changing institutional, organizational, and structural practices and policies;
and/or
* focusing on affective, behavioral, cultural, social components, and implications.
*
* Contexts may include, but are not limited to: preK-12, two- and four-year
undergraduate, and graduate institutions; municipal organizations; STEM workplaces; and
informal STEM contexts, such as museums, community organizations, and media. In addition,
proposals should include a dissemination plan to proactively share what is learned with
individuals and communities most impacted, as well as relevant leaders, policy makers, and
other stakeholders."
National Science Foundation Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM
Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education Due: May 2, 2022
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advancing-innovation-and-impac...
"NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate seeks to significantly enhance its
support for research, development, implementation, and assessment to improve STEM
education at the Nation’s two-year colleges. NSF encourages bold, potentially
transformative projects that address immediate challenges facing STEM education at
two-year colleges and/or anticipate new structures and functions of the STEM learning and
teaching enterprise. This program description is a targeted approach for advancing
innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year
colleges. It also seeks to support systemic approaches to advance inclusive and equitable
STEM education practices." \
Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo
Senior Grant Development Coordinator
The University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)
iwan.notowidigdo(a)utsa.edu
(Mobile: 347-231-5931)
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