National Science Foundation Funding Announcement Directorate For Education

A new funding opportunity is available from the National Science Foundation. The EHR Core Research (ECR) program establishes a mechanism in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) to provide funding in foundational research areas that are broad, essential and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following core areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM. Researchers are invited to identify and conduct research on questions or issues in order to advance the improvement of STEM learning in general, or to address specific challenges of great importance. Two types of proposals are invited: Core Research Proposals (maximum 5 years, $1.5 million) that propose to study a foundational research question/issue designed to inform the transformation of STEM learning and education and Capacity Building Proposals (maximum 3 years, $300,000) intended to support groundwork necessary for advancing research within the four core areas. Due dates: July 12, 2013 February 04, 2014 First Tuesday in February, Annually Thereafter NSF EHR invites researchers and/or teams of researchers and practitioners to identify and conduct foundational research on questions or issues in order to advance the improvement of STEM learning in general, or to address specific challenges of great importance. For more information, please see the full announcement: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13555/nsf13555.htm