(FOA)-EHR
Core Research (ECR) Fundamental Research in STEM Education; January 24, 2018
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Directorate
for Education & Human Resources
Description
The
EHR Core Research program (ECR) invites proposals for fundamental research
(basic research or use-inspired basic research) that advances knowledge in one
or more of the three Research Tracks: Research on STEM Learning and Learning
Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and Research
on STEM Workforce Development.
The
ECR program places emphasis on the rigorous development of theory and
accumulation of knowledge to inform efforts to address challenges in STEM
interest, learning, and participation, for all groups and all ages in formal
and informal settings. This emphasis includes research on advancing evaluative
methodologies to support research efforts funded through
ECR.
ECR
supports a wide range of research activities. ECR seeks to fund fundamental
research that could involve the collection of new qualitative or quantitative
data, secondary analyses using extant datasets, or meta-analyses. In addition,
ECR supports research to develop innovative research methods, metrics, and
conceptual models to measure existing and emerging phenomena, and to test
theories that inform core scientific questions about STEM education and
learning. The three levels of funding should align with the maturity of the
proposed work, the size and scope of the empirical effort, and the capacity of
the team to conduct the proposed research: (1) Level I proposals: have a maximum
award size of $500,000 and a maximum duration of 3 years; (2) Level II proposals
have a maximum award size of $1,500,000 and a maximum duration of 4 years; (3)
Level III proposals have a maximum award size of $2,500,000 and a maximum
duration of 5 years.
Announcement
Number
NSF
19-508
Closing
Date
January
24, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19508/nsf19508.htm
Contact
Information
(703)
292-2333