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Our Focus: Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings

Established as an independent agency under the Executive Branch (NSF Act of 1950): “To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes.”

Selected Funding Programs & Priori4es

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Choosing the Appropriate Program •  Where is the “intellectual center of gravity” of your project?

–  Founda;onal learning research (ECR) –  Resources, Models, & Tools (DRK-‐12) –  Informal STEM learning (AISL) –  Workforce development in STEM for youth & teachers (ITEST) –  Partnerships with schools and others (STEM+C)

•  Examine the websites of the relevant programs –  Prepare a 1-‐2 -‐page summary of your project –  Address the merit review criteria –  Contact one of the listed Program Directors with ques;ons about

relevance of your project

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Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

•  Advances new approaches to and understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments for public and professional audiences.

•  Investments should be of interest and u;lity to public audiences, informal STEM prac;;oners, and decision-‐makers.

•  Priori;es are: knowledge-‐building, innova;on, strategic impact, and collabora;on.

•  Supports a range of project types (n=7) to serve different func;ons and varied strategies.

•  Deadline date: Nov. 8, 2016

Discovery Research PK-‐12 •  DRK-‐12 supports integrated Research and Development of

Resources, Models , and Tools in the service of STEM learning and learning environments.

•  Goals are: enhanced student achievement in STEM, prepara;on for the scien;fic workforce, and improved science literacy.

•  Focus is on the learning that takes place during the 12-‐14 years students are enrolled in the formal classroom learning environment.

•  Deadline date: Dec. 5, 2016

DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND Human resources, Division of Research on Learning

ITEST: Innova-ve Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers

•  Funded through H1-‐B Work Visa Revenue •  Began in 2003 •  Broadening Par;cipa;on Emphasis Program •  STEM Workforce Advancement •  Broadening Par;cipa;on •  Diverse Learning Environments •  Deadline date: August 6, 2016

STEM + Compu4ng (STEM+C)

•  EHR-‐CISE partnership for compu;ng educa;on + CSforAll.org. •  Broaden par;cipa;on in compu;ng. •  Advance the evidence-‐based founda;on to support the

educa;on and professional development of K12 teachers in compu;ng.

•  Advance applied research in teaching and learning for the integra;on of computa;onal thinking in the STEM disciplines for real-‐world applica;on of compu;ng with those disciplines.

•  Deadline date: March 14, 2017

EHR Core Research (ECR) Introduced in 2013 to support fundamental research to generate founda5onal knowledge in and across the following focal areas:

•  STEM learning and STEM learning environments •  STEM professional workforce development •  Broadening par;cipa;on in STEM

ECR projects are: Theory driven, theory genera;ng, theory tes;ng and predic;ve. Funding and management is shared across all 4 divisions in EHR. Awards funded by ECR program:

Use NSF Advanced Award Search: hgp://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearch.jsp In the Element Code field, enter: 7980 Deadline date: September 8, 2016

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

hgps://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214

Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (Cyberlearning)

hgps://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984

Where to find out about funding?

•  Full list of NSF educa;on funding programs: hgp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=EHR •  Search of abstracts: nsf.gov (then select Awards) •  Search for publica;ons: nsf.gov (then select Documents)

•  Dear Colleague legers: use search window at nsf.gov

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Resource Centers NSF funds resource centers linked to some programs. The resource websites have project abstracts, research and evalua4on reports, and a variety of other useful info for project planning and proposal development. •  Advancing Informal STEM Learning: informalscience.org •  Discovery Research PK-‐12: cadrek12.org •  Innova;ve Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers:

stelar.edc.org •  Cyberlearning: circlcenter.org

Organiza4on submits

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Proposal Review Process and Timeline

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Recommend Advise

Help the Reviewers •  Wri;ng to reviewers and program officers

•  Make what they are looking for easy to find, using the language of the review criteria and headings to highlight the elements of the project descrip;on.

•  Don’t assume that all reviewers will know the jargon of your discourse community or commonly used acronyms as reviewers may not be in your subspecialty.

•  Make sure the most important things receive the most space

NSF Review Criteria All proposals are reviewed under two criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact 1. What is the poten;al for the proposed ac;vity to:

a. advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields (Intellectual Merit); and b. benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?

2. To what extent do the proposed ac;vi;es suggest and explore crea;ve, original, or poten;ally transforma;ve concepts? 3. Is the plan for carrying out the proposed ac;vi;es well-‐reasoned, well-‐organized, and based on a sound ra;onale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success? 4. How well qualified is the individual, team, or ins;tu;on to conduct the proposed ac;vi;es? 5. Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home ins;tu;on or through collabora;ons) to carry out the proposed ac;vi;es?

Before You Begin Wri4ng •  Do your homework

–  Familiarize yourself with the NSF website –  Print and read the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) –  Read the solicita;on carefully mul;ple ;mes –  Check the NSF Awards Search Page –  Visit the Website of the resource center or network for the relevant program.

–  Read sample proposals; ask funded PIs politely

•  Talk to NSF Program Officers about your ideas –  POs may ask you to send a 1-‐2 page summary in advance.

Project planning •  Many proposals excel at describing need and a good idea

but are weak at details about the ac;vi;es (and research plan)

•  Before you write lay out everything that will happen –  Who are the par;cipants? Where are you going to recruit them? Will that organiza;on allow you? What are the popula;on demographics? Etc.

–  How long will the ac;vity take? Who is going to support it? Do you need help? What kind? Do you need permission? From whom? What will happen? When and how? What prepara;ons are needed?

–  How will data be collected? Will data collec;on be intrusive? (What are the research ques;ons?) Who is going to do it? What prepara;ons are needed?

–  When you’re done, list EVERY task, no;ng what will cost money.

Project Summary Sugges4ons •  One page maximum •  First Sentence

•  Type of Proposal (Most programs have “strands”) •  Second Sentence

•  STEM or STEM Cognate areas of emphasis •  Grade or Age level (s) addressed

•  A general descrip4on of the project to be designed, implemented, and evaluated.

•  Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts •  Must include separate statements on each of these two NSB criteria

Project Descrip4on Should Include… •  15 page maximum •  Project overview •  Project goals and objec;ves •  Summary of effec;veness and impact of prior support •  Explana;on of principles that guided the project design, informed

by the literature •  Detailed work plan with a ;meline •  Qualifica;ons of key personnel who will be coordina;ng the project •  An;cipated results •  Research plan (if appropriate) •  External review or evalua;on process •  Dissemina;on plan

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What Makes This Project Important? •  How is it innova;ve or poten;ally transforma;ve? •  How will it advance knowledge and move the field forward?

•  What are the an;cipated outcomes or products of this project?

•  Who will be interested in these outcomes, and how will you target dissemina;on of findings to them?

•  How might these products or findings be useful on a broader scale?

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What Have You And Others Done? •  Describe the theore;cal and research basis on which the proposal is based.

•  How has the prior research influenced this project?

•  Discuss how the proposal is innova;ve and different from similar projects.

•  If you have previously been funded by NSF for similar work, provide evidence about the effec4veness and impact of that work.

Who Will Do the Work? •  Briefly describe the exper;se of the persons included on the proposal and why they are needed: –  Educa;on researchers and evaluators –  Teachers and/or prac;oners –  Community and/or industry –  STEM-‐related content experts

•  Upload two page bios for all senior personnel •  Don’t forget the mentoring plan if Post-‐Docs are

involved.

Exper4se •  Successful projects generally involve interdisciplinary teams. In all cases, proposals must describe the exper;se needed for the work, how this exper;se is incorporated in the project, and who is responsible for each component.

•  Projects typically include STEM educa;on researchers, development experts, experienced teachers, STEM researchers, sta;s;cians, psychometricians, informal learning experts, and policy researchers, as appropriate.

External Review & Evalua;on •  The Merit Review Elements require you to have

–  A mechanism for itera;ve improvement: Advisory board, external evaluators,

–  A mechanism to assess success: External evaluators, advisory board

•  Itera;ve improvement HELPS your project become beger –  Should focus on how the project is working, why the projects is working that way, and iden;fy places to make it beger

–  Should also be responsive to the project’s needs •  Assess success

–  Addresses accountability to taxpayer investment

What Evalua4on Is All About The objec;ves of the evalua;on include: •  assessing whether the project is making sa;sfactory progress toward its goals.

•  recommending reasonable, evidenced-‐based adjustments to project plans.

•  determining the effec;veness and impact of the products or processes.

•  ages;ng to the integrity of outcomes reported by the project.

Budget •  How much will this cost? •  Contact your Sponsored Research Office early and osen •  Remember Federally Nego;ated Indirect Costs •  Budget and project descrip;on should match

–  PI and senior personnel ;me should reflect the effort on the project

•  Limited to 2 months across ALL NSF awards •  Jus;fica;on required for more than 2 months

–  Graduate students and undergraduate students –  Post docs require a Post-‐doc mentoring plan –  Remember to budget for fringe benefits –  New rules on direct costs for clerical support

Budget con;nued •  Non-‐personnel Budget costs

–  Equipment is only for equipment that costs more than $5000 –  Travel must be itemized per trip, can include local costs –  Par;cipant support – “s;pends or subsistence allowances, travel

allowances, and registra;on fees paid to or on behalf of par;cipants or trainees (but not employees) in connec;on with NSF-‐sponsored conferences or training projects.”

•  The number of par;cipants to be supported must be entered in the parentheses on the proposal budget.

•  Indirect costs (F&A) are not allowed on par;cipant support costs. –  Other direct costs

•  Materials and Supplies •  Publica;on Costs •  Consultant Services •  Subawards

Proposal Submission •  All proposals are ul;mately submiged by your SRO

•  If at all possible, use FastLane system (hgp://www.fastlane.nsf.gov)

•  DO NOT wait un;l the last minute (see two bullets above)

•  All no;fica;ons will be available to you via FastLane

Where to Submit Proposals •  NSF’s FastLane: hgps://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/index.jsp •  Grants.gov: hgp://www.grants.gov Note: •  Collabora;ve proposals must be submiged through FastLane.

•  Fastlane will check for required sec;ons of proposals.

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Ques4ons?

NSF Needs You!

Contact Informa4on

Bob Russell [email protected]

Check the NSF program pages for more email addresses.

Thanks for Par4cipa4ng!

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

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