<b>1) ONR STEM funding: </b>The Office of Naval Research has two funding opportunities:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>a) Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) for K-12 & Institutions of Higher Education:</i> From the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): <br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 80px;">"The following five goals have been identified:<br></div><div style="margin-left: 120px;">• Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. [Grades K-10]<br>• Engage students in STEM-related hands-on learning activities using Navy content. [Grades 3-12]<br>
• Educate students to be well-prepared for employment in STEM disciplines in the Navy or in supporting academic institutions or the Naval contractor community. [Higher Education]<br>• Employ, retain and develop Naval STEM professionals. [Higher Education, Professional Development, Faculty]<br>
• Collaborate across Naval STEM programs to maximize benefits to participants and the Navy."<br></div><div style="margin-left: 80px;"><br>"This announcement will remain open <b>until 30 September 2011 or until replaced by a successor FOA</b>, whichever first occurs. Proposals may be submitted at any time during this period."<br>
</div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br>Awards are anticipated to be <b>up to $200,000/year for 1-3 years,</b> though proposals for larger monetary amounts will be considered. (The official name of program is <i>Long-Range
Annual Funding Opportunity Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Programs for
K-12 & Institutions of Higher Education</i> [10-023])<br></div><br><i>b) Office of Naval Research STEM Grand Challenge - Adaptive,
Generalizable Intelligent Tutors for STEM and Naval Training and
Education:</i> From the attached Special Notice:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 80px;">"The proposed topic will lead to new approaches for building adaptive and individualized intelligent tutors for STEM training and education that are able to:<br>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">• Increase comprehension of instructional content over a fixed teaching duration and curriculum<br>• Train to higher standards of competence (e.g., expertise), not simply enabling better recall<br>
• Accelerate the development of problem solving, reasoning, and decision‐making skills<br></div>The program will pursue a wide variety of approaches that address six issues that are key to developing the next generation of intelligent tutoring systems for STEM applications: 1) Designing computational cognitive models of student performance; 2) Enabling realistic and effective student – intelligent tutor interactions; 3) Creating individually‐tailored instructional strategies for delivering a large corpus of course material; 4) Generalizing the underlying technologies to multiple educational domains and populations; 5) Using the most current empirical research on the science of learning pedagogical approaches ( e.g., self‐explanation); and 6) Designing tools for reducing the time and expertise needed to build these tutors."<br>
<br></div></div><div style="margin-left: 80px;">Projects will be funded in two phases (<b>$1.5 million over 2 years for Phase 1; $1 million over 1 year for Phase 2</b>). A 4-page white paper is due <b>August 1</b>. (This funding opportunity falls under the "Warfighter Performance: Human and Bioengineered Systems" section [page 9, paragraph 1] of the <i>2011 Long-Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology</i> [11-001])<br>
</div><div style="margin-left: 80px;"><br></div>The latest version of both funding announcements can be found on the <a href="http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx">Office of Naval Research site</a>. (Be sure to check the amendments.)<br>
<br><b>2) Spencer Foundation Small Grants:</b> The <a href="http://www.spencer.org/">Spencer Foundation</a> has quarterly competitions for its small grants program (up to $40,000). Research areas include:<br><ul id="idList">
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity" class="">Education and Social Opportunity</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/organizational-learning" class="">Organizational Learning</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/purposes-and-values-of-education" class="">Purposes and Values of Education</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/teaching-learning-and-instructional-resources" class="">Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources</a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">
<a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/the_new_civics" class="active">The New Civics</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/data-use-and-educational-improvement" class="">Data Use and Educational Improvement</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/philosophy-in-educational-policy-practice" class="">Philosophy in Educational Policy and Practice</a>
</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/field-initiated-proposals" class="">Field-Initiated Proposals</a> (in effect, "none of the above")<br></li></ul>Proposals for small grants are due July 8, October 3, December 2, 2011, and February 10, 2012. Proposals for major grants (over $40,000 and up to $350,000 or $500,000, depending on the research area) are accepted throughout the year.<br>
<br><b>3) US ED RttP-ELC: </b>Progress continues toward the release of the Race to the Top--Early Learning Challenge RFP. Friday, the Department of Education posted <a href="http://www.ed.gov/early-learning/elc-draft-summary">an executive summary</a> of the "draft requirements, priorities, selection criteria, and definitions for the RTT-ELC competition," with public comment open until July 11.<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>-----<br>Christopher Andersen<br>Director, STEM Initiatives<br>
College of Arts and Sciences<br>The Ohio State University<br>186 University Hall<br>230 North Oval Mall<br>Columbus, OH 43210-1335 USA<br><a href="mailto:andersen.18@osu.edu" target="_blank">andersen.18@osu.edu</a><br>
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