<b>1) NIH Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement:</b> NIH has reissued the NIGMS RISE funding announcement (<a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-196.html" target="_blank">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-196.html</a>):<br>



<br><div style="margin-left:40px">The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
          will award Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) research
          education grants (R25) to institutions focused on developing new or expanding
          existing effective institutional developmental programs designed to
          academically and scientifically prepare underrepresented (UR) students in the
          biomedical or behavioral sciences for competitive research careers. The RISE program
          provides grants to institutions with significant enrollment of students from populations
          underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences that propose
          well-integrated developmental activities designed to strengthen students’
          academic preparation, research training and professional skills that are
          critical to the completion of the Ph.D. degree in the biomedical and/or
          behavioral sciences.<br></div><br>Proposals are due June 20, 2013.<br><br><b>2) NSF EHR Core Research:</b> NSF has announced a new funding opportunity (ECR) (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924</a>). From the program synopsis:<br>



<br><div style="margin-left:40px">The EHR Core Research (ECR) program establishes a mechanism in the 
Directorate for Education and Human Resources 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. We invite researchers 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: <i><b>Core Research Proposals</b></i>
 (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 <i><b>Capacity Building Proposals</b></i> (maximum 3 years, $300,000) intended to support groundwork necessary for advancing research within the four core areas.<br></div><br>Proposals are due July 12, 2013.<br>



<br>-- <br><p>Christopher <span><span>Andersen</span></span><br>Director, <span><span>STEM</span></span> Initiatives<br>

College of Arts and Sciences<br>The Ohio State University<br>186 University Hall<br>230 North <span><span><span>Oval</span></span></span> <span><span><span>Mall</span></span></span><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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