<div dir="ltr"><b>1) OSU Battelle Endowment for Technology & Human Affairs (<span class="">BETHA</span>):</b> <span class="">The 2013-14 Call for Proposals has been released for BETHA</span> program (<a href="http://research.osu.edu/researchers/funding/betha/" target="_blank">http://research.osu.edu/researchers/funding/<span class="">betha</span>/)</a>:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="margin-left:40px">The Battelle Endowment committee seeks outstanding proposals that influence future leaders to become more knowledgeable about, and engaged with, the relationship between science and technology and broader social and cultural issues. We encourage projects that bring together expertise from two or more disciplines or institutional partners, and those that envision collaborative opportunities for faculty, students, and community members. Projects that address engineering-related topics or feature collaborations between engineering and the social sciences or arts/humanities are particularly welcomed. Proposals that involve pure research or seek only to acquire or use technology (e.g., to purchase computers or other equipment) rather than explore its impact on broader social issues, are not generally competitive. Evidence of other support (e.g., matching funds) is encouraged and preferred, although not required.<br>
</div><br>Awards range from $10,000-$60,000, usually over 2 years. Proposals are due November 26.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b>2) NSF Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12):</b> The National Science Foundation has released a revised solicitation for its DRK-12 program (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047</a>). From the program synopsis:<br>
<p style="margin-left:40px">The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly
enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through
research and development of innovative resources, models and tools
(RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in
STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide
theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Teachers
and students who participate in DRK-12 studies are expected to enhance
their understanding and use of STEM content, practices and skills.</p><div style="margin-left:40px">
DRK-12 invites proposals that address immediate
challenges that are facing preK-12 STEM education as well as those that
anticipate radically different structures and functions of pre-K 12
teaching and learning. The DRK-12 program has four major research and
development strands: (1) Assessment; (2) Learning; (3) Teaching; and (4)
Implementation Research. <br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Proposals are due December 6. Funding levels vary by type of proposal: <br><br><div style="margin-left:40px"><i>Exploratory</i> projects up to $450,000 with duration up to three years<br>
<i>Full Design and Development</i> projects up to $3,000,000 with duration
up to four years<br><i>Conference/Workshop/Synthesis</i> projects up to
$100,000 for duration up to two years. <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b>3) NSF Research on Education and Learning (REAL):</b> NSF has finally released the long-awaited REAL solicitation (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13667">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13667</a>), which combines the REESE, RDE, and GSE programs. From the program synopsis:<br>
<br><div style="margin-left:40px">What is distinctive about the new REAL program is the emphasis placed on
the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to (a)
understand, (b) build theory to explain, and (c) suggest interventions
(and innovations) to address persistent challenges in STEM interest,
education, learning, and participation. The program supports advances in
research on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
learning and education by fostering efforts to explore all aspects of
education research from foundational knowledge to improvements in STEM
learning and learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood
through adulthood, for all groups, and from the earliest developmental
stages of life through participation in the workforce, resulting in
increased public understanding of science and engineering. The REAL
program will fund research on, human learning in STEM; learning in STEM
learning environments, and broadening participation research.<br></div><br>Letters of Intent are due October 25, and full proposals are due January 10. Funding levels vary by type of proposal: <br><br><div style="margin-left:40px">
<i>Early Stage Research</i><strong> </strong>proposals have a maximum total award size of $500,000 and a maximum duration of 3 years<br><i>Middle Stage Research</i><strong> </strong>proposals<strong> </strong>have a maximum total award size of $1,500,000 and a maximum duration of 3 years<br>
<i>Later Stage Research</i><strong> </strong>proposals have a maximum total award size of $2,500,000 and a maximum duration of 5 years. <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><b>4) NIH Bridges to the Doctorate: </b>The National Institutes of Health has reissued its Bridges to the Doctorate FOA <a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-341.html" target="_blank">(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-341.html</a>). From the overview:<br>
<br><div style="margin-left:40px">
...encourages
applications from institutions that propose to
enhance the pool of master’s degree students from underrepresented
backgrounds who are trained and available to participate in NIH-funded
research. This initiative promotes partnerships/consortia between colleges or
universities granting a terminal master’s degree with institutions that offer
the doctorate degree. The program expects that the joint efforts of doctorate
degree-granting and master’s degree-granting institutions will foster the
development of a well-integrated institutional program that will provide
students with the necessary academic preparation and skills to enable their transition
and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree in biomedical and behavioral
sciences. <br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Proposals are due November 1. Funding is limited to $250,000/year in direct costs for up to 5 years.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>
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