[STEM-funding] Office of Naval Research STEM Programs; Spencer Foundation; RttP-ELC

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) ONR STEM funding: *The Office of Naval Research has two funding
opportunities:
*a) Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) for K-12 &
Institutions of Higher Education:* From the Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA):

"The following five goals have been identified:
• Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. [Grades K-10]
• Engage students in STEM-related hands-on learning activities using Navy
content. [Grades 3-12]
• 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]
• Employ, retain and develop Naval STEM professionals. [Higher Education,
Professional Development, Faculty]
• Collaborate across Naval STEM programs to maximize benefits to
participants and the Navy."

"This announcement will remain open *until 30 September 2011 or until
replaced by a successor FOA*, whichever first occurs. Proposals may be
submitted at any time during this period."

Awards are anticipated to be *up to $200,000/year for 1-3 years,* though
proposals for larger monetary amounts will be considered. (The official name
of program is *Long-Range Annual Funding Opportunity Announcement for Navy
and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
Programs for K-12 & Institutions of Higher Education* [10-023])

*b) Office of Naval Research STEM Grand Challenge - Adaptive, Generalizable
Intelligent Tutors for STEM and Naval Training and Education:* From the
attached Special Notice:

"The proposed topic will lead to new approaches for building adaptive and
individualized intelligent tutors for STEM training and education that are
able to:
• Increase comprehension of instructional content over a fixed teaching
duration and curriculum
• Train to higher standards of competence (e.g., expertise), not simply
enabling better recall
• Accelerate the development of problem solving, reasoning, and
decision‐making skills
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."

Projects will be funded in two phases (*$1.5 million over 2 years for Phase
1; $1 million over 1 year for Phase 2*). A 4-page white paper is due *August
1*. (This funding opportunity falls under the "Warfighter Performance: Human
and Bioengineered Systems" section [page 9, paragraph 1] of the *2011
Long-Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and
Technology* [11-001])

The latest version of both funding announcements can be found on the Office
of Naval Research
site<http://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx>.
(Be sure to check the amendments.)

*2) Spencer Foundation Small Grants:* The Spencer
Foundation<http://www.spencer.org/>has quarterly competitions for its
small grants program (up to $40,000).
Research areas include:

   - Education and Social
Opportunity<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity>
   - Organizational
Learning<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/organizational-learning>
   - Purposes and Values of
Education<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/purposes-and-values-of-education>
   - Teaching, Learning, and Instructional
Resources<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/teaching-learning-and-instructional-resources>
   - The New Civics <http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/the_new_civics>
   - Data Use and Educational
Improvement<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/data-use-and-educational-improvement>
   - Philosophy in Educational Policy and
Practice<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/philosophy-in-educational-policy-practice>
   - Field-Initiated
Proposals<http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/field-initiated-proposals>(in
effect, "none of the above")

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.

*3) US ED RttP-ELC: *Progress continues toward the release of the Race to
the Top--Early Learning Challenge RFP. Friday, the Department of Education
posted an executive
summary<http://www.ed.gov/early-learning/elc-draft-summary>of the
"draft requirements, priorities, selection criteria, and definitions
for the RTT-ELC competition," with public comment open until July 11.

-----
Christopher Andersen
Director, STEM Initiatives
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
186 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1335 USA
andersen.18 at osu.edu

*STEM Initiatives social media*
*Facebook:* OSU STEM-ED
Network<https://www.facebook.com/pages/OSU-STEM-ED-Network/10150134109080713>
*Twitter:* @osuSTEMfunding <http://twitter.com/osuSTEMfunding> (grant
opportunities) and @OhioStateSTEM <http://twitter.com/OhioStateSTEM>(outreach)
*Delicious:* http://www.delicious.com/OhioStateSTEM (STEM RFP funding
library)
*STEM-funding listserv signup:*
https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/stem-funding
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/stem-funding/attachments/20110704/7538cba1/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 11-SN-0019.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 141930 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/stem-funding/attachments/20110704/7538cba1/attachment.pdf>