[STEM-funding] NIH Serious STEM Games; Great Lakes College Ready

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) NIH Serious STEM Games for Pre-College and Informal Science Education
Audiences (STTR) (R41/R42):* The National Institutes of Health has
announced a new grant program for small businesses to work with researchers
to develop educational games (
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-326.html). From the
funding opportunity description:

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide
opportunities for eligible small business concerns (SBCs) to submit STTR
grant applications to develop serious Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) games with a focus on biology that addresses health and
medicine questions for: (1) pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12) students
and pre- and in-service teachers ("Teachers") or (2) Informal Science
Education (ISE) audiences.

Serious games are defined as the use of gaming technology to train,
educate, and encourage behavioral changes in a virtual world format where
progressive learning, feedback on success and user control are combined
into an interactive and engaging experience.

It is anticipated that this STTR FOA will facilitate the translation of new
or existing health and medicine-based, P-12 STEM curricula and museum
exhibits into educational games that will provide a hands-on, inquiry-based
and learning-by-doing experience for students, teachers and the community.
Budgets are typically up to $150,000 over 1 year for Phase I awards.
Proposals are due November 12, 2014; May 12, 2015; and May 12, 2016.

*2) The Great Lakes College Ready Grant* provides funding for extra
academic services in mathematics or English for 11th and 12th grade
students from low-income households, students of color, and students who
would be the first in their families to attend college (
http://community.mygreatlakes.org/web/community/grants/college-ready-grant.html).


Proposals may be up to $600,000 over two years and are due November 12.
Great Lakes will present a webinar for college concerning the College Ready
Grants on Thursday, September 11 at 11:00 am—register for the webinar at
https://glhec.webex.com/glhec/k2/j.php?MTID=t4986682595380cd02a83f23c92776e8d

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Christopher Andersen
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