[STEM-funding] NIH training; NSF SL-CN; NSF Noyce; NSF CCE STEM
Christopher Andersen
andersen.18 at osu.edu
Wed Dec 24 05:32:14 EST 2014
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*1)* The National Institutes of Health has released a set of RFPs to
support training and education:
*NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Biomedical Data Science Training
Coordination Center (U24):* "The purpose of this FOA is to solicit
applications for a coordination center that will narrow the gap between the
availability of biomedical big data and the ability of biomedical
scientists to effectively utilize such data accurately, effectively, and
efficiently. Achieving this goal requires: (1) bringing together
individuals involved in training and career development programs to network
and share experiences; and (2) engaging individuals developing open
educational resources in meaningful dialogue to ensure that the resources
they develop will be freely available and easy to access by the broader
biomedical community. By the end of the award period, the Training
Coordination Center (TCC) will be expected to have: (1) developed a network
of scientists involved in biomedical big data science and (2) produced a
discovery index that serves as a primary source for personalized access to
publicly available biomedical data science educational resources."
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-15-004.html
Grants are for up to $1.4 million in direct costs over 3 years. Letter of
Intent due February 17, full proposals due March 17.
*BRAIN Initiative: Short Courses in Computational Neuroscience (R25):* "...
this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus
on Courses for Skills Development. This FOA will support short courses to
facilitate the development of a sophisticated cadre of investigators with
the requisite knowledge and skills in computational neuroscience
perspectives and techniques for analyzing and interpreting complex,
high-dimensional neuroscience data to advance the BRAIN Initiative. For the
purposes of this FOA, computational neuroscience encompasses theoretical
neuroscience, computational and mathematical modeling of neural systems,
and/or statistical perspectives and techniques. Each short course is
expected to include both didactics and in-person/hands-on experiences. This
FOA is intended for participants who are graduate students, medical
students, postdoctoral scholars, medical residents, and/or early-career
faculty." http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-15-215.html
Grants are for up to $200,000 in direct costs over 3 years. Letter of
Intent due February 18, full proposals due March 18.
*BRAIN Initiative: Short Courses in Research Tools and Methods (R25):*
"...this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary
focus on Courses for Skills Development that will build participants’
foundational knowledge and skills in the rigorous use of state-of-the art
scientific tools and methods that contribute to, and are developed in
response to, the major goals of the BRAIN Initiative. Each short course is
expected to include both didactics and in-person / hands-on experiences.
This FOA is intended for participants who are graduate students, medical
students, postdoctoral scholars, medical residents, and/or early-career
faculty." http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-15-220.html
Grants are for up to $250,000 in direct costs over 3 years. Letter of
Intent due February 18, full proposals due March 18.
*2)* The goals of the *NSF Science of Learning: Collaborative Networks
(SL-CN)* are to "advance fundamental knowledge about learning through
integrated research; connect the research to specific scientific,
technological, educational, and workforce challenges; and enable research
communities to capitalize on new opportunities and discoveries. The Program
is designed to support projects that – due to the activities supported and
their interdisciplinarity and integrative breadth – do not fit into
existing NSF programs.
"This solicitation invites proposals for the creation of new research
networks to address important questions in the SL. Networks will focus on:
- Advancing basic research through integrative, interdisciplinary
perspectives and methodologies, through integration of theory and
experiment, and across scales of analysis; and/or
- Translating findings from basic research on learning to applications
to benefit society and further inform fundamental theories of learning.
"Each network is expected to engage in both of the following activities:
1. Partnership-building activities among the network participants to
optimize scientific exchange for the co-design and execution of network
goals; and
2. Collaborative, exploratory research to be conducted by the network
participants."
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505176
Grants are for up to $750,000 in total costs over 3 years. Letter of Intent
due February 6, full proposals due March 18.
*3)* NSF has released the revised solicitation for the *Robert Noyce
Teacher Scholarships* program. From the program synopsis (
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5733):
The *Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program *seeks to encourage talented
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals
to become K-12 STEM teachers.
- *Track 1: The Robert* *Noyce Teacher Scholarships and Stipends
Track *provides
funds to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for
undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate STEM professionals to
become highly effective STEM teachers; these individuals commit to teaching
for 2 years in high-need local educational agencies for every year of
scholarship/stipend support.
- *Track 2: The NSF Teaching Fellowships Track* provides funds to
support fellowships, academic programs, professional development, and
salary supplements for STEM professionals, including retirees from STEM
professions, who enroll in a master's degree program leading to teacher
certification or licensing; these individuals, referred to as NSF Teaching
Fellows, commit to teaching for four years in high-need local educational
agencies.
- *Track 3: The NSF* *Master Teaching Fellowships Track* provides funds
to support professional development and salary supplements for K-12 STEM
teachers, who are experienced and exemplary and who already have a master's
degree in their field, to become NSF Master Teaching Fellows; these
individuals commit to teaching for five years in high-need local
educational agencies. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 welcome Phase 1, Phase 2, and
Capacity Building proposals.
- *Track 4: Research on the Preparation, Recruitment, and Retention of
K-12 STEM Teachers *provides funds to support planning, exploratory
research, and full scale research proposals that address (1) a set of
research priorities identified by and stated in the 2010 National Research
Council's report, *Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound
Policy *and (2) issues identified in the literature on effective
teachers and the retention of effective STEM teachers and teacher leaders.
This track provides funding for two categories of proposals: Research Type
A *Noyce Partnerships for Research on STEM Teacher Preparation *and
Research Type B *Research on Preparing STEM Teachers for the Future*.
Funding amounts vary depending on the track and phase of the proposal.
Proposals are due March 17 or August 4.
*4) The NSF Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)* program
"funds research projects that identify factors that are efficacious in the
formation of ethical STEM researchers in all the fields of science and
engineering that NSF supports. CCE STEM solicits proposals for research
that explores the following: ‘What constitutes ethical STEM research and
practice? Which cultural and institutional contexts promote ethical STEM
research and practice and why?' Factors one might consider include: honor
codes, professional ethics codes and licensing requirements, an ethic of
service and/or service learning, life-long learning requirements,
curricula or memberships in organizations (e.g. Engineers without
Borders) that stress social responsibility and humanitarian goals,
institutions that serve under-represented groups, institutions where
academic and research integrity are cultivated at multiple levels,
institutions that cultivate ethics across the curriculum, or programs that
promote group work, or do not grade. Do certain labs have a ‘culture of
academic integrity'? What practices contribute to the establishment and
maintenance of ethical cultures and how can these practices be transferred,
extended to, and integrated into other research and learning settings?
"Successful proposals typically have a comparative dimension, either
between or within institutional settings that differ along these or other
factors.
"CCE STEM research projects will use basic research to produce knowledge
about what constitutes responsible or irresponsible, just or unjust
scientific practices and sociotechnical systems, and how to best instill
students with this knowledge."
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505027
Standard Research Grants are $400,000 over 3 years, and Institutional
Transformation Research Grants (ITRG) are $600,000 over 5 years. Proposals
are due March 12.
-Chris
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Christopher Andersen
Director
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