Individual Investigator Development in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER: IID)

Eligibility

• Early-career and Mid-career Investigators

Funding Priorities

• Awards will support individual investigators who have 
  • articulated a fundamental research project appropriate for the ECR program,
  • identified specific capabilities the investigator needs to more fully develop in order to conduct the research project, and
  • detailed a professional development plan that will enable the investigator to complete a pilot project within the specified time period.
• Two genres of research in particular contribute to this fundamental, core knowledge in education:
  • foundational research, which typically “seek[s] to test, develop, or refine theories…and may develop innovations in methodologies and/or technologies that will influence and inform research and development in different contexts”, and
  • early-stage or exploratory research, which “examines relationships among important constructs…to establish logical connections that may form the basis for future interventions or strategies to improve education outcomes.”
• ECR: BCSER especially welcomes proposals that pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society.  Proposers are encouraged to identify topics that support the thrust of NSF INCLUDES projects.

Additional Information

• Co-Principal Investigators are not allowed
• The maximum award amount is $350,000 for two years.
• With its focus on early-career investigators, ECR: BCSER complements the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program’s mission and focus.

Institutes in Research Methods (ECR: BCSER: IRM)

Eligibility

Anyone eligible to serve as a PI on an NSF award can serve as PI for this program. 

Funding Priorities

• Awards support institutes that provide participants with training in up-to-date applications of computational, quantitative, qualitative, and evaluative research methods useful to STEM education researchers.
• Two genres of research in particular contribute to this fundamental, core knowledge in education:
  • foundational research, which typically “seek[s] to test, develop, or refine theories…and may develop innovations in methodologies and/or technologies that will influence and inform research and development in different contexts”, and
  • early-stage or exploratory research, which “examines relationships among important constructs…to establish logical connections that may form the basis for future interventions or strategies to improve education outcomes.”
• ECR: BCSER especially welcomes proposals that pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society.  Proposers are encouraged to identify topics that support the thrust of NSF INCLUDES projects.

Additional Information

• The maximum award amount for is $1,000,000 for three years.
• Proposals that seek support to conduct well-focused conferences and workshops (ECR: BCSER: CONF) relevant to the competition goals also are invited.