Slots: 1
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Friday, September 13, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.
LOI: Not required.
External Deadline: November 14, 2024
Award Information
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Estimated Number of Awards: 1
Anticipated Award Amount: $7,500,000
Who May Serve as PI: No restrictions or limits.
Link to Award: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsf-national-resource-coordination-center/nsf24-596/solicitation
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
NSF seeks proposals to create an NSF National Resource Coordination Center on Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) (IUSE Center) that will be a focal point and intellectual partner to the IUSE: EDU community and to NSF to enhance the overall reach and influence of IUSE: EDU investments. The IUSE Center will be expected to work collaboratively with NSF and the IUSE: EDU community of investigators and educators to design, implement, and execute its activities and to ensure the inclusion of diverse researchers and educators from across the full range of our nation’s talent pool of eligible institutions and organizations and of STEM education, STEM education research, and disciplinary education research funded by the IUSE: EDU program.
The IUSE Center is meant to meet the critical need to facilitate coordination and support of the IUSE: EDU STEM education, STEM education research, and disciplinary education research communities.
To facilitate communication, engagement, and networking among IUSE: EDU award recipients, prospective recipients, and other stakeholders, the IUSE Center should:
- Convene biannual national IUSE: EDU PI meetings in years 2 and 4 of the award;
- Convene regional or other gatherings as appropriate to the mission of the IUSE Center;
- Develop and support a website, blog, video library, and/or other resources for presenting and archiving materials of interest to the IUSE: EDU community; and
- Coordinate with other relevant NSF resource hubs, centers, and NSF programs to support engagement of the IUSE: EDU community with others in related efforts.
To provide support and resources for development and maintenance of IUSE: EDU projects, especially for prospective award recipients and those underrepresented in the IUSE: EDU recipient community, the IUSE Center should:
- Develop and nurture networks to connect and support IUSE: EDU investigators and potential investigators at all stages of their careers;
- Host webinars or other events, either virtually or in person, for prospective proposers in geographic areas and for groups underrepresented in the IUSE: EDU portfolio; and
- Provide guidance and mentoring for organizations and investigators new to the IUSE: EDU community to develop project ideas, to write and submit proposals, and to manage awards, including guidance and support for developing protocols for use of human subjects in research, for high-quality project evaluation, and for managing federal budgets.
The IUSE Center will enable NSF to connect, expand, and leverage the contributions of the IUSE: EDU program to improve undergraduate STEM education.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.