NSF upcoming proposal deadlines

The College’s Office of Research and Graduate Education pre-award team looks forward to hearing from faculty who are planning to pursue the ECR Core and DRK-12 funding opportunities. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested!

EDU Core Research

  • Proposals due for review: Thursday, Sept. 19
  • Proposals due to NSF: Thursday, Oct. 2

The EDU Core Research (ECR) program offers this ECR: Core solicitation and invites proposals for fundamental research (curiosity-driven basic research and use-inspired basic research) that contributes to the general, explanatory knowledge that underlies STEM education in one or more of the three broadly conceived research areas:

  • Research on STEM learning and learning environments
  • Research on broadening participation in STEM fields
  • Research on STEM workforce development

Please view the program page and read the solicitation for complete details.

DRK-12

  • Proposals due for review: Thursday, Oct. 30
  • Proposals due to NSF: Wednesday, Nov. 12

The goal of the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program is to catalyze research and development that enhances all preK-12 teachers’ and students’ opportunities to engage in high-quality learning experiences related to the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The program solicits proposals along two strands: (1) learning and (2) teaching.

Please visit the program page and read the solicitation for complete details.