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Developing a Competitive Educational Research Proposal for the
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Our Focus: Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
Established as an independent agency under the Executive Branch (NSF Act of 1950): “To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes.”
Selected Funding Programs & Priori4es
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Choosing the Appropriate Program • Where is the “intellectual center of gravity” of your project?
– Founda;onal learning research (ECR) – Resources, Models, & Tools (DRK-‐12) – Informal STEM learning (AISL) – Workforce development in STEM for youth & teachers (ITEST) – Partnerships with schools and others (STEM+C)
• Examine the websites of the relevant programs – Prepare a 1-‐2 -‐page summary of your project – Address the merit review criteria – Contact one of the listed Program Directors with ques;ons about
relevance of your project
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Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
• Advances new approaches to and understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments for public and professional audiences.
• Investments should be of interest and u;lity to public audiences, informal STEM prac;;oners, and decision-‐makers.
• Priori;es are: knowledge-‐building, innova;on, strategic impact, and collabora;on.
• Supports a range of project types (n=7) to serve different func;ons and varied strategies.
• Deadline date: Nov. 8, 2016
Discovery Research PK-‐12 • DRK-‐12 supports integrated Research and Development of
Resources, Models , and Tools in the service of STEM learning and learning environments.
• Goals are: enhanced student achievement in STEM, prepara;on for the scien;fic workforce, and improved science literacy.
• Focus is on the learning that takes place during the 12-‐14 years students are enrolled in the formal classroom learning environment.
• Deadline date: Dec. 5, 2016
DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND Human resources, Division of Research on Learning
ITEST: Innova-ve Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
• Funded through H1-‐B Work Visa Revenue • Began in 2003 • Broadening Par;cipa;on Emphasis Program • STEM Workforce Advancement • Broadening Par;cipa;on • Diverse Learning Environments • Deadline date: August 6, 2016
STEM + Compu4ng (STEM+C)
• EHR-‐CISE partnership for compu;ng educa;on + CSforAll.org. • Broaden par;cipa;on in compu;ng. • Advance the evidence-‐based founda;on to support the
educa;on and professional development of K12 teachers in compu;ng.
• Advance applied research in teaching and learning for the integra;on of computa;onal thinking in the STEM disciplines for real-‐world applica;on of compu;ng with those disciplines.
• Deadline date: March 14, 2017
EHR Core Research (ECR) Introduced in 2013 to support fundamental research to generate founda5onal knowledge in and across the following focal areas:
• STEM learning and STEM learning environments • STEM professional workforce development • Broadening par;cipa;on in STEM
ECR projects are: Theory driven, theory genera;ng, theory tes;ng and predic;ve. Funding and management is shared across all 4 divisions in EHR. Awards funded by ECR program:
Use NSF Advanced Award Search: hgp://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearch.jsp In the Element Code field, enter: 7980 Deadline date: September 8, 2016
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
hgps://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214
Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (Cyberlearning)
hgps://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984
Where to find out about funding?
• Full list of NSF educa;on funding programs: hgp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=EHR • Search of abstracts: nsf.gov (then select Awards) • Search for publica;ons: nsf.gov (then select Documents)
• Dear Colleague legers: use search window at nsf.gov
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Resource Centers NSF funds resource centers linked to some programs. The resource websites have project abstracts, research and evalua4on reports, and a variety of other useful info for project planning and proposal development. • Advancing Informal STEM Learning: informalscience.org • Discovery Research PK-‐12: cadrek12.org • Innova;ve Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers:
stelar.edc.org • Cyberlearning: circlcenter.org
Organiza4on submits
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NSF Program
Program Officers
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Proposal Review Process and Timeline
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6 Months 30 Days Proposal Receipt
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Recommend Advise
Help the Reviewers • Wri;ng to reviewers and program officers
• Make what they are looking for easy to find, using the language of the review criteria and headings to highlight the elements of the project descrip;on.
• Don’t assume that all reviewers will know the jargon of your discourse community or commonly used acronyms as reviewers may not be in your subspecialty.
• Make sure the most important things receive the most space
NSF Review Criteria All proposals are reviewed under two criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact 1. What is the poten;al for the proposed ac;vity to:
a. advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields (Intellectual Merit); and b. benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
2. To what extent do the proposed ac;vi;es suggest and explore crea;ve, original, or poten;ally transforma;ve concepts? 3. Is the plan for carrying out the proposed ac;vi;es well-‐reasoned, well-‐organized, and based on a sound ra;onale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success? 4. How well qualified is the individual, team, or ins;tu;on to conduct the proposed ac;vi;es? 5. Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home ins;tu;on or through collabora;ons) to carry out the proposed ac;vi;es?
Before You Begin Wri4ng • Do your homework
– Familiarize yourself with the NSF website – Print and read the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) – Read the solicita;on carefully mul;ple ;mes – Check the NSF Awards Search Page – Visit the Website of the resource center or network for the relevant program.
– Read sample proposals; ask funded PIs politely
• Talk to NSF Program Officers about your ideas – POs may ask you to send a 1-‐2 page summary in advance.
Project planning • Many proposals excel at describing need and a good idea
but are weak at details about the ac;vi;es (and research plan)
• Before you write lay out everything that will happen – Who are the par;cipants? Where are you going to recruit them? Will that organiza;on allow you? What are the popula;on demographics? Etc.
– How long will the ac;vity take? Who is going to support it? Do you need help? What kind? Do you need permission? From whom? What will happen? When and how? What prepara;ons are needed?
– How will data be collected? Will data collec;on be intrusive? (What are the research ques;ons?) Who is going to do it? What prepara;ons are needed?
– When you’re done, list EVERY task, no;ng what will cost money.
Project Summary Sugges4ons • One page maximum • First Sentence
• Type of Proposal (Most programs have “strands”) • Second Sentence
• STEM or STEM Cognate areas of emphasis • Grade or Age level (s) addressed
• A general descrip4on of the project to be designed, implemented, and evaluated.
• Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts • Must include separate statements on each of these two NSB criteria
Project Descrip4on Should Include… • 15 page maximum • Project overview • Project goals and objec;ves • Summary of effec;veness and impact of prior support • Explana;on of principles that guided the project design, informed
by the literature • Detailed work plan with a ;meline • Qualifica;ons of key personnel who will be coordina;ng the project • An;cipated results • Research plan (if appropriate) • External review or evalua;on process • Dissemina;on plan
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What Makes This Project Important? • How is it innova;ve or poten;ally transforma;ve? • How will it advance knowledge and move the field forward?
• What are the an;cipated outcomes or products of this project?
• Who will be interested in these outcomes, and how will you target dissemina;on of findings to them?
• How might these products or findings be useful on a broader scale?
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What Have You And Others Done? • Describe the theore;cal and research basis on which the proposal is based.
• How has the prior research influenced this project?
• Discuss how the proposal is innova;ve and different from similar projects.
• If you have previously been funded by NSF for similar work, provide evidence about the effec4veness and impact of that work.
Who Will Do the Work? • Briefly describe the exper;se of the persons included on the proposal and why they are needed: – Educa;on researchers and evaluators – Teachers and/or prac;oners – Community and/or industry – STEM-‐related content experts
• Upload two page bios for all senior personnel • Don’t forget the mentoring plan if Post-‐Docs are
involved.
Exper4se • Successful projects generally involve interdisciplinary teams. In all cases, proposals must describe the exper;se needed for the work, how this exper;se is incorporated in the project, and who is responsible for each component.
• Projects typically include STEM educa;on researchers, development experts, experienced teachers, STEM researchers, sta;s;cians, psychometricians, informal learning experts, and policy researchers, as appropriate.
External Review & Evalua;on • The Merit Review Elements require you to have
– A mechanism for itera;ve improvement: Advisory board, external evaluators,
– A mechanism to assess success: External evaluators, advisory board
• Itera;ve improvement HELPS your project become beger – Should focus on how the project is working, why the projects is working that way, and iden;fy places to make it beger
– Should also be responsive to the project’s needs • Assess success
– Addresses accountability to taxpayer investment
What Evalua4on Is All About The objec;ves of the evalua;on include: • assessing whether the project is making sa;sfactory progress toward its goals.
• recommending reasonable, evidenced-‐based adjustments to project plans.
• determining the effec;veness and impact of the products or processes.
• ages;ng to the integrity of outcomes reported by the project.
Budget • How much will this cost? • Contact your Sponsored Research Office early and osen • Remember Federally Nego;ated Indirect Costs • Budget and project descrip;on should match
– PI and senior personnel ;me should reflect the effort on the project
• Limited to 2 months across ALL NSF awards • Jus;fica;on required for more than 2 months
– Graduate students and undergraduate students – Post docs require a Post-‐doc mentoring plan – Remember to budget for fringe benefits – New rules on direct costs for clerical support
Budget con;nued • Non-‐personnel Budget costs
– Equipment is only for equipment that costs more than $5000 – Travel must be itemized per trip, can include local costs – Par;cipant support – “s;pends or subsistence allowances, travel
allowances, and registra;on fees paid to or on behalf of par;cipants or trainees (but not employees) in connec;on with NSF-‐sponsored conferences or training projects.”
• The number of par;cipants to be supported must be entered in the parentheses on the proposal budget.
• Indirect costs (F&A) are not allowed on par;cipant support costs. – Other direct costs
• Materials and Supplies • Publica;on Costs • Consultant Services • Subawards
Proposal Submission • All proposals are ul;mately submiged by your SRO
• If at all possible, use FastLane system (hgp://www.fastlane.nsf.gov)
• DO NOT wait un;l the last minute (see two bullets above)
• All no;fica;ons will be available to you via FastLane
Where to Submit Proposals • NSF’s FastLane: hgps://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/index.jsp • Grants.gov: hgp://www.grants.gov Note: • Collabora;ve proposals must be submiged through FastLane.
• Fastlane will check for required sec;ons of proposals.
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Ques4ons?
NSF Needs You!
Contact Informa4on
Bob Russell [email protected]
Check the NSF program pages for more email addresses.
Thanks for Par4cipa4ng!
We look forward to receiving your proposals.
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