Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
Webinars for Prospective Investigators
An archive of previous IUSE and Robert Noyce webinars may be accessed on the ARISE website at https://aaas-arise.org/resources/nsf-proposal-prep-webinars/.
New IUSE:EHR FAQs Available
A new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document is now available for the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR) program. Please follow this link to NSF 20-043 to view the new FAQs.
IUSE Seeking Potential Reviewers
The Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation is in the process of identifying potential reviewers for FY 2020 for the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program under program solicitation NSF 19-601. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer in the current fiscal year (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020), please complete the survey at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IUSE20
| Name | Phone | Room | |
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| Ellen Carpenter | elcarpen@nsf.gov | (703) 292-5104 | |
| Andrea L. Nixon | anixon@nsf.gov | (703) 292-5323 | |
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For general inquiries, please contact IUSE@nsf.gov For specific disciplinary questions, proposers are encouraged to contact a Program Officer in their discipline. Biological Sciences
BIO: Division of Biological Infrastructure (RCN: UBE)
Chemistry
Computer Science
Data Science
Engineering
ENG: Division of Engineering Education & Centers (EEC)
Geological Sciences
GEO: Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Interdisciplinary
Mathematics
Physics / Astronomy
Pre-service STEM Education
Research/Evaluation/Assessment
Social Sciences and Behavioral Sciences
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation 19-601Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 20-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date
December 1, 2020
First Tuesday in December, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 2 and 3
February 2, 2021
First Tuesday in February, Annually Thereafter
Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building
February 2, 2021
First Tuesday in February, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1
August 3, 2021
First Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter
Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building
August 3, 2021
First Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1
SYNOPSIS
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growth in the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments. The IUSE: EHR is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EHR supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies at different types of institutions and with different student bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings.
IUSE: EHR also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including improved diversity of students and instructors participating in STEM education, professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development. IUSE: EHR especially welcomes proposals that will pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/index.jsp) to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society.
For all the above objectives, the National Science Foundation invests primarily in evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments, improve the diversity of STEM students and majors, and prepare STEM majors for the workforce. In addition to contributing to STEM education in the host institution(s), proposals should have the promise of adding more broadly to our understanding of effective teaching and learning practices.
The IUSE: EHR program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Several levels of scope, scale, and funding are available within each track, as summarized in Table 1.
Table 1: Overview of Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation tracks, levels, and deadlines
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Track |
Level |
Deadlines |
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Engaged Student Learning |
Level 1: up to $300,000 for up to three years |
February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter |
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Level 2: $300,001 - $600,000 for up to three years |
December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter |
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Level 3: $600,001 - $2 million for up to five years |
December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter |
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Institutional and Community Transformation |
Capacity-Building: $150K (single institution) or $300K (multiple institutions) for up to two years |
February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter |
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Level 1: up to $300,000 for up to three years
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February 4, 2020 August 4, 2020 1st Tuesday in February and August thereafter |
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Level 2: $300,001 - $2 million (single institution) or $3 million (multiple institutions and research centers) for up to five years |
December 4, 2019 1st Tuesday in December thereafter |
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What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)