NSF IUSE: EDU funds projects that improve undergraduate STEM education through research on teaching and learning, curriculum development, instructor professional development, and institutional change. It is built for colleges, universities, and organizations that work with them on STEM teaching. If you are not improving how undergraduate STEM is taught, do not bother applying.
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Education & TrainingMatches your industry (education, learning, stem) | 97 |
| Technology & SoftwareMatches your industry (technology, tech) | 81 |
| Arts & CultureMatches your industry (creative) | 74 |
| Environment & ConservationCurrently accepting applications | 73 |
| Finance & BankingMatches your industry (commerce) | 72 |
| Social Services & NonprofitCurrently accepting applications | 67 |
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Retail & E-CommerceMatches your industry (commerce) | 66 |
| Agriculture & FarmingLimit: Not clearly about your industry or what you need funding for; check the… | 54 |
| Construction & InfrastructureLimit: Not clearly about your industry or what you need funding for; check the… | 54 |
| Energy & Clean TechLimit: Nothing in this notice points to energy & clean tech | 54 |
| Food & BeverageLimit: Nothing in this notice points to food & beverage | 54 |
| Healthcare & BiotechLimit: Nothing in this notice points to healthcare & biotech | 54 |
| Housing & Real EstateLimit: Nothing in this notice points to housing & real estate | 54 |
| ManufacturingLimit: Nothing in this notice points to manufacturing | 54 |
| Transportation & LogisticsLimit: Not clearly about your industry or what you need funding for; check the… | 54 |
These are our matcher’s estimates for a typical business in each industry. A real match depends on your size, your state and what you need the money for — check your own fit.
NSF IUSE: EDU funds projects to improve undergraduate STEM education through evidence-based research on teaching and learning, adoption of effective pedagogical practices, instructor professional development, and institutional/community transformation. Open to institutions of higher education and associated organizations; eligibility is unrestricted.
Synopsis of Program:
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: EDU 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: EDU 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 to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings.
IIUSE: EDU also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including 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.
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 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: EDU program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation.
The listing does not include detailed eligibility text. Check the official listing before you apply.
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