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Name (with link)DeadlineAward ($)Research FocusEligibilityDescriptionWhere can I get more help?
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NSF Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (NSF-BCSER)February 23, 2024Up to $350,000 for three yearsBiology Education ResearchPIs must have earned PhD; postdocs may or may not be eligible to serve as PI (varies by institution, check with yours); for this program, they discourage having co-PIs, because the emphasis is on professional development for the applicantThis program supports projects that build individuals’ capacity to carry out high quality STEM education research that will enhance the nation’s STEM education enterprise and broaden the pool of researchers that can conduct fundamental research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.

Specifically, ECR: BCSER supports activities that enable early and mid-career researchers to acquire the requisite expertise and skills to conduct rigorous fundamental research in STEM education. ECR: BCSER seeks to fund research career development activities on topics that are relevant to qualitative and quantitative research methods and design, including the collection and analysis of new qualitative or quantitative data, secondary analyses using extant datasets, or meta-analyses.		A member of the SABER community who has previously received this award is willing to make themselves available as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT leadership team to be put in touch with them: dbersit@gmail.com
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NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (NSF-IUSE)January 17, 2024 for IUSE Level 1 and Capacity-Building Proposals. July 17, 2024 for IUSE Level 2 and 3 Proposals.Amounts vary (3 different levels); level 1 up to $300k for 3 yrs; level 3 up to $2 million for 5 yrsUndergraduate Education ResearchPIs must have earned PhD; postdocs may or may not be eligible to serve as PI (varies by institution, check with yours) The IUSE: EHR program supports projects designed to contribute to a future in which all undergraduate students are fully engaged in their STEM learning. The IUSE: EHR program promotes (1) Engaged Student Learning: the development, testing, and use of teaching practices and curricular innovations that will engage students and improve learning, persistence, and retention in STEM, and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation: the transformation of colleges and universities to implement and sustain highly effective STEM teaching and learning.IUSE proposal preparation toolkit & webinar recording: https://www.aaas-iuse.org/proposal-preparation-toolkit/

A member of the SABER community who has previously applied for this award is willing to make themselves available as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT leadership team to be put in touch with them: dbersit@gmail.com
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NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research (NSF-ECR)October 3 2024; Annually first Thursday in OctoberAmounts vary (3 different levels); level 1 up to $500k for 3 yrs; level 3 up to $2.5 million for 5 yrs3 Research Areas: 1) Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, 2) Research on Boradening Participatoin in STEM, and 3)Reserach on STEM Workforce DevelopmentPIs must have earned PhD; postdocs may or may not be eligible to serve as PI (varies by institution, check with yours) There is a critical need to develop and accumulate knowledge based on fundamental research (whether basic or use inspired) on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. Such a foundation is essential for strategically guiding the broader set of STEM education investments by the Federal government, and other funding agencies and foundations, and the informing the actions of policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. The ECR research program is receptive to proposals that address these goals in any one or more of the STEM disciplines. ECR research questions and methods should be tailored to the context of the STEM disciplines under study.A member of the SABER community who has previously applied for this award is willing to make themselves available as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT leadership team to be put in touch with them: dbersit@gmail.com
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Various Grants availble from the Spencer FoundationPeriodically throughout year. Large Education Grants on Research application is now open: Applications Open
December 1, 2023

Intent to Apply
January 24, 2024, 12:00PM (Noon) CENTRAL

Full Proposal Deadline
February 27, 2024, 12:00PM (Noon) CENTRAL 		Amounts vary, from up to $50,000 or $75,000 to $500,000 for large research grants.General Education ResearchMost Spencer Foundation grants require that PIs must have an earned doctorate. Graduate students may be part of the research team, but not PI or Co-PI; no citizenship requirementsThe Spencer Foundation offers various education research grants that are not limited by sub-discipline. Recent opportunities have included their "Racial Equity Special Research Grants", applications are closed for 2024.
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Sloan Foundation GrantsNo deadline, rolling submission / review; requires first sending a letter of inquiry to program directorNo amount specified; large grants (>$250k) are approved quarterlyHigher Education ResearchNot specified on websiteSupport for basic scientific research lies at the core of the foundation’s mission. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. felt strongly that future increases in human welfare would be driven by an increased understanding and mastery of the natural world and that it was thus important to support those scientific pioneers who are expanding the frontiers of human knowledge.

Because our resources constitute such a small fraction of total societal investment in research, the Foundation must be extremely strategic both in the design of its grantmaking programs and in selecting individual projects for funding. In each of our science grantmaking programs, the Foundation seeks proposals for original projects led by outstanding individuals or teams, which exhibit a high degree of methodological rigor, which have a high expected return to society, and for which funding from the private sector, government, or other foundations is not yet widely available.
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AERA Dissertation GrantsDeadline to be announced February 2024$25,000 stipend, plus travel funds for professional development conferencesEducational research using a large database (e.g., PISA, TIMMS, etc.)Advanced (writing stage, final year) doctoral students. No citizenship requirement. The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM policy, foster significant science using education data, and build research capacity in education and learning.
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AERA Research GrantsDeadline to be announced February 2024up to $27,500 for 1­yr projectsEducational research using a large database (e.g., PISA, TIMMS, etc.)Postdoctoral and doctoral researchers (but must have received their doctoral degree at the start of the award). No citizenship requirements.The program supports highly competitive studies using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. This research and training program is designed to advance knowledge and build research capacity in education and STEM education and learning.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) - Research Initiation Awards (RIA)Preliminary Proposal required Due March 26, 2024
Letter of Intent required Due July 23, 2024
Letter of Intent required Due September 10, 2024
Full Proposal Due October 1, 2024
$62.25 million, pending availability of funds, are expected to be spent for new awards over the two-year period as follows:

Approximately $30 million, pending availability of funds, for new awards in FY 2024 for Targeted Infusion Projects, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM Projects, Implementation Projects, and Research Initiation Awards.

Approximately $32.25 million, pending availability of funds, for new awards in FY 2025 for Targeted Infusion Projects, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM Projects, Implementation Projects, Research Initiation Awards, and Broadening Participation Research Centers.
Provides support for STEM faculty with no prior or recent research funding to pursue research at the home institution, a NSF-funded research center, a research-intensive institution, or a national laboratory.
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