Name (with link) Deadline Award ($) Research Focus Eligibility Description Where can I get more help?

PIs must have earned This program supports projects that build individuals’ capacity to carry out high
PhD; postdocs may or quality STEM education research that will enhance the nation’s STEM education
may not be eligible to enterprise and broaden the pool of researchers that can conduct fundamental
serve as PI (varies by research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation
institution, check with in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development. A member of the SABER community who has previously
NSF Building Capacity in
Annually, 4th Fri in Up to $350,000 for Biology Education yours); for this program, received this award is willing to make themselves available
STEM Education Specifically, ECR: BCSER supports activities that enable early and mid-career
Feb two years Research they discourage having as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT leadership
Research (NSF-BCSER) researchers to acquire the requisite expertise and skills to conduct rigorous
co-PIs, because the fundamental research in STEM education. ECR: BCSER seeks to fund research team to be put in touch with them: dbersit@gmail.com
emphasis is on career development activities on topics that are relevant to qualitative and
professional quantitative research methods and design, including the collection and analysis
development for the of new qualitative or quantitative data, secondary analyses using extant
applicant datasets, or meta-analyses.
annually; third
Wednesday in July The IUSE: EHR program supports projects designed to contribute to a future in IUSE proposal preparation toolkit & webinar recording:
for For IUSE Level 1, PIs must have earned which all undergraduate students are fully engaged in their STEM learning. The https://www.aaas-iuse.org/proposal-preparation-toolkit/
Amounts vary (3
2, 3, and Capacity- PhD; postdocs may or IUSE: EHR program promotes (1) Engaged Student Learning: the development,
NSF Improving different levels); level
Building Proposals Undergraduate may not be eligible to testing, and use of teaching practices and curricular innovations that will engage A member of the SABER community who has previously
Undergraduate STEM 1 up to $300k for 3
and third Wednesday Education Research serve as PI (varies by students and improve learning, persistence, and retention in STEM, and (2) applied for this award is willing to make themselves
Education (NSF-IUSE) yrs; level 3 up to $2 Institutional and Community Transformation: the transformation of colleges and
in January for For institution, check with available as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT
million for 5 yrs universities to implement and sustain highly effective STEM teaching and
IUSE Level 1 and yours) leadership team to be put in touch with them:
Capacity-Building learning. dbersit@gmail.com
Proposals
There is a critical need to develop and accumulate knowledge based on
fundamental research (whether basic or use inspired) on STEM learning and
PIs must have earned learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce
Amounts vary (3 A member of the SABER community who has previously
PhD; postdocs may or development. Such a foundation is essential for strategically guiding the broader
NSF Education and different levels); level applied for this award is willing to make themselves
annually; first may not be eligible to set of STEM education investments by the Federal government, and other
Human Resources (EHR) 1 up to $500k for 3 Education Research available as a resource for you. Please email the DBER-SiT
Thursday in October serve as PI (varies by funding agencies and foundations, and the informing the actions of
Core Research (NSF-ECR) yrs; level 3 up to $2.5 policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. The ECR research program is
leadership team to be put in touch with them:
institution, check with
million for 5 yrs receptive to proposals that address these goals in any one or more of the STEM dbersit@gmail.com
yours)
disciplines. ECR research questions and methods should be tailored to the
context of the STEM disciplines under study.
Up $4,000 for a team
2 tracks: (1) Research - FLAMEnet is offering mini-grants to support research and other activities from
proposal or $2,000
Gathering and/or our members that advance the central goals of our network. Projects can be
for an individual
Factors affecting analyzing information to standalone efforts, or may serve to support future applications for larger federal
proposal, though Need to be FLAMEnet
Learning, Attitudes, and annually on inform research or grants. Projects may also be pursued individually or in teams. Projects should
larger budgets will be member (free to join);
Mindsets in Education December 15 and classroom practices (2) investigate the influence of one or more intrapersonal factors -- individual
considered with any career level may
Network (FLAMEnet) June 15 Resource and factors that are not related to one’s intelligence or knowledge but are related to
sufficient apply one’s own experience (i.e., mindsets, attitudes, and beliefs) -- in the context of
mini-grant Community Building -
justification; duration FLAMEnet’s core mission.
Developing and/or
is flexible, generally 6
disseminating resources.
months - 2 years
Most Spencer
Foundation grants
require that PIs must
Amounts vary, from
have an earned
Various Grants availble up to $50,000 or The Spencer Foundation offers various education research grants that are not
Periodically General Education doctorate. Graduate
from the Spencer $75,000 to $500,000 limited by sub-discipline. Recent opportunities have included their "Racial Equity
throughout year Research students may be part of Special Research Grants", due January 12 2021.
Foundation for large research
the research team, but
grants.
not PI or Co-PI; no
citizenship
requirements
 Name (with link) Deadline Award ($) Research Focus Eligibility Description Where can I get more help?
Support 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
No deadline, rolling frontiers of human knowledge.
No amount specified;
submission / review;
large grants (>$250k) Higher Education Not specified on Because our resources constitute such a small fraction of total societal
Sloan Foundation Grants requires first sending
are approved Research website investment in research, the Foundation must be extremely strategic both in the
a letter of inquiry to design of its grantmaking programs and in selecting individual projects for
quarterly
program director 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.
$25,000 stipend, plus The program supports highly competitive dissertation research using rigorous
Advanced (writing
travel funds for Educational research quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. The aim of
stage, final year)
AERA Dissertation Grants October 5, 2021 professional using a large database (e. the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM policy,
doctoral students. No
development g., PISA, TIMMS, etc.) foster significant science using education data, and build research capacity in
citizenship requirement.
conferences education and learning.
Postdoctoral and
up to $25,000 for 1yr
doctoral researchers
projects, or up to The program supports highly competitive studies using rigorous quantitative
Educational research (but must have received
$35,000 for 2yr methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. This research and
AERA Research Grants Ocotber 5, 2021 using a large database (e. their doctoral degree at
projects, institutions training program is designed to advance knowledge and build research capacity
g., PISA, TIMMS, etc.) the start of the award). in education and STEM education and learning.
may not charge
No citizenship
overhead/indirect
requirements.