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    Racial Equity in STEM Education

    22-634

    National Science Foundation

    Opening date 22 Sep 2022, 12:00AM

    Closing date 17 Jan 2023, 12:00AM

    Funding Opportunity Number: 22-634

    Opportunity Category: Discretionary

    Expected Number of Awards: 35

    CFDA Number(s): 47.076 -- Education and Human Resources

    Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

    Posted Date: Sep 22, 2022 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Closing Date: Jan 17, 2023 12:00:00 AM EST

    Estimated Total Program Funding: 25000000

    Award Ceiling: $5000000

    Award Floor: none

    Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

    Agency Name: National Science Foundation

    Description:

    This solicitation aligns with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) long-standing investments in thedevelopment of a diverse and well-prepared public and workforce, which was recently reinforced in the NSF Vision: “A nation that leads the world in science and engineering research and innovation, to the benefit of all, without barriers to participation,” p. 9, NSF 2022-2026 Strategic Plan(https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22068/nsf22068.pdf). The NSF Strategic Plan focuses on ensuring that U.S. research is an inclusive enterprise that benefits from the talent of all sectors of American society – a research enterprise that incorporates the richdemographic and geographic diversity of the nation. The strategic plan recognizes that the more people who engage in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)research and the more diverse their backgrounds, the richer the range of questions asked. The result is a greater breadth of discovery and more creative solutions to societal challenges.

    Racial inequities often create barriers to STEM knowledge generation, as well as access to and participation in all aspects of STEM education, research, and the workforce. In ongoing efforts to address these disparities, NSF EHR seeks to support bold, groundbreaking, and potentially transformative projects that contribute to advancing racial equity in STEM education and workforcedevelopment through practice and/or fundamental or applied research.EHR’s missionbuilds from the NSF Strategic Plan, seeking “to achieve excellence in U.S. science, technology,engineeringand mathematics (STEM) education at all levels and in all settings (both formal and informal) in order to support thedevelopment of a diverse and well-prepared workforce of scientists, technicians, engineers, mathematicians and educators and a well-informed citizenry that have access to the ideas and tools of science and engineering. The purpose of these activities is to enhance the quality of life of all citizens and the health, prosperity,welfareand security of the nation.” Collectively,proposals funded by this solicitation will: (1) substantively contribute to institutionalizing effective research-based practices, policies, and outcomes in STEM environments for those who experience inequities caused by systemic racism and the broader community; (2)advance scholarship and promote racial equity in STEM in ways that expand the array of epistemologies, perspectives, ideas, theoretical and methodological approaches that NSF funds; and (3) further diversify project leadership (PIs and co-PIs) and institutions funded by NSF. Each proposal should include a rigorous plan to generate knowledge and/or evidence-based practice via fundamental or applied research. Projects may focus on, but are not limited to:

    • buildingtheory;developingresearch, evaluation, and assessment methods; conducting pilot projects and feasibilitystudies;
    • testing approaches andinterventions;
    • assessing the potential, efficacy, effectiveness, and scalability of approaches andinterventions;
    • changing institutional, organizational, and structural practices andpolicies;
    • establishing, cultivating, and assessing authentic partnerships with communities impacted by systemic racism; conducting syntheses, meta-syntheses, meta-analyses, and systematic literaturereviews;
    • convening conferences that explore a theory, topic, method, or issue related to the program goals in order to drive research and practice forward; and/or
    • focusing on affective, behavioral, cultural, social components, and implications.
    Prospective PIs are encouraged to send a one-page conceptpapertoEHRRacialEquity@nsf.govin advance of submitting a proposal.

    Grantor Contact Information: NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov

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