With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education and Human Resources (EHR), Geosciences (GEO), Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), Engineering (ENG), Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) (Divisions of Physics and Materials Research, only) and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) announce their intention to support proposals aimed at capacity-building, community-building, and direction-setting for Public Participation in STEM Research (PPSR),

NSF proposals submitted on or after January 30, 2017 should refer to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF 17-1).

Just released! The new solicitation for NSF's CAREER program is now available. The deadline for EHR (Education & Human Resources) proposals is July 19, 2017. 

Read the solicitation.

Learn more about the program.

The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) has developed a plan outlining a framework for activities to increase public access to scientific publications and digital scientific data resulting from research the foundation funds. The plan, entitled "Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries," is consistent with the objectives set forth in the Office of Science and Technology Policy's Feb. 22, 2013, memorandum, "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research," and with long-standing policies encouraging data sharing and communication of research results.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will live broadcast a final Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Update Webinar on Thursday, January 19, 2017 from 1-2:30 PM EST.

The deadline to register for the session is Tuesday, January 17th. You may register for the webinar here.

NSF's Arlene deStrulle and STEM+C Program Officers will discuss NSF's STEM+C Solicitation (proposal deadline March 29). The webinar, Integrating Computational Thinking And Computing In Pre-K-12 Stem Teaching And Learning, will be held multiple times in the coming months.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today the launch of the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant competition for 2017. EIR is a new grant program established in the Every Student Succeeds Act and is the successor of the Obama Administration's Investing in Innovation grant program (i3), which invested $1.4 billion in 172 i3 projects across all 50 states.

REGISTER NOW! For January workshops to help teams prepare for responses to the NEW CSforAll Solicitation. K-12 implementation teams and individual education researchers are encouraged to apply. Travel support is available.

PLEASE DISSEMINATE this announcement to interested parties.

NSF has released a solicitation for Building Community and Capacity in Data Intensive Research in Education (BCC-EHR). Proposals are due March 15, 2017.