Grants Office
Director: Kimberly Gray
Grants Coordinator: Rita Patel

Volume 6, Issue 18
April 2010

Fostering Interdisciplinary Research On Education (NSF)

Deadline: 2010-05-20

Fostering Interdisciplinary Research on Education is a new strand of the Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering program (National Science Foundation 09-601) and it is anticipated that after this first competition, FIRE will be incorporated into the REESE solicitation. The FIRE program seeks to facilitate the process by which scholars can cross disciplinary boundaries to acquire the skills and knowledge that would improve their abilities to conduct rigorous research on science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) learning and education. The primary goal of the strand is to facilitate the development of innovative theoretical, methodological, and analytic approaches to understanding complex STEM education issues of national importance and, by so doing, make progress toward solving them. A secondary goal of the strand is to broaden and deepen the pool of investigators engaged in STEM educational research. In order to address this goal, investigators must pair with a mentoring scientist in a to-belearned field of interest. Proposals therefore have both a research and a professional development component. Investigators may apply at any point in their postgraduate careers. Two to five FIRE awards will be funded, pending availability of funds. The anticipated funding amount is $1 million for FIRE awards in fiscal year 2010. The maximum award for FIRE projects is $400,000, with duration of up to 2 years.