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Research in Engineering Education
PD-10-1340
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: 40, $8,000,000, no cost sharing or matching requirement
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58510
Proposal Deadline: Jan 17, 2011 - Feb 11, 2011

Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

NSF 10-544
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: 94 to 108 including 70 to 75 Type 1 awards, 20 to 25 Type 2 awards, 3 to 5 Type 3 awards and 1 to 3 TUES Central Research Project awards; $35,800,000, pending availability of funding
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10544/nsf10544.htm
Proposal deadline: Jan 14, 2011 for Type 2, 3, and TUES and May 26, 2011 for Type 1

National STEM Education Distributed Learning (NSDL)
NSF 10-545
Letter of Intent Due Date (optional): April 24, 2010
# of Awards/Funds Available: 24 to 37; approx. $10,750,000 in FY2010
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10545/nsf10545.htm
Proposal deadline: May 26, 2010

CISE Pathways to Revitalizing Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH)
NSF 09-528
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: Each Class I  project will be funded at a level not to exceed $300,000 total for 1, 2 or 3 years. Each Class II project will be funded at a level not to exceed $800,000 total for 2 or 3 years.
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09528/nsf09528.html
Proposal deadline: April 28, 2009; April 22, 2010

Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
NSF 09-507
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: 15 to 24 MSP projects total, including: 4-6 Institute Partnerships, 2-4 MSP-Start Partnerships, 4-6 Phase II Partnerships and 2-3 RETA awards.  
Eligibility Restrictions: Check detailed NSF ad at the link below.
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09507/nsf09507.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Proposal deadline: August 20, 2009 (Targeted Partnerships); August 25, 2009 (Innovation through Institutional Integration)

Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM (ABP)
NSF 09-515
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Bridge to the Doctorate (LSAMP-BD)
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: For FY2009, 3 to 5 new LSAMP cooperative agreements of up to $1M per year over a 5-year period; 8 to 12 BD grants of $987K each for 24 months & 3 to 5 educational research projects for up to $100K over 12 months; NO new grants will be awarded in FY2009. 
Eligibility Restrictions: Only one educational research proposal will be accepted per alliance.
Announcement Link:  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09515/nsf09515.htm
Proposal deadline: October 9, 2009 (LSAMP)

Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
NSF 08-506
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: January 12, 2009 (ITEST) and January 19, 2010 (ITES)
# of Awards/Funds Available: 25 to 40 ITEST awards pending annual funds; up to 12 continuing awards annualy for the I3 competition  
Eligibility Restrictions: Only U.S. organizations located in the U.S., with an educational mission, are elligible to apply.
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09506/nsf09506.htm
Proposal deadline: February 24, 2009 and August 25, 2009 (I3); February 12, 2010 (ITEST)

Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure (IEECI)
NSF 10-502
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: Two types of awards will be supported: Expansion Projects (approximately 10 grants are anticipated with a $400,000 ceiling) &  Exploratory Projects (25-30 grants are anticipated, funded at a level up to $150,000).
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10502/nsf10502.htm
Proposal deadline: Jan 20, 2010 for Area 1, March 31, 2010 for Area 2 and 3

Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
NSF 08-569
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: August 19, 2008 / August 18, 2009 / August 17, 2010
# of Awards/Funds Available: 15 to 20 awards, $26,000,000 per year award ceiling
Eligibility Restrictions: None
Announcement Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08569/nsf08569.htm
Proposal deadline: September 29, 2009 / September 28, 2010

Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE)
NSF 08-530
The link to the announcement is posted on the front page of the Directorate for Engineering homepage. And a synopsis of the program can be found at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08530

Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS)
NSF PD-08-1698
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: individual investigator projects - aprox. $100,000/yr; workshops/small conferences - aprox. $15,000
Eligibility restrictions: None
Announcement link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671
Proposal deadline: Jan 15, 2011

Graduate Research Fellowship Program
NSF 08-593
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: N/A
# of Awards/Funds Available: 900 - 1,600 awards will be offered pending availability of funds; $36,450,000 to $64,800,000 for new fellowships in FY 2009
Eligibility restrictions: None
Announcement link: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08593
Proposal deadlines:
11/03/2008 Interdisciplinary Fields of Study
11/05/2008 Mathematical Sci; Computer and Information Sci and Engineering
11/06/2008 Social Sci; Psychology; Geosci
11/07/2008 Life Sci
11/10/2008 Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy
11/12/2008 Engineering


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