Hi there! This is your DU(E-NEWS) Digest– Vol. 4, No. 1, January 17, 2023

What's New in DUE

ExpandAI Program Aims to Engage with MSIs

The Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships (ExpandAI) program aims to significantly broaden participation in AI research, education, and workforce development through capacity development projects and through partnerships within the National AI Research Institutes ecosystem. Click here to learn more about the ExpandAI program and its efforts to engage with minority-serving institutions.

NSF Scholarships in STEM program (S-STEM) Frequently Asked Questions

Updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the latest solicitation of the NSF Scholarships in STEM program (S-STEM) NSF 23-527 are now available.

This FAQ document provides answers to questions about eligibility, scholarship amount calculations, definition of low-income status for graduate students and allowable costs, evaluation requirements, etc.

If you or your colleagues want to submit a proposal and have questions, there is a high likelihood that you will find an answer in this document. For anything else, do not hesitate in contacting any of the program officers listed in the solicitation or the S-STEM leadership team.

The S-STEM Program supports institutions of higher education to fund scholarships for academically talented low-income undergraduate and graduate students and to study and implement a program of activities that support their recruitment, retention and graduation in STEM. Tracks 2, 3 and Collaborative Planning Grants proposals are due March 2, 2023, and Track 1 proposals are due March 29, 2023.

Individuals who are interested in serving as a reviewer for the S-STEM program in 2023 can fill out this form.

NSF Scholarships in STEM program Network (S-STEM-Net) New Solicitation

The S-STEM Program has released a new solicitation NSF 23-536 with an upcoming deadline of March 29, 2023. S-STEM-Net supports the creation of research hubs (S-STEM-Hubs) to study the conditions for the success of low-income undergraduate and graduate STEM students. S-STEM-Hubs awarded through this new solicitation will collaborate with recently awarded S-STEM-Hubs and the S-STEM Resource & Evaluation Center to create synergies and sustain a robust national ecosystem consisting of multi-sector partners supporting domestic low-income STEM students in achieving their career goals, while also ensuring access, inclusion, and adaptability to changing learning needs.

Visit the S-STEM-Net program webpage for more information.

IUSE Program News and Reminders

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program recently released a Dear Colleague Letter encouraging institutions that have not had prior support from the IUSE program to submit a proposal to Level 1 of the Engaged Student Learning track or to the Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity Building track. The full DCL can be found here.

The upcoming deadline for the IUSE program is January 18, 2023 for Institutional and Community Transformation proposals (Capacity Building and Level 1) and Engaged Student Learning Level 1. Please see the full IUSE solicitation (NSF 23-510).

Individuals who are interested in serving as a reviewer for the IUSE program in 2023 can fill out this form.

Upcoming Events

Office Hours for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program

The National Science Foundation's HSI program supports projects that improve undergraduate STEM education and increase the rates of recruitment, retention and graduation of undergraduate STEM students at HSIs. To support our colleagues in the proposal writing process, the NSF HSI Program is pleased to announce a series of Office Hours. They are taking place on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting in January of 2023.

The latest HSI Solicitation (NSF 22-611) has a deadline of February 8, 2023 for Tracks 1 and 2. To help PIs prepare for the upcoming submission, Program Officers will be hosting a series of Office Hours. Each Office Hour will have a brief (approximately 15 minutes) presentation followed by an open question and answer period.

You and your team are invited to attend and participate. You will need to register to receive Zoom webinar links via email.

DUE Funding Opportunities Upcoming Deadlines

Racial Equity in STEM Education January 17, 2023

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) January 18, 2023

Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) January 24, 2023

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program February 8, 2023 (Tracks 1 and 2) 

EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research February 24, 2023

Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (ACSER) February 28, 2023

Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) March 2, 2023

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) March 2, 2023 (Tracks 2, 3, and Collaborative Planning grants)

S-STEM-Net March 29, 2023

S-STEM March 29, 2023 (Track 1)

STEM Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed IPRF) April 11, 2023

STEM ED Organizational Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed OPRF) April 28, 2023

Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education, May 1, 2023

For a full list of current DUE funding opportunities click here.

About the Authors

Catherine Prunella and Samantha Staskiewicz are Science Assistants in the Division of Undergraduate Education.

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