Directorate for Education & Human Resources
EHR Core Research (ECR)
ECR Funding Update
EHR wishes to inform the community that staff are currently updating the EHR Core Research (ECR) funding opportunity. Further information will be posted when it is available.
EHR Core Research (ECR) Reviewers Needed
If you are interested in reviewing ECR proposals please submit a brief CV to ECR@nsf.gov.
| Name | Phone | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address questions to the program | ECR@nsf.gov | (703) 292-2333 |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Announcement 15-509Important Information for Proposers
ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date
September 13, 2018
Second Thursday in September, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following focal areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM.
The ECR program is distinguished by its emphasis on the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to (a) understand, (b) build theory to explain, and (c) suggest interventions (and innovations) to address persistent challenges in STEM interest, education, learning, and participation. The program supports advances in fundamental research on STEM learning and education by fostering efforts to develop foundational knowledge in STEM learning and learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, for all groups, and from the earliest developmental stages of life through participation in the workforce, resulting in increased public understanding of science and engineering. The ECR program will fund fundamental research on: human learning in STEM; learning in STEM learning environments, STEM workforce development, and research on broadening participation in STEM.
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)