NSF has published a new Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program Flyer.
The goal of the IUSE:EHR Program is to catalyze colleges and universities and their faculties to provide highly effective, evidence-based teaching and learning experiences for their undergraduate students taking STEM courses. It supports the development and use of practices that are rooted in a solid research base. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EHR supports a broad range of projects on two tracks. The Engaged Student Learning track supports the development, use, and testing of instructional practices and curricular innovation that engage and improve student learning and retention in STEM. The Institutional and Community Transformation track supports efforts to increase the propagation of highly effective, evidence-based teaching and learning by promoting this activity broadly at the discipline, academic department, and institutional levels. IUSE: EHR, managed by the Education and Human Resources Directorate, is one component of NSF’s larger cross-directorate investment in improving undergraduate STEM education.
Track 1 proposals focus on Engaged Student Learning and Track 2 proposals focus on Institutional and Community Transformations. Additionally, there are two different project approaches: Approach 1 – Exploration and Design and Approach 2 – Development and Implementation.
Additional information on the IUSE:EHR program can be found on the NSF webpage, including, FAQs, webinars, the solicitation and supported disciplines.
Full Proposal Window
October 1, 2017 – October 1, 2018
Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation
October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019
Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation
December 11, 2018
Development and Implementation Tier for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community Transformation
Beginning in FY 2018, there will be no single date deadlines for Exploration and Design proposals, which may be submitted at any time from October 1, 2017 onward. Please note however that proposals received after May 1 will be held over to the subsequent financial year for possible award (for example awards will be made in FY 19 for proposals received after May 1, 2018).