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Hello,

A new funding opportunity is available from the National Science Foundation.

The EHR Core Research (ECR) program establishes a mechanism in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) to provide funding in foundational research areas that are broad, essential and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following core areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM.

Researchers are invited to identify and conduct research on questions or issues in order to advance the improvement of STEM learning in general, or to address specific challenges of great importance. Two types of proposals are invited: Core Research Proposals (maximum 5 years, $1.5 million) that propose to study a foundational research question/issue designed to inform the transformation of STEM learning, and Capacity Building Proposals (maximum 3 years, $300,000) intended to support groundwork necessary for advancing research within the four core areas.

Due dates:
July 12, 2013
February 04, 2014
First Tuesday in February, annually thereafter

NSF EHR invites researchers and/or teams of researchers and practitioners to identify and conduct foundational research on questions or issues in order to advance the improvement of STEM learning in general, or to address specific challenges of great importance.

For more information, please see the full announcement: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13555/nsf13555.htm

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Kalie Sacco
Program Manager, Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005

Office: (202)783-7200 ext. 142
Cell: (530)722-5179
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Please note our new address as of May 1:
818 Connecticut Avenue NW, 7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006

ASTC's offices will be closed April 26-30. Our email access will be briefly interrupted during this period and we will not be reachable by phone. CAISE's websites will not be affected.

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