CFP: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5487&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline:
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: April 24, 2010
Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 26, 2010
Funding & Estimated Number of Awards:
- Pathways: 1 to 3 new awards, up to $2,550,00 each;
- Pathways – II: 3 to 5 new awards, up to $725,000 each;
- Services: 6 to 8 new awards, up to $600,000 each;
- Small Grants: 10 to 15 new awards, up to $150,000 each.
- Targeted Research (Educational impact): 4 to 6 new awards, up to $500,000 each.
Synopsis:
This program aims to establish a national network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels. The program has four tracks:
- Pathways projects are expected to provide stewardship for the content and services needed by major communities of learners;
- Pathways II projects are expected to move beyond the major stewardship goals and use Stage II support to ensure the expansion and stability of an original Pathways effort;
- Services projects are expected to develop services that support users and resource collection providers by enhancing the impact, efficiency, and value of the NSDL network; and
- Targeted Research will focus on investigating the educational impact of networked digital resources.
The existing NSDL Resource Center will provide collaboration assistance across all projects; undertake strategic partnership development on behalf of projects particularly with respect to non-academic entities; coordinate and, in some cases, perform thematic research and evaluation studies related to the program; synthesize findings across the portfolio; and disseminate findings of the accomplishments of the NSDL program. The NSDL Technical Network Services project operates NSDL’s infrastructure and NSDL.org; provides technical support for NSDL tools, services, and collections management; supports Pathways and other NSDL projects in contributing resources and collections to NSDL; and engages the NSDL community in identifying priorities for services developments.
