Dear Colleague Letter - NSF Funding Opportunity
Regarding Proposals for Including Science Educators in Polar Research
Improving Undergraduate Science Education (NSF 14-588)
National Science Foundation
Proposal deadline: 13 January 2015
To review the Dear Colleague Letter, please go to
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14122/nsf14122.jsp
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs (PLR)
and the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) have released a Dear
Colleague Letter (NSF 14-122), encouraging proposals that will make use
of NSF's investment in polar sciences and infrastructure for the benefit
of science education and the development of the next generation of polar
scientists. To promote polar science educational opportunities, PLR and
DUE will accept and review proposals for developing and managing a
program(s) that will facilitate the participation of pre-service and
in-service middle and high school teachers as well as faculty from
Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI), including community colleges
and Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), in research projects focused on
the Arctic and Antarctic.
Proposals in response to the Dear Colleague Letter must be submitted to
the Improving Undergraduate Science Education (IUSE) solicitation for
the 13 January 2015 deadline and must be identified by starting the
proposal title with the term: "IUSE-Polar (NSF 14-122)".
Those considering submitting a proposal in response to this opportunity
are strongly encouraged to contact the cognizant program officer Lisa
Rom, via email (elrom [at] nsf.gov) or phone (703-292-7709), who can answer
questions and provide further guidance.
For more information about the IUSE solicitation (NSF 14-588), please go
to: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf14588.
To review the Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 14-122) posted 30 September
2014, please go to http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14122/nsf14122.jsp.
For questions, contact:
Lisa Rom
Email: elrom [at] nsf.gov
Phone: 703-292-7709
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