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EDU Core Research

U.S. National Science Foundation · 21-588 · Deadline: October 1, 2026 · Advertised ceiling: $2.5M

This listing sits under an agency-wide umbrella (CFDA 47.076, STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) — ~1212 awards/yr across many separate competitions). Program-level statistics would describe the whole umbrella, not this competition, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's history. Any tool showing "award history" for this listing at the program level is describing the umbrella.

Listing summary

The EDU Core Research (ECR) program offers this ECR:Core solicitation and invites proposals for fundamental research (curiosity-driven basic research and use-inspired basic research) that contributes to the general, explanatory knowledge that underlies STEM education in one or more of the three broadly conceived Research Areas: Research onSTEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, andResearch on STEM Workforce Development. Within this framework, the ECR program supports a wide range of fundamental STEM education research activities, aimed at l…

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