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EDU Core Research (ECR: Core) is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU). The EDU Core Research (ECR: Core) program supports fundamental research contributing to the general, explanatory knowledge underlying STEM education in areas such as STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and STEM Workforce Development.
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EDU Core Research (ECR: Core) is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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NSF's Expanding K-12 Resources for AI Education Dear Colleague Letter invites current NSF awardees to request supplemental funding up to $300,000 (or 20% of their original budget) to scale and expand established AI education activities into new K-12 settings. Eligible work includes producing open-access AI curricula, teacher professional development, AI literacy modules, student-facing AI tools, evaluation studies of AI education programs, and partnerships with school districts. The DCL aligns with the Presidential AI Challenge and broader federal priorities to accelerate AI literacy in U.S. schools. Awards are issued as supplements to existing grants administered by the Directorate for STEM Education and adjacent NSF directorates.
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) Program - Advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent Ecosystems is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU). This program encourages proposals to the PESOSE program that focus on protocols enabling AI agent ecosystems. The PESOSE program strengthens open-source ecosystems that produce publicly accessible, modifiable, and shareable software and hardware, models and specifications, languages and measures for security and cybersecurity of artificial intelligence (AI) models and systems, metrology, data tools, and benchmarking tools.
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