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Find similar grantsResearch on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) is sponsored by NSF - Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Supports early-stage research in emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and immersive technologies for teaching and learning in real-world educational environments.
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Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) Important information for proposers and award recipients All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements .
All NSF grants and cooperative agreements are subject to the applicable set of NSF award terms and conditions . NSF has updated its research security policies for NSF funded projects. Supports early-stage research in emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and immersive or augmenting technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in real-world educational environments.
Supports early-stage research in emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and immersive or augmenting technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in real-world educational environments.
The purpose of the Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) program is to support early-stage research in emerging technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in authentic (real-world) educational environments.
RITEL supports future-oriented exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching and learning. The program accepts proposals that focus on learning, teaching, or a combination of both.
The scope of the program is broad and includes teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in foundational areas that enable STEM (e.g., self-regulation, literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity, and socio-emotional skills). RITEL supports research in all learning contexts (e.g., formal, informal, workplace) and for all learner populations.
RITEL has a special interest in learner/educator populations and in developing new educational technologies that are cost-effective for budget-limited school districts, colleges and universities.
Research in this program should be informed by the convergence (synthesis) of multiple disciplines: e.g., learning sciences; discipline-based education research; computer and information science and engineering; design; and cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences. RITEL is unique in its requirement that projects must advance research in both learning (and/or teaching) and technology.
General inquiries may be addressed to: ritel-program-inquiries@nsf.
gov Additional program resources Frequently Asked Questions for RITEL (NSF 25-037) Awards made through this program Browse projects funded by this program Map of recent awards made through this program Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (EDU/DRL) Division of Undergraduate Education (EDU/DUE) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CISE/CNS) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (ENG/EEC) Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (SBE/BCS)
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