NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Enhancing STEM Education, Research Capacity, and Workforce Development

Dear Colleague Letter: Enhancing STEM Education, Research Capacity, and Workforce Development in Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Jurisdictions

Through this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) encourages new proposal submissions to EDU programs and supplemental funding requests to existing EDU awards led by institutions in the 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions. EDU seeks increased accessibility to the ideas, opportunities, and tools of STEM education and research for students, educators, researchers, communities at all levels and in all settings (both formal and informal), and by the public in EPSCoR jurisdictions, which historically receive less STEM education funding than other regions of the country.

For new proposals, proposers must adhere to the due dates (if applicable) and guidance specified in the relevant program solicitation, program announcement, or program description to which the proposal will be submitted. For supplements, approval must be obtained from the cognizant Program Director for the original award prior to submission of the supplemental funding request.