(CLOSED) NIH 17-339 Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)(R25)

Sponsor Name: 
NIH
Amount: 
$2,000,000.00
Description of the Award: 

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIGMS R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.

To this end, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages the development of innovative educational activities for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12), pre-service and in-service teachers (Teachers) and students from underserved communities with a focus on Courses for Skills Development, Research Experiences, Mentoring Activities, Curriculum or Methods Development and Outreach. 

Information on current SEPA projects can be found at:  https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/crcb/sepa/Pages/default.aspx

and http://nihsepa.org.  

Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the SEPA Scientific/Research Contact to be advised on the appropriateness of the intended P-12 STEM or ISE project for SEPA program objectives and the priorities of the NIGMS.

Limit (Number of applicants permitted per institution): 
1
Sponsor Final Deadline: 
Jul 09, 2019
To be considered as a Penn State institutional nominee, please submit a notice of intent by the date provided directly below.
This limited submission is in downselect: 
Penn State may only submit a specific number of proposals to this funding opportunity. The number of NOIs received require that an internal competition take place, thus, a downselect process has commenced. No Penn State researchers may apply to this opportunity outside of this downselect process. To apply for this limited submission, please use this link:
OSVPR Downselect Deadline: 
Monday, June 10, 2019 - 4:00pm
Notes: 
Hill, Kathleen (Education, Center for Sci, Math, Schools) 6/11/2019