Department of Education Research Grant for Disabilities Education

This department is offering the Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program to broaden the participation and achievement of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM fields. The program includes Model Building projects to develop innovative educational models and Broadening Participation Research to understand the issues affecting students with disabilities in STEM. Research focuses on improving learning, graduation rates, and career choices for students with disabilities in STEM fields. Projects aim to close achievement gaps for students in community colleges, baccalaureate, and graduate programs. The closing date for applications is June 01, 2012.

Opportunity ID: 148155

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	12-542
Funding Opportunity Title::	Research in Disabilities Education
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	17
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	47.076 — Education and Human Resources
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Mar 01, 2012
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 01, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 01, 2012
Archive Date::	Jul 12, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 2,000,000
Award Ceiling::	$1,000,000
Award Floor::	$300,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
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RDE Proposals:

Universities and Colleges – Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Science Foundation
Description::	The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program advances the goal of broadening the participation and achievement of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. This effort is realized by making strategic investments in educational and institutional Model Building and in basic and applied Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (BPR). Model Building projects develop, replicate, translate and utilize innovative educational and institutional capacity building models to broaden the participation of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM fields. Models employ evidence-based educational exemplars that improve the learning, participation, persistence and graduation of students with disabilities in associate, baccalaureate and graduate STEM degree programs. BPR projects promote efforts to understand the underlying issues contributing to the differential learning, participation and graduation rates of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. Particular emphasis is placed on contributing to the knowledge base by investigating the STEM learning characteristics and differences of postsecondary students with disabilities. Educational research about students with disabilities in STEM is advanced by studying the educational and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance, retention and persistence in degree programs, degree completion and career choices. RDE projects contribute to closing the achievement gaps for postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM fields, including students enrolled in community colleges, baccalaureate degree programs and graduate schools.RDE-Model Building (RDE-MB) – These projects broaden the participation and achievement of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM by creating, replicating, translating and implementing innovative educational and institutional capacity building models. RDE-MB projects employ evidence-based educational exemplars that improve the learning, participation, persistence and graduation of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM degree programs. These projects must have a strong theoretical base and initiatives must be justified by the relevant educational, disability, and social science research. RDE-Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (RDE-BPR) – These projects to investigate the underlying issues affecting the differential learning, participation, retention and graduation rates of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. Proposed research may investigate learning and educational influences as well as organizational, institutional or systemic processes that broaden the participation of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. Disability should be the main focus of the research and analysis, with race, ethnicity, gender, economic status, and/or veteran status as potential secondary foci. Projects catalyze the acquisition of knowledge that may inform interventions impacting learning, persistence, and graduation in STEM for postsecondary students with disabilities under certain conditions and in specific educational contexts. BPR can also be found in other solicitations in the Divison of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) and in the Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). DRL’s Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) solicitation has a strand called BPR that converges with elements of the Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) and RDE solicitations; the new BPR strand is jointly managed by DRL and HRD with coordination by the RDE, GSE and REESE programs.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	47.076
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00111050
Opening Date:	Mar 01, 2012
Closing Date:	Jun 01, 2012
Agency Contact Information::	Mark H. Leddy
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Research & Related Personal Data [V1.2] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] NSF Cover Page [V1.3]
optional_forms	R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2] NSF Deviation Authorization [V1.1] NSF Suggested Reviewers [V1.1] NSF FastLane System Registration [V1.3]