Proposal Development

The new DRK-12 solicitation (NSF 23-596) introduces several changes and updates compared to the previous solicitation (NSF 20-572). Proposal writers should take note of the differences outlined in this document.

Find general guidelines and information on preparing and justifying your proposal budget.

On July 7, 2021, National Science Foundation's (NSF) DRK-12 Program Lead, Dr. Mike Steele, gave an overview and answered questions about the Discovery Research PreK-12 Program's solicitation (20-572). Learn more about this STEM education research funding opportunity. Proposal deadline October 6, 2021.

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NSF is taking proactive steps to incrementally move the preparation and submission of all proposals from FastLane to Research.gov. On May 12, 2021, representatives from NSF's Division of Information Systems presented an overview of the Research.gov Proposal Submission System and the latest enhancements, including a demo site to explore the system before working on proposals. The session included a walk-through of how to quickly and easily create a proposal, upload proposal documents, manage senior personnel, and much more using NSF's user-friendly and intuitive Research.gov system. 

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Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analytic Techniques

This collection (in progress) shares resources to help researchers, parents, and teachers navigate changes to education and education research brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

NSF and Project-related Information

NSF program directors Rob Ochsendorf and Mike Steele presented on the revised DRK-12 Solicitation (2

Watch a Recording of the 2019 DRK-12 Solication Webinar (use the bookmarks on left side of recording to jump to content of interest): http://edc.adobeconnect.com/pe5bkk9btgs7/

View 2019 Slides

This paper seeks to provide a resource for prospective DRK–12 grantees by identifying some of the theories that current and recent DRK–12 grantees are using in their research on broadening participation.