Dear Colleagues,
This month, as we gear up for the 2025 DRK-12 PI Meeting, we are reminded of the important and impactful contribution of the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program to the improvement of STEM education.
The DRK-12 program plays a pivotal role in advancing STEM education by bridging the gap between theory and practice, ensuring that cutting-edge research translates into tangible improvements in educational outcomes across grade levels and STEM subjects. Its impact extends beyond the classroom, influencing educational policy, teacher professional development, community engagement, and the broader STEM workforce.
Explore the research and development projects, products, and people supported by the DRK-12 program on the CADRE website, tracing its evolution from the initial DRK-12 solicitation nearly two decades ago. Dive deeper into the DRK-12 portfolio’s research and education topics through our Spotlights on STEM Education Research and Community Voices Blog.
As a community, we can help spread the message about the importance of this work. Use CADRE’s Dissemination Toolkit to help elevate stories about your work and its impact. Consider calling or scheduling a visit with a legislator to tell them how your work has impacted education.
We look forward to seeing some of you next month at the PI meeting. Thank you in advance to the NSF program officers who will attend the meeting; the researchers who are presenting, sharing their work, and facilitating discussions at the meeting about how to improve preK-12 STEM research and education; and the DRK-12 community at large for all you do to advance STEM education in the United States.
Best,
The CADRE Team
Newsbites
News from NSF
- Stay informed about updates on the NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders and NSF Priorities.
News from DRK-12 Projects and Awardees
Awards & Recognition
- Rachel Scherr was appointed as associate editor of the Physical Review Physics Education Research.
Publications
- “Adapting for a Local Space Can be Tricky”: Designing Units for Teachers to Localize Through Phenomenon Adaptation | Science Education
Authors: Emily M. Harris, Lindsey Mohan, Adrienne A. Hanson, Katahdin A. Cook Whitt, Candice Guy-Gaytán (2015-16 CADRE Fellow), and Lisa O. Kenyon - Expanding Uses of the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP): Secondary Science Teachers’ Reflections on Integrated STEM Practice | Journal of Science Teacher Education
Authors: Emily Dare, Joshua Ellis, and Christopher Irwin - Exploring Middle School Science Teachers’ Curriculum Sensemaking | Journal of Science Teacher Education
Authors: Gary Wright, Laura Zangori, Suzanne Otto, Rebekah Snyder, and Laura Cole - Fostering Critical Consciousness: A Systematic Review of K-12 Teachers’ Integrations of Sociopolitical Issues in Science and Mathematics Classrooms | Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
Authors: Sheila K. Castro, Julie C. Brown, and Kent J. Crippen - Learning Science and Engineering by Designing Sustainable Houses | The Science Teacher
Authors: Elena Sereiviene, Xiaotong Ding, Rundong Jiang, Dylan Bulseco, and Charles Xie - Restructuring the Science Curriculum Around Grand Challenges | International Journal of Science Education
Authors: Troy D. Sadler, Zhen Xu, and David Fortus - Textbooks as a Resource for Teaching Mathematics Through Problem Posing: Catalyzing Instructional Change | ZDM – Mathematics Education
Authors: Stephen Hwang, Jaepil Han, Faith Muirhead, Amy Brown, Matthew Melville, and Jinfa Cai
Do you have news to share? Email cadre@edc.org.
Upcoming Opportunities
The following funding and publication opportunities, listed by deadline, may be of interest to you and your DRK-12 project members.
Funding
- NEW! May 30, 2025 – Spencer Foundation | Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program (May Deadline)
- June 2, 2025 – NSF | NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- NEW! June 13, 2025 – Spencer Foundation | Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program (June Deadline)
- June 17, 2025 – Spencer Foundation | Large Research Grants on Education (Pre-proposal Deadline)
- July 1, 2025 – William T. Grant Foundation | William T. Grant Scholars Program
- July 7, 2025 – NSF | EPSCoR Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (EPSCoR CREST Centers)
- July 10, 2025 – NSF | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) (Letter of Intent)
- July 23, 2025 – NSF | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- September 15, 2025 – William T. Grant Foundation | Institutional Challenge Grant
- NEW! September 17, 2025 – NSF | Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)
- October 2, 2025 – NSF | Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
- October 2, 2025 – NSF | EDU Core Research (ECR:Core)
- October 21, 2025 – NSF | Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) (Full Proposal)
- November 4, 2025 – NSF | Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL)
- November 12, 2025 – NSF | Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12)
- December 5, 2025 – NSF | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST Centers) (Preliminary Proposal)
- January 14, 2026 – NSF | Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
- February 4, 2026 – NSF | Translation and Diffusion (TD)
- February 11, 2026 – NSF | Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)
- February 27, 2026 – NSF | EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research
For more NSF funding opportunities, see CADRE's list of Upcoming NSF DRL EHR Solicitation Deadlines.
Publications
May 30, 2025 – Educational Technology & Society | Multiple Intelligent Agents in Education: Theories, Design, and Applications- May 30, 2025 – Journal of Engineering Education | Surrounding Systems’ Influences on Engineering Education: Focus on Organizations, Policies, and Contexts (Letter of Intent with Abstract Deadline)
- May 31, 2025 – Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence | Bridging Educational Divide with Generative AI
- June 1, 2025 – Science & Children | Creating Meaningful Cross-Curricular Experiences
- NEW! June 15, 2025 – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education | Reimagining Mathematics Teacher Education and Research Through Artificial Intelligence (Proposal Deadline)
- June 30, 2025 – Computers & Education | Generative Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Adaptive/Personalized Learning
- July 2025 – Connected Science Learning | Cutting Edge Science and Engineering in STEM Learning
- July 1, 2025 – Educational Media International | Enhancing Educational Experiences Through Augmented Reality: A Computer Vision Approach
- July 1, 2025 – The Science Teacher | Using AI in the Science Classroom
- NEW! July 3, 2025 – Frontiers in Education | STEM: Innovation on Teaching and Learning Vol. II (Manuscript Summary Deadline)
- NEW! July 15, 2025 – Frontiers in Education | Bridging Barriers: Technology Integration in Mathematics Education (Manuscript Summary Deadline)
- NEW! July 30, 2025 – Frontiers in Education | Reimagining Higher Education: Responding Proactively to 21st Century Global Shifts (Manuscript Summary Deadline)
- July 31, 2025 – Technology, Pedagogy and Education | Emerging Research Special Issue
- August 1, 2025 – Science & Children | Building Science Literacy for Lifelong Learning
- August 1, 2025 – Science Scope | AI in the Classroom
- NEW! August 15, 2025 – Computer Applications in Engineering Education | Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Scholarly Publishing and Impactful Contributions in Engineering Education
- August 31, 2025 – Educational Technology & Society | Robotics-Facilitated Teaching and Learning: An Embodied Cognition and Multi-modal Perspective
- September 2025 – Connected Science Learning | Data, Data Everywhere!
- September 1, 2025 – Machine Learning | Towards Trustworthy Foundation Models: Interpretability, Safety, and Robustness
- NEW! September 6, 2025 – Frontiers in Education | Reimagining Education to Improve Metacognitive and Socioemotional Skills for the 21st Century (Manuscript Summary Deadline)
- September 20, 2025 – Journal of Engineering Education | Surrounding Systems’ Influences on Engineering Education: Focus on Organizations, Policies, and Contexts
- October 1, 2025 – Science & Children | Teaching Resources to Engage and Inspire
- October 1, 2025 – Science Scope | Earth Science Experiences
- October 31, 2025 – Educational Studies in Mathematics | Mathematics Education for Sustainable Futures
- December 1, 2025 – Science & Children | What Is Science?
- December 31, 2025 – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education | Mathematics for and in STEM Education
- December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | Artificial Intelligence in Science Education
- December 31, 2025 – Research in Science Education | STEM and Teaching Engineering Design
- February 1, 2026 – Science & Children | Celebrating Collaborations
- December 31, 2026 – Research in Science Education | Argumentation and the Problem of Misinformation in Science Education
- December 31, 2026 – Research in Science Education | Multimodal Literacies and Representations for Learning
For other publication opportunities, including those with ongoing submissions, see CADRE's list of Publications for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
Conferences
May 30, 2025 – 2026 AASA National Conference on Education (Call for Proposals)- June 2, 2025 – 2026 ASTE International Conference (Call for Proposals)
- June 15, 2025 – 2025 NCME-SIG Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con) (Call for Proposals)
- June 23, 2025 – 2025 Connected Learning Summit (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! June 26, 2025 – 2026 SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Call for Paper Abstracts)
- June 30, 2025 – 2025 NABT Professional Development Conference (Call for Research Symposium Papers)
- NEW! July 3, 2025 – 2026 SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Call for Sessions)
- NEW! July 7, 2025 – 2026 AACTE Annual Meeting (Call for Proposals)
- NEW! July 25, 2025 – 2026 AERA Annual Meeting (Call for Submissions)
- NEW! January 5, 2026 – 2026 CSEDU International Conference (Call for Papers)
- NEW! January 20, 2026 – 2026 CSEDU International Conference (Call for Sessions)
For more conference information, see CADRE's list of Conferences for STEM Educators, Policymakers, and Researchers.
Career & Professional Development
- NEW! Until filled – American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Program Director for Education
- Until filled – Brown University, Annenberg Institute: Senior Research Associate – The Rhode Island Education Research Collaborative
- Until filled – Florida State University: Postdoctoral Scholar for Leon County Career and Technical Education Project
- NEW! Until filled – Georgia Southern University: Visiting Instructor of Elementary Education – Mathematics Education Specialization (Application review began May 19, 2025)
- NEW! Until filled – Institute for Higher Education Policy: Vice President of Research
- Until filled – Kennesaw State University: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education (Application review began February 14, 2025)
- Until filled – Longwood University: Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
- Until filled – Louisiana Tech University: Assistant Professor, STEM Education Research
- Until filled – Southern Methodist University: Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology-Enhanced Immersive Learning (Application review began April 28, 2025)
- Until filled – Stonehill College: Assistant/Associate Professor of Math and/or Science Teacher Educator (Application review began June 25, 2024)
- Until filled – Towson University: Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
- Until filled – University of Arkansas: Teaching Assistant/Associate Professor of Mathematics (Application review began December 15, 2024)
In Case You Missed It
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A complete archive of our newsletters and announcements is available on cadrek12.org.