Record Number: 13941
 
National Science Foundation
 Directorate for Education and Human Resources
  Division of Research Evaluation and Communication
   Research on Education Policy and Practice (REPP)
 
Dr. Christopher Dede
REC Information Center, Room 855
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA  22230
Phone: (703)306-1651 ext.5893  Fax: (703)306-0434
E-mail: cjdede@nsf.gov
Web Site: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/
E-Forms: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/
 
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED:         Research or Dissertation
                              Teaching or Curric/Prog Development
                              Seminar or Conference or Travel
LAST REVIEWED:                10/13/97
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND REQUIRED: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED:         U.S. Citizens
AGENCY TYPE:                  U.S. Federal Government
DEADLINES ANNOUNCED:          03/15/98
                              09/15/98
 
The mission of NSF centers on science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology (SMET). Research on Education, Policy, and Practice (REPP) 
supports cultivation of a research base for implementing innovative K-16, 
i.e., elementary, secondary, and undergraduate reform strategies, as well 
as ways of improving graduate, professional, and informal and lifelong 
learning. Research and development that undergird NSF's intervention in 
SMET education is the overarching priority of the REPP. REPP integrates 
three Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) programs that 
previously supported research in science education: Research on Teaching 
and Learning (RTL), Studies and Indicators (S&I), and Applications of 
Advanced Technologies (AAT). REPP will invest in a set of research 
priorities that advance EHR's systemic reform activities, especially as 
implemented through the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSI), Urban 
Systemic Initiatives (USI), Rural Systemic Initiatives (RSI), 
Comprehensive Partnerships in Minority Student Achievement (CPMSA), Local 
Systemic Change through Teacher Enhancement (LSC), and Institution-wide 
Reform of Undergraduate Education in SMET disciplines. REPP seeks to 
increase the research knowledge and resources devoted to SMET teaching 
and learning throughout the life cycle, but especially at several 
aggregate levels of educational performance--students (both individuals 
and groups), classrooms, schools and campuses, districts and consortia, 
States, regions, and the United States in an international context. The 
objective of a coordinated program of research in SMET education is 1) to 
inform efforts that sustain improvements in complex structures and 
processes for making learning possible and effective, and 2) to reduce 
the intellectual distance and time lags that erode linkages among 
research, policy, and practice in SMET education. By funding various 
types of research and development, REPP will help to produce and 
synthesize results that are of immediate application by various 
stakeholders in quality education. These include practitioners who 
prepare teachers or guide students, administrators and policymakers, 
software developers, and scholars who change the conceptual content of 
SMET education through contributions to the research literature. REPP 
takes as its main research foci the following themes: data, methodology, 
and theory; policy; practice; and technology. While priorities may shift 
from year to year, at all times the Program encourages interactions among 
researchers and practitioners across disciplines, organizations, and 
sectors. REPP seeks to identify proposals containing sound, innovative, 
promising, high-risk/high-payoff ideas that advance knowledge primarily, 
but not exclusively, on the themes above. SUPPORT PROVIDED: REPP projects 
will typically vary from one-year, single-investigator essentially one-
person efforts (funded typically for less than $50,000) to three-year 
inquiries by research teams formed through coordination of researchers 
(typically located at colleges and universities) and other education 
stakeholders (e.g., local school systems, community-based organizations, 
industry) that approach a total budget of $1 million. Conferences and 
workshops will be considered, especially if they intend to bridge 
disparate intellectual communities and provide impacts enduring well 
beyond the duration of NSF project funding. Projects that support the 
interdisciplinary professional development of early-career researchers 
are especially encouraged. The average total multiyear award will be 
approximately $300,000. APPLICATION INFORMATION: The March and September 
dates above are the deadlines for the submission of required preliminary 
proposals. Full proposals, if requested, are due 1 June 1998 and 1 
December 1998, respectively. A further deadline for full proposals is 
December 1, 1997, for applicants who met the required preproposal 
deadline of September 15, 1997. (NSF 96-138)
 
SUBJECTS: Education
          Educational Curriculum Studies
          Engineering Education
          Mathematics Education
          Science Education
          Technology Education
          Educational Philosophy
          Educational Policy
          Educational Systems and Institutions
          Elementary Education
          Postsecondary Education
          Higher Education
          Graduate Education
          Undergraduate Education
          Secondary Education
          Opportunity for Junior Faculty