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Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE)

Research Funding Bulletin

Apr 10, 2026

📢 Never Miss a Deadline: Subscribe to the CED Funding Calendar

Never Miss a Deadline: Subscribe to the CED Funding Calendar Stay on top of upcoming grant opportunities with the College of Education Research Office Funding Announcement Calendar. By syncing this to your Google Calendar, you’ll have real-time access to RFP deadlines, federal submission windows, and research workshops—all in one place.

Apr 10, 2026

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Call for Letters of Inquiry: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education

Deadline: June 1, 2026. Grants up to $500,000 will be awarded to U.S. higher education institutions and organizations working in partnership to advance access and opportunity in STEM graduate education.

Apr 8, 2026

NSF FINDERS Foundry

NSF has recently published a novel program called FINDERS Foundry which aims to support “collaboration among K-12 educators, technologists, and researchers to develop innovative solutions to persistent challenges in learning and workforce development. These challenges are identified by K-12 students, families, and educators. The program aims to create and scale evidence-based practices, tools, and technologies that improve learning outcomes and prepare students for a digital, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven future.”

Mar 17, 2026

Office of Naval Research – FY25 ONR Office of Naval Research (ONR) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program

Proposal Deadline: June 30, 2026. Office of Naval Research - FY25 ONR Office of Naval Research (ONR) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program. This NOFO is for STEM education programs and activities, which is formal or informal education that is primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics disciplines, topics, or issues (including environmental science education or stewardship).

Mar 17, 2026

Arnold Ventures: Casual Research on the Impacts of Cell Phone Policies in K-12 Schools

LOI Deadline: May 1, 2026. Arnold Ventures: Casual Research on the Impacts of Cell Phone Policies in K-12 Schools. This RFP seeks to address these gaps by supporting rigorous, causal research on the academic, behavioral, and mental health impacts of cell phone policies in K-12 schools in the United States. We seek studies that generate actionable insights for policymakers, as well as school and district leaders, who are deciding whether and how to implement or refine such policies.

Mar 5, 2026

2026 EMERGai Institute

Apply by April 1, 2026. Applications are open for the the 2026 Expanding the Methods of Education Researchers with Generative AI (EMERGai) Institute! EMERGai is an NSF-funded professional development institute and program for early- and mid-career STEM education researchers. The institute is intended to address a critical need in STEM education research by empowering early- and mid-career researchers employed at resource-limited colleges and universities to effectively and ethically leverage Generative AI tools and processes in their research workflow.

Feb 12, 2026

NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)

Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2026. The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments.

Feb 12, 2026

Research Grants on Education: Small

Full Proposal Deadline: April 15, 2026. The Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications two times per year.

Feb 5, 2026

National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)

May 19 2026 - Deadline date. The U.S. NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) partners across sectors to advance three primary focus areas – accelerating technology translation and development, fostering regional innovation and economic growth, and preparing the American workforce for future high-wage jobs in STEM fields.

Jan 22, 2026

Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE)

Full proposal accepted anytime. The goal of the Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) program is to advance our understanding of professional formation. It seeks both to deepen our fundamental understanding of the underlying processes and mechanisms that support professional formation and to demonstrate how professional formation is or can be accomplished.