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

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/23-510-improving-undergraduate-stem-education-directorate-for-stem/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/344124

> U.S. National Science Foundation is offering grants of up to $2.0 million (at least $200,000) to any type of organization. It expects to make $61.0 million in total. Applications close on January 20, 2027.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | 23-510 |
| Agency | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Status | Open |
| Deadline | January 20, 2027 |
| Award ceiling | $2.0 million |
| Award floor | $200,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $61.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 47.076 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

Synopsis of Program: The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growth in the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy. 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. The IUSE: EDU is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. NSF places high value on educating students to be leaders and innovators in emerging and rapidly changing STEM fields as well as educating a scientifically literate public. In pursuit of this goal, IUSE: EDU supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings. IIUSE: EDU also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development. For all the above objectives, the National Science Foundation invests primarily in evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments and prepare STEM majors for the workforce.

## Questions people ask

### Who can apply for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)?

U.S. National Science Foundation accepts applications from any type of organization.

### What is the deadline for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)?

Closes January 20, 2027 (81 days left). Confirm the date and time in the official notice on Grants.gov.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $2.0 million each. About $61.0 million in total.