Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies 2024 Scholars Training Program Seeking to expand your quantitative data science skills in STEM education research? Join our growing community and network of critical quantitative researchers working for social justice! Applications are now open and close on Monday, July 15. Eligibility: Faculty, research professionals, and postdocs

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Quantitative Research Methods for STEM Education (QRM) Scholars Program pairs early-career education researchers with quantitative mentors to help develop skills in design, measurement, and analysis. The program includes a year-long training that includes a 3-day virtual Fall Institute (Sept. 27, 28, & Oct. 4, 2024) and a 2-day in-person Winter Institute (Jan. 31 & Feb.1, 2025), on-going live-stream workshops, and one-on-one research support with the assigned quantitative mentor.

About the seriesThe Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.

In this one-hour webinar, program officers with the U.S. National Science Foundation share insights on managing EDU Core Research (ECR) grants, including BCSER Individual Investigator Development (IID), ECR-CAREER, and ECR:Core awards. Although the webinar is designed for first-time PIs, all active ECR PIs and co-PIs will find the information of value.

About the SeriesThe Directorate for STEM Education at the National Science Foundation is hosting a series of virtual office hours for the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program (solicitation NSF 23-545) to support PIs in preparing proposals for the upcoming deadline.

Professional Development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) Institutes support emerging education researchers in developing their research interests into concrete questions, developing short- and long-term research plans, building community with other education researchers, and making progress on advancing projects to publication. We seek scholars who are familiar with independent research and want to expand their methodological repertoire.

Modern meta-analytic methods are needed to understand the conditions necessary to maximize STEM intervention impacts on learning outcomes. Meta-analysis is a suite of techniques that is uniquely positioned to answer important questions about contextual factors related to intervention effects. Unfortunately, traditional applications of meta-analysis in STEM, and education research broadly, focus on identifying average effects across multiple studies.

Applications for Cohort 2 (2024–2025) are open!The program is intended for early-career discipline-based education researchers (DBERs) who are doing quantitative research to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their specific disciplines. Ideal participants will have

From NSF: ECR’s Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) supports projects that build investigators’ capacity to carry out high-quality STEM education research that will enhance the nation’s STEM education enterprise. In addition, ECR: BCSER seeks to broaden the pool of researchers who can advance knowledge regarding STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.