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The Hub Resource library is comprised of tools, products, and media developed by the ECR Hub or curated from other NSF-funded resource hubs, BCSER Methods Institutes, and the STEM education research field at large.

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Turning One-Pagers into ECR Proposals

These workshop slides, developed by Dr. Erin Lynch, were shared during the 2026 ECR:Core and ECR:BCSER Award Meeting. The workshop was designed for ECR prospective grantees who have developed a one-pager for their ECR proposal idea and are ready to turn their one-pager into a proposal. 

How to Develop and Sustain Partnerships for Advancing Your Research Agenda

This resource provides grantees with guiding questions to explore how to develop their research agenda. 

Responding to Declination: Strategies for Revising a Declined Proposal

This resource provides prospective grantees with strategies to respond to a declined NSF ECR proposal. 

Preparing Your ECR One-Page Project Summary

This resource provides ECR prospective grantees with guiding questions to explore if their project aligns with the EDU programs, shares strategies for crafting a compelling proposal, and provides tips for creating a one-page summary of the proposed idea to discuss with an NSF program officer. 

Comparing NSF STEM K-12 Versus ECR:Core

Last updated: 8/27/25

On August 22, 2025, NSF announced the new NSF STEM K-12 solicitation, which restructures funding opportunities for research in formal preK-12 education and informal settings.

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AERA 2025 ECR Hub Booklet

The ECR Hub AERA booklet highlights 20+ sessions about fundamental STEM education research projects funded by NSF’s ECR program presented at AERA 2025. The first page has AERA networking tips that have broad relevance across career stages (e.g., graduate students to faculty).

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2024 ECR PI Meeting: Highlights and Takeaways

With more than 400 attendees, the ECR Principal Investigators (PI) Meeting, held May 28–30 in Arlington, VA, was the pinnacle of 2024 for the ECR Hub team, which hosted the event! Read on for highlights and takeaways as well as links to event materials and sessions.

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Webinar Recording: BCSER:IMP Proposal Development Office Hour

On December 13, the ECR Hub and NSF program officers hosted an informal office hour to support the development of Building Capacity in STEM Education Research Institutes for Methods and Practices (BCSER:IMP) proposals. 

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Webinar Recording: BCSER:IMP Proposal Development Workshop

In this one-hour webinar, held November 8, 2024, program officers with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and current BCSER:IMP PIs provide information about the BCSER:IMP solicitation.

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Webinar Recording: ECR:Core proposals: Last-minute tips and Q&A

The deadline to submit a U.S. National Science Foundation EDU Core Research (ECR:Core) proposal is October 3, 2024. Join NSF program officers in this informational webinar for tips on how to prepare competitive ECR proposals and to receive answers to your last-minute questions.