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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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Webinar Recording: Oh no, I was declined! What do I do now? Responding to declination

In this one-hour webinar, held August 13, 2024, program officers with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) share tips and techniques for improving and resubmitting a previously declined ECR proposal.

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Workshop Slides: SafeInsights: A New Hub for STEM Education Research at Scale

SafeInsights, NSF’s largest infrastructure for education research, brings an unprecedented opportunity for STEM education researchers to advance fundamental, use-inspired, and applied research. This workshop, which took place at the 2024 ECR PI Meeting, described what SafeInsights is, how it can support ECR PIs research, and how researchers can influence its development. The workshop presentation slides are available.

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Workshop Slides: Extend the Impact of Your Research with Data Reuse

Hosted by the ECR-funded PEERS Data Hub at the 2024 ECR PI Meeting, this hands-on workshop explored data reuse and its value. Data reuse refers to the use of data generated by others and is a key component of equitable and reproducible science. The workshop presentation slides are available.

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Workshop Slides: Building Your Research Portfolio Through Funding Opportunities Beyond ECR

This workshop, which took place at the 2024 ECR PI Meeting, targeted ECR:Core PIs interested in expanding their research portfolio through funding opportunities beyond the ECR program. The workshop presentation slides are available.

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Workshop Slides: Adopting Open Science Practices to Improve Your Team’s Data Management, Your Future Funding Success, and Your Research’s Rigor Learning Series Sessions

Hosted by the Center for Open Science at the 2024 ECR PI Meeting, this workshop interspersed short lectures with peer-to-peer roundtable discussions about advancing open-science practices in the context of ECR-funded STEM education research. The workshop presentation slides are available.

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Workshop Slides: Turning Proposal Ideas into Full-Fledged Winning ECR Proposals

This workshop, which took place at the 2024 ECR PI Meeting, targeted attendees without prior funding as an ECR PI and assumed participants had already developed a one-pager for their ECR proposal idea (for BCSER IID or ECR:Core). Experienced BCSER IID and ECR:Core PIs discussed their pearls of wisdom on turning a one-page proposal idea into a full-fledged competitive proposal and shared their own successful experiences, including lessons the PIs wished they had learned earlier. The workshop presentation slides are available.

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Webinar Recording: Orientation for ECR:Core and ECR:BCSER PIs on Managing NSF Grants

In this one-hour webinar, held May 14, 2024, program officers with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) share insights on managing NSF EDU Core Research (ECR) grants, including BCSER Individual Investigator Development (IID), ECR-CAREER, and ECR:Core awards.

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2024 ECR PI Meeting Program

This program PDF for the 2024 ECR PI Meeting details:

  • Meeting Goals and Structure
  • Response to Community Input
  • Informal Socializing and Formal Networking
  • Keynote Sessions
  • Breakout Session Formats
  • Content Track Sessions
  • How-to Sessions

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Create an Infographic About Your Project Using PowerPoint

These infographic templates and tips enable ECR grantees and others to share their in-progress or completed research in a simple, visually compelling way. The PowerPoint templates are easy to use and often take less than 1 hour for creating an engaging first draft. 

For Canva users, Rachel Chaffee has created a Canva template using her own infographic.

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Summary of Community Listening Sessions for 2024 ECR PI Meeting

To understand, value, and respond to the variety among funded EDU Core Research (ECR) Principal Investigators (PIs), the ECR Hub invited active ECR PIs to four optional virtual community listening sessions in October 2023. These sessions engaged 91 PIs to inform the interactive activities and content for the 2024 ECR PI Meeting on May 28 –30 in Arlington, Virginia.