Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE)

Funding Agency:

  • National Science Foundation
RFP# and Website: 
NSF 24-529
Description: 

The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that a) explore ways for graduate students in STEM master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, or b) support research on the graduate education system and outcomes of systemic interventions and policies.

IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for the customization, implementation, and broader adoption of potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. The program supports piloting, testing, and validating novel models or activities and examining systemic innovations with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base on effective graduate education approaches.

The program addresses both workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity-building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science organizations, and academic partners are encouraged.

Awards: 

Standard Grant or Continuing Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 16 to 20

IGE Track 1 Awards (6 to 10 anticipated in FY 2024) are expected to be up to three (3) years in duration with a total budget between $300,000 and $500,000.

IGE Track 2 Awards (6 to 12 anticipated in FY 2024) are expected to be up to five (5) years in duration with a total budget up to $1,000,000.

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 
2; please see below for internal pre-proposal submission
Anticipated Funding Amount: 

$14,000,000

Letter of Intent: 
Not required
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s): 

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2

An eligible organization may participate in two Innovations in Graduate Education proposals per annual competition. Participation includes serving as a lead organization on a non-collaborative proposal or as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or subawardee on a collaborative proposal. Organizations participating solely as evaluators on projects are excluded from this limitation. Proposals that exceed the organizational eligibility limit (beyond the first two submissions based on timestamp) will be returned without review regardless of the organization's role (lead, non-lead, subawardee) in the returned proposal.

 

Internal Submission and Review: If you are planning to submit a proposal to this RFP, Please send a summary of the project with Intellectual Merit, Broader Impact, List of Key Personnel with Affiliations, and Budget Outline to Shawn Chester at shawn.chester@njit.edu by February  15, 2024 for institutional review and selection as needed for this limited submission RFP opportunity.

Full Proposal Submission Deadline: 

April 22, 2024

Contacts: