NIH is soliciting applications for Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research to support research in several areas, including  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM).   Specifically, funds are targeted for research on:

Efficacy of educational approaches toward promoting STEM competencies. Research on efficacy testing of educational pedagogy, tools, and curricula (both classroom and non-classroom approaches) that are targeted at improving student understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Read the announcement. Projects are for two years, and the maximum requested budget is $500,000 total costs per year.

Contact: Dr. Bruce Fuchs, 301-402-5225, fuchsb@mail.nih.gov

Application Due Date(s): April 27, 2009

Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): September 30, 2009

Thanks to David Needham for telling me about this!

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