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EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) (ECR: BCSER)

Published: 10 February 2025
Categories: NSF Due Dates

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Award information

Anticipated funding amount is approximately $12,000,000 subject to availability of funding.

Estimated number of awards description –

NSF expects to make 29 standard or continuing grant awards. The ECR: BCSER competition anticipates making the following awards:

Individual Investigator Development in STEM Education Research: Up to 19 awards. The maximum award amount is $350,000 for three years.     

Institutes for Methods and Practices in STEM Education Research: Up to 5 awards. The maximum award amount for is $1,000,000 for three years.

Conference: Up to 5 awards. The typical award amount for a conference is $25,000 to $100,000.

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Workshop: Advancing UV Germicidal Efficacy Measurement: Metrology, Standards, Data and Protocols

Published: 8 February 2025
Categories: NIST Buildings & Construction

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The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) invite you to their jointly hosted workshop: “Advancing Ultraviolet (UV) Germicidal Efficacy Measurement

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Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

Published: 7 February 2025
Categories: National Institute of Health-Grants

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Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

Purpose

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards a large number of grants providing substantial federal funding for research purposes.  These grants include significant payments for “indirect costs,” defined as “facilities” and “administration.”  45 CFR 75.414(a). The “facilities” category is “defined as depreciation on buildings, equipment and capital improvements, interest on debt associated with certain buildings, equipment and capital improvements, and operations and maintenance expenses.”  Id.  And the “administration” category is defined as “general administration and general expenses such as the director’s office, accounting, personnel, and all other types of expenditures not listed specifically under one of the subcategories of ‘Facilities”’ (including cross allocations from other pools, where applicable).  Id.

In issuing grants, NIH generally uses the indirect cost rate negotiated by an “agency with cognizance for F&A/indirect

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