EOC Resources

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Finding Education Funding

Federal

• NSF STEM Education Program
• NSF Supplements and workshop proposals Typically, the process would be to submit a concept note - a one-two page description of what the research question would be and what the demand/use for it is along with who would be involved and a budget number. Then a program officer either declines it, asks for more information, or (sometimes) just goes ahead and funds it. Generally, they’d rather fund something like that as a supplement to an existing grant because the admin cost of accepting and funding a new small grant can be almost as big as the grant itself.
• The Department of Education used to support some research, but they are now just a shell of their former selves.

Private

There are some foundations that support education-related funding

Philanthropy News Digest has a basic search capability for RFPs and will let you set up email alerts. They also have a much more extensive (and expensive) option, but if you’re looking to respond to a specific RFP rather than build a relationship with a foundation, then the free version is fine. If you’re interested in exploring the expensive option, they do allow free in-person access at some partner locations.

Pivot is another database of funding sources that you probably have access to through your university (it’s a Clarivate product).