The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is dedicated to improving education from underrepresented students throughout the nation. QEM continues to be the premier organization for improving the quality of education for minorities, by providing technical assistance to MSIs, funding internship opportunities for underrepresented students, and advocating for college and career readiness in STEM.  

On August 4, STELAR hosted NSF Program Officers Monica Cardella and Robert Russell for a final Q&A session designed for those planning to submit proposals on August 14, 2020. The was held as an “office hours” style discussion, and was geared towards answering the more technical questions around completing the required proposal sections and finalizing your submission. Questions that were submitted in advance, as well as throughout the webinar. 

On Monday, July 13, STELAR held a webinar on behalf of the National Science Foundation sharing details of the recently-released Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Educational Innovations that Motivate and Prepare PreK-12 Learners for Computationally-Intensive Industries of the Future (NSF 20-101). 

The NSF Convergence Accelerator (CA) program is hosting its first ever Expo, NSF CA Expo 2020 on July 1-2, 2020 – a virtual meeting that provides an opportunity for all of the FY 2019 Convergence Accelerator projects to share information about their projects with the public. Expo 2020 is the “must attend” inaugural event for the NSF Convergence Accelerator and the Pilot Cohort.

Our colleagues at Education Development Center (EDC) and Transforming Education would like to invite you to a Free Webinar on best practices in supporting social and emotional learning (SEL) supports to students, families, and teachers.
 

The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education, resource center for the NSF DRK-12 Program, invites all NSF DRL grantees to attend this informative and timely webinar. 

Join NSF grants officers for a session on NSF grant policies and grant management procedures.  Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions about how to be successful with grant management. Topics to be covered include personnel, budgets, notifications and requests, and preparing high quality annual and final reports.

May 27, 1:00-2:30 PM ET

Join EvaluATE, the evaluation support center for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program, for the following event:

In April and May of 2020, STELAR hosted National Science Foundation Program Officers for a series of informative webinars on the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program’s Solicitation (NSF 19-583). View the presentation, slides, and additional resources provided during these events.

Are you ready to teach Generation Z—the most diverse generation to enter U.S. higher education and the workforce in history? Are you seeking ways to recruit and retain women—who continue to lag in participation in the technician workforce? Once you’ve recruited diverse learners and workers to your technician program or workplace, do you know what to do next?

The National Science Foundation has issued a revised version of the  Proposal & Award Policies