The Science of Learning Program at the National Science Foundation is pleased to announce a new solicitation:
Science of Learning: Collaborative Networks http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16528/nsf16528.htm
This solicitation invites proposals for the creation of research networks to address important integrative questions in the science of learning.
The goals of the Science of Learning Program are to: advance fundamental knowledge about learning through integrative, research; connect the research to specific scientific, technological, educational, and workforce challenges; and enable research communities to capitalize on new opportunities and discoveries. The program supports projects that emphasize consilience of knowledge, adopting diverse disciplinary approaches to shared research questions. The program seeks to develop robust and integrated accounts of contexts, mechanisms, and effective strategies of learning.
Each collaborative network is expected to engage in both of the following activities:
- Partnership-building activities among the network participants to optimize scientific exchange for the co-design and execution of network goals; and
- Collaborative, integrative research to be conducted by the network participants. Integrative research must address questions of genuine significance across multiple disciplines, or multiples levels of analysis.
Letters of intent are due March 1, with full proposals due April 4. Please feel free to contact me, or any of the other cognizant program officers listed on the solicitation, with questions.
Best Regards,
Chuck Kalish (ckalish@nsf.gov)
Program Director, Science of Learning
National Science Foundation