Happening today at 2 p.m. ET! ⬇️

ECR Hub webinar: Leveraging Secondary Data for STEM Education Research. Happening on April 2, 2026 from 2-3 p.m. ET on Zoom. Registration is required.

Are you a STEM education researcher interested in learning about how secondary data can benefit your research?

Register now for our webinar on April 2 to learn how these datasets can help you continue, extend, or pivot your research: ecrhub.org/public-event...

Registration for EMERGai closes next Wednesday, April 1!

Application info: innovation.umn.edu/emerg-ai

Stylized graphic with webinar details. Webinar title: Leveraging Secondary Data for STEM Education Research. Time: 2-3 p.m. ET. Date: April 2, 2026. Location: Zoom.

Are you a STEM education researcher interested in learning about how secondary data can benefit your research?

Join us in April for a workshop about how and when secondary data can be used to answer your research questions and how to find these datasets!

Register: ecrhub.org/public-event...

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Developing a STEM identity is an important part of graduate education in STEM!

We recently partnered with IGE Hub to host an event that featured both ECR and IGE projects that dive into what STEM identity formation can look like.

Watch the recording to learn more: ecrhub.org/public-event...

Text on a maroon background: Expanding the Methods of Education Researchers with Generative AI (EMERGai) Institute - applications due April 1, 2026.

Applications are now open for the new #NSF-funded EMERGai Institute!

EMERGai is tailored for early- and mid-career STEM education researchers to learn more about using GenAI in their research workflows.

Learn more and apply by April 1: innovation.umn.edu/emerg-ai

Applications for MMARI close March 15! ⬇️

Modern Meta-Analysis Research Institute (MMARI) - applications due March 15, 2026.

Applications are now open for the 2026 Modern Meta-Analysis Research Institute (MMARI)! 📢

MMARI provides early-career STEM education researchers with a comprehensive, introductory meta-analysis workshop.

Applications close March 15: www.meta-analysis-research-institute.com/application

#NSF

If you are in search of STEM #EdResearch opportunities, explore our updated list of career, conference, publication, and funding opportunities: cadrek12.org/upcoming-ste....

EDU Core Research (ECR:Core)

➡️For proposals under $400,000 on undergrad STEM ed, investigators may consider IUSE:EDU (due: Jan. 21, 2026): www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

➡️The ECR:Core solicitation (NSF 21-588) is active for fundamental research in STEM higher ed & workforce (due: Oct. 1, 2026): www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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➡️ You can find active NSF EDU solicitations here: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

➡️Early-career researchers may want to consider the CAREER program (due: July 22, 2026): www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Last week, NSF archived the ECR:Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR:BCSER) program (NSF 22-548).

ECR:BCSER will NOT accept proposals for the February 27, 2026 deadline.

We've compiled some tips for potentially retooling a ECR:BCSER proposal idea for other NSF programs:

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Join CADRE and ECR Hub on November 18, from 12:30 - 2 PM ET for virtual Early Math Learning Roundtables. Learn more and register: cadrek12.org/newsletters/october-2025...

If you are in search of work in STEM #EdResearch, there are a lot of postings in our updated list of career, conference, publication, and funding opportunities: cadrek12.org/upcoming-stem-education-... #Job

Quote from the impact story: "Launched in the summer of 2021, Let's Talk Code conducted nine professional development sessions for 119 non-computer science teachers across 34 schools, impacting 214 Native American students." - Ashish Amresh, PI.

💡ECR Impact Story Spotlight 💡

An #NSF ECR:BCSER IID project, Project Let’s Talk Code, supported teachers introducing computer science to high school students in the Four Corners region of the U.S.

Learn more about the impact of this #NSF project: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

October 9, 2025 - NSF Supplemental Funding Opportunities for Expanding K-12 Resources for AI education.

Join #NSF Oct. 9 for a webinar on the new funding opportunities available for advancing K-12 AI education.

Learn how recent Dear Colleague Letters provide supplemental funding for K-12 AI activities and guidance for preparing proposals for these DCLs.

Register: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-s...

Quote from impact story: "The models we developed will make it easier for: elementary teachers to analyze their mathematics instruction; instructional coaches, principals, and teacher educators to support elementary teachers in teaching mathematics; and researchers to analyze videos of elementary mathematics instruction in an efficient way." - Peter Youngs, PI - NSF #2000487

💡Next up in our ECR Impact Stories series: a project focused on AI and math teacher instruction.

This ECR:Core project developed models that can automatically classify teaching activities in videos of elementary math classes.

Learn more about the impact of this project: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

Quote from the impact story: We found the mature number sense of third-eighth grade students to be the strongest predictor of their start of year achievement scores, more so than their fraction skills, executive functioning, or knowledge of single-digit arithmetic. Submitted by Patrick Kirkland, co-PI.

💡ECR Impact Story Spotlight💡

An ECR:Core project developed an assessment of 3rd-8th grade students' number sense that is open access and free for classroom teachers, educators, and researchers.

Learn more about the project and the assessment: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

Join @aeraedresearch.bsky.social tomorrow, September 10, at 2 p.m. ET for an informational webinar about the AERA-NSF Grants Program!

The AERA-NSF Grants Program is accepting proposals for both Dissertation and Research Grants through Oct. 6.

Registration required: aera.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar title: "Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DLR) FY 26 Funding Opportunities".

Join #NSF program officers on Sept 4, 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET for a webinar and Q&A about:

➡ funding opportunities through the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (EDU/DRL)
➡ introduction to the NSF STEM K-12 Program

Registration required: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

➡ Learn more about the differences between the existing ECR:Core solicitation and the new STEM K-12 solicitation: ecrhub.org/resource/com... (3/3)

➡ For the Oct 2, 2025 deadline, ECR:Core will now only accept proposals for fundamental research focused on STEM undergrad/grad education, higher ed, and STEM workforce.

➡ Proposing research focused on early childhood, K-12, or informal settings? Consider the new STEM K-12 program instead. (2/3)

Screenshot of the banner photo from the NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12) solicitation.

Last Friday, #NSF released the NSF STEM K-12 solicitation restructuring funding opportunities for research on STEM teaching and learning, including changes that directly affect future proposals to the ECR:Core program. (1/3)

Screenshot of the front page of the brief titled "Co-designing STEM Innovations in the NSF ITEST Program"

The #NSF STELAR Center’s new brief details what ITEST projects have learned using co-design.

Co-design brings educators, community members, STEM professionals, and youth together w/ researchers and developers to design & develop educational innovations.

Learn more: stelar.edc.org/publications...

Screenshot of the front page of the brief titled "Co-designing STEM Innovations in the NSF ITEST Program"

The #NSF STELAR Center’s new brief details what ITEST projects have learned using co-design.

Co-design brings educators, community members, STEM professionals, and youth together w/ researchers and developers to design & develop educational innovations.

Learn more: stelar.edc.org/publications...

Quote from the submitted impact story: "Launched in the summer of 2021, Let's Talk Code conducted nine professional development sessions for 119 non-computer science teachers across 34 schools, impacting 214 Native American students." - Ashish Amresh, PI

The third impact story in our ECR Impact Stories series features a BCSER:IID project.

Project Let’s Talk Code supported teachers introducing computer science to high school students in the Four Corners region of the U.S.

Learn more about the impact of this project: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

Quote from the impact story: "The models we developed will make it easier for: elementary teachers to analyze their mathematics instruction, instructional coaches, principals, and teacher educators to support elementary teachers in teaching mathematics, researchers to analyze videos of elementary mathematics instruction in an efficient way". Submitted by Peter Youngs, PI.

Next up in our ECR Impact Stories series is a project focused on AI and math teacher instruction.

This ECR:Core project developed models to automatically classify teaching activities in videos of elementary math classes.

Learn more about the impact of this project: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

Want to submit your #NSF EDU impact story? Complete the form: fillout.air.org/t/qwFdPGsZWKus

Quote from the impact story: We found the mature number sense of third-eighth grade students to be the strongest predictor of their start of year achievement scores, more so than their fraction skills, executive functioning, or knowledge of single-digit arithmetic. Submitted by Patrick Kirkland, co-PI.

We are excited to share the launch of our ECR Impact Stories series with an impact story about #math ed!

This ECR:Core project developed a brief assessment of 3rd-8th grade students' number sense that is now open access and free to use.

Learn more about this project: ecrhub.org/impact-stori...

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Share the impact of your #NSF EDU-funded work!

📢ECR PIs: Use the EDU Impact Story Form to share about your work funded by ECR:Core and ECR:BCSER.

Impact Story Form: fillout.air.org/t/qwFdPGsZWKus