National Science Foundation
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
Key facts
- Open now
- 31 grants
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- Range Low: $1,125 Range High: $11,080,373 Average: $309,723
Open now
- Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 7 days left
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) · Due Oct 20, 2026 · 13 days left
- U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs: · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 28 days left
- National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) · Due Nov 17, 2026 · 41 days left
- National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY) · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 42 days left
- Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) · Due Dec 4, 2026 · 58 days left
- IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) · Due Dec 9, 2026 · 63 days left
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) · Due Jan 20, 2027 · 105 days left
- Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure · Due Jan 21, 2027 · 106 days left
- Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC) · Due Jan 25, 2027 · 110 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) · Due Jan 26, 2027 · 111 days left
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 124 days left
- GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) · Due Feb 8, 2027 · 124 days left
- Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) · Due Mar 1, 2027 · 145 days left
- NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) · Due Mar 2, 2027 · 146 days left
- Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) · Due Mar 2, 2027 · 146 days left
- Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program · Due Mar 25, 2027 · 169 days left
- Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS) · Due Apr 5, 2027 · 180 days left
- NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) · Due Apr 6, 2027 · 181 days left
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 188 days left
- IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 188 days left
- Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) · Due Apr 14, 2027 · 189 days left
- EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) · Due Jun 1, 2027 · 237 days left
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) · Due Jul 28, 2027 · 294 days left
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) · Due Aug 18, 2027 · 315 days left
- Advanced Technological Education (ATE) · Due Oct 7, 2027 · 365 days left
- National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program · Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18262 days left
- NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12) · Due Oct 7, 2076 · 18263 days left
- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: · No deadline listed: see the official notice
What it pays for
To provide leadership and ensure the vitality of the Nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education enterprise.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
41 awards to Tennessee groups since 2016. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $13.3M | 2019 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $13.2M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $9.3M | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | $8.8M spent that year | 2025 |
| Fisk University | Nashville, Davidson County | $5M | 2021 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville, Putnam County | $4.7M | 2021 |
| University of Tennessee | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $3.3M | 2024 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $3.3M | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $3M | 2021 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville, Putnam County | $3M | 2024 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville, Putnam County | $3M | 2022 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | $3M | 2026 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Education
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Education passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 75 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $1.2M | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | North Carolina State University | $922K spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Missouri System | $586K | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $534K | 2024 |
| The University of Tennessee | Pulaski, Giles County | University of North Alabama | $433K | 2026 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Illinois | $298K | 2025 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Illinois | $298K | 2024 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Illinois | $281K | 2023 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro, Rutherford County | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $275K | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Missouri System | $246K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | University of Missouri | $240K spent that year | 2025 |
| Fisk University | Nashville, Davidson County | Vanderbilt University | $223K | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).