Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergency and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS Foundry)
Sponsor: NSFInternal Deadline: 04/15/2026Institutional Submission Limit: 1Sponsor Deadline: 05/27/2026Program Website
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) and Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) are accepting applications for the Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergency and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS Foundry) program. The program will bring together interdisciplinary K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education stakeholders to advance innovation in STEM education through collaborative, community-driven work, and give students early opportunities to engage with skills needed to pursue careers in STEM.
The FINDERS Foundry program has a planning phase and development phase. The planning phase supports early collaboration among teams and focuses on a challenge track from the NSF FINDERS Foundry dashboard, funding activities such as stakeholder engagement, data collection, early validation and pilot testing. If you are awarded a planning phase award, you may be eligible to apply to the development phase, which focuses on building and refining prototypes based off input from K-12 learners, their parents and educators.
Each proposal team must include at least one K-12 educator, researcher, technologist, and parent or guardian of a K-12 student, and one of them must be the primary investigator on the award.
Planning proposals are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27.Review the full solicitation for additional details.
Submission Process
Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.
If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above:
- Cover page with grant program name & number (if applicable) to which you are applying, your project title, PI (name, department/unit, & email), and list of co-PIs/key collaborators (name & department/unit)
- a two-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program
- a 2-3 page CV/biosketch for the PI (SCiENcv preferred)