Below is a table of education-focused funding opportunities that may appeal to SEHD faculty. If interested, please reach out to Dr. Jordan Farrar in the Research Development Office to schedule a funding consultation: Jordan.Farrar@ucdenver.edu.
| Opportunity | Description | Posted Date | Closing Date |
| NEW Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences | This program will fund new approaches to training and mentoring students to encourage education researchers. Proposals must address one of the following topics: 1. Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Education Research (Early Career); and 2. Methods Training for Education Research (Methods Training). | August 6, 2026 | LOI Due: September 3, 2026 Applications Due: October 1, 2026 |
| NEW Statistical and Research Methodology in Education | This program will support the development and dissemination of statistical and methodological products to be widely disseminated and utilized by education researchers. Proposals must be user tested by education researchers and address one of the following Methods topics: 1. Core grants 2. Toolkits, Guidelines, Compendia, Review Papers, and Curated Data Resources (Toolkits) | August 6, 2026 | LOI Due: September 3, 2026 Applications Due October 1, 2026 |
| NEW Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Policymaking | This program will help state education agencies use statewide longitudinal education data systems (SLDS) and research partnerships to generate evidence that informs education policies and programs and improves outcomes for learners from prekindergarten through adult education. | August 6, 2026 | LOI Due: September 3, 2026 Application Due: October 1, 2026 |
| NEW Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education | This program will fund state agencies in using statewide longitudinal education data systems (SLDS) and research partnerships to generate evidence that informs special education policies and programs and improves outcomes for students at risk for and with disabilities. | August 6, 2026 | LOI Due September 3, 2026 Application Due: October 1, 2026 |
| NEW Research Training Programs in Special Education | This program will fund new approaches to training and mentoring students to encourage them to become special education researchers. Proposals should address one of the following topics: 1. Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Education Research (Early Career); and 2. Methods Training for Education Research (Methods Training). | August 6, 2026 | LOI Due September 3, 2026 Application Due October 1, 2026 |
| NSF EDU CORE Research (ECR) | This core research program at NSF invites proposals for fundamental research on STEM education. The updated solicitation includes the following revisions: Clarifies the types of fundamental research (curiosity-driven basic and use-inspired basic research) funded by the program. New descriptions of the three research areas are detailed. A list of Research Topic Clusters is added. Pilot studies are added as a new proposal type. The Project Summary should specify the Level, Research Area, Research Topic Cluster(s) and include a list of five key words that best describe the theory, research methodology, the population to be studied, any specific STEM disciplinary content that is to be studied, or potential stakeholder communities. | May 27, 2021 | October 1, 2026 (First Thursday in October, Annually Thereafter) |
| National Defense Education Program | This program seeks mechanisms for effective STEM education practices or workforce initiative programs. | May 20, 2025 | February 8, 2028 |
| NSF STEM K-12 | This program will support innovative, multidisciplinary research that explores how AI and other emerging technologies can be leveraged to study and enhance STEM teaching and learning. NSF is encouraging investigators who would have previously applied to the Advancing Informal STEM Learning; Computer Science for All; Discovery Research PreK-12; or Translation and Diffusion programs (all currently archived), as well as those who would typically submit to the EDU Core Research solicitation for research in informal and K-12 settings, to apply to this new program. | August 22, 2025 | Proposals accepted any time |