Through the Advancing Informal STEM Learning program (AISL), the National Science Foundation (NSF) has supported research and development in innovative STEM media, out-of-school programs, museum exhibits, and community-driven citizen science projects. Since the company’s inception, Rockman et al has served as a researcher or third party evaluator on numerous NSF informal STEM programs. In our […]
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Funding Opportunity
The National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program has announced its FY 2021 competition. ITEST is a research and development program that provides direct student learning opportunities to students in pre-Kindergarten through high school using innovative technology to “strengthen knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Funding Opportunity
What do youth app developers, a mathematically-inclined feline, and trout fishermen using an online tool to identify aquatic insects have in common? They’re all examples of informal STEM learning in action that Rockman et al is fortunate to have in its evaluation portfolio. They’ve also been funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advancing Informal […]
New Funding Opportunities for Innovation and Research in Education
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has launched its 2020 competition for the Early-phase grants through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program. Both the former Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program and the current EIR program have focused on projects involving evidence-based innovations for high-needs Pre-K–12 students. They have always required those projects to […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) Funding Opportunity
When I tell people about the K-12 science programs I evaluate, they invariably say “I wish they had something like that when I was in school!” I agree. At Rockman et al, my colleagues and I have studied projects that use interactive multimedia to teach evolution, that give students opportunities to analyze real scientific data, […]