Deadline for NSF: Scholarships in STEM

Goal: Supports institutions of higher education to fund scholarships for academically talented low-income students and to study and implement a program of activities that support their recruitment, retention and graduation in STEM.

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, S-STEM program solicitation has been revised for the FY 2023 competition, and prospective Principal Investigators are encouraged to read the solicitation carefully.

Specific Program Tracks

The program supports four types of projects subject to availability of funds:

• Awards for Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) projects may not exceed $750,000 total for a maximum duration of 6 years.
• Awards for Track 2 (Implementation: Single Institution) projects may not exceed $1.5 million total for a maximum duration of 6 years.
• Awards for Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia) projects may not exceed $5.0 million total for a maximum duration of 6 years.
• Collaborative Planning projects may not exceed $100,000 for a maximum duration of 1 year.

The S-STEM program team will host webinars after the release of this solicitation. In the webinars, key features and expectations of the S-STEM program will be discussed. Information regarding the webinars will be posted to the S-STEM program webpage.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the revised NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1).