OpportunityTitle: Research in Disabilities Education
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:    -  For the Alliance, Research and Demonstration, Enrichment or Dissemination tracks: Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities, and universities and colleges: U.S. universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges).      Eligibility for Innovation through Institutional Integration (I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;) is limited to institutions of higher education (including two- and four-year colleges) accredited, and having a campus located in the US. If the proposal is exclusively for I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; STEM educational or related research, then all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit.              *PI Limit:  None specified for the Alliance, Research and Demonstration, Enrichment or Dissemination tracks.      The Principal Investigator for an Innovation through Institutional Integration (I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;) proposal must be the university provost or equivalent chief academic officer, unless the proposal is exclusively for I&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; STEM educational or related research.
Description: The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. The RDE program has been funding this objective since 1994 under the prior name &quot;Program for Persons with Disabilities.&quot; Particular emphasis is placed on contributing to the knowledge base by addressing disability related differences in secondary and post-secondary STEM learning and in the educational, social and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance, retention in STEM degree programs, STEM degree completion, and career choices. Projects also investigate effective practices for transitioning students with disabilities across critical academic junctures, retaining students in undergraduate and graduate STEM degree programs, and graduating students with STEM associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees. Research project results inform the delivery of innovative, transformative and successful practices employed by the Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM to increase the number of students with disabilities completing associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees in STEM and to increase the number of students with disabilities entering our nation&apos;s science and engineering workforce. RDE projects contribute to closing the gaps occurring for people with disabilities in STEM fields by successfully disseminating findings, project evaluation results, and proven good practices and products to the public.Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable faculty, administrators and others in institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2010 proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance I3 goals: CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.
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