{"id":59714,"date":"2025-10-29T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=59714"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:17:53","slug":"nsf-scholarships-in-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-program-s-stem-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2025\/10\/29\/nsf-scholarships-in-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-program-s-stem-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>URL:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/s-stem-nsf-scholarships-science-technology-engineering-mathematics\/nsf25-514\/solicitation\">https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/s-stem-nsf-scholarships-science-technology-engineering-mathematics\/nsf25-514\/solicitation<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>The NSF S-STEM program provides universities the opportunities to establish scholarship programs for creating a high-quality STEM workforce and increasing the success of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial. This call is to establish programs supporting students pursuing associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>There are three distinct Tracks to support scholarship programs at varying levels.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track 1 \u2013 Institutional Capacity Building: build capacity and develop infrastructure to support low-income STEM students at institutions that have not had a recent award from the S-STEM program<\/li>\n<li>Track 2 \u2013 Implementation Single Institution: supporting a single institutional scholarship program<\/li>\n<li>Track 3 \u2013 Inter-institutional Consortia: support multi-institutional collaborations that focus on a common interest or challenge, including partnerships between 2- and 4-year colleges and universities, graduate programs, or between comparable institutions looking to implement parallel interventions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NSF is particularly interested in supporting the attainment of degrees in fields in which research is funded by NSF. The following degrees are eligible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Engineering, and Associate of Applied Science<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Applied Science<\/li>\n<li>Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Doctoral (Ph.D. or other comparable doctoral degree)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following degrees and disciplines <strong>are not<\/strong> S-STEM eligible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical degree programs, including medical degrees, nursing, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and others not funded by NSF<\/li>\n<li>Programs for STEM teacher certification or licensure currently covered by the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program (NOYCE)<\/li>\n<li>Business school programs that lead to Bachelor of Arts or Science in Business Administration degrees (BABA\/BSBA\/BBA)<\/li>\n<li>Masters and Doctoral degrees in Business Administration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Funding Information<\/h2>\n<p>Award amounts vary by Track, but all are for a <strong>maximum of 6 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track 1 &#8211; projects may not exceed $2 million<\/li>\n<li>Track 2 &#8211; projects may not exceed $2 million<\/li>\n<li>Track 3 &#8211; projects may not exceed $5 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>PI eligibility is restricted by track as shown below.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Track 1 and 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PI must be a faculty member currently teaching in an S-STEM eligible discipline who can provide the leadership required to ensure the success of the project even if other departments are involved<\/li>\n<li>Faculty from all departments involved need to have roles in the project as either Co-PIs or senior personnel<\/li>\n<li>Other members of the S-STEM senior project leadership and management team may be listed as Co-PIs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Track 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PI must be a faculty member currently teaching in an S-STEM eligible discipline or an institutional, educational, or social science researcher who can provide the leadership required to ensure the success of the project.<\/li>\n<li>A <u>consortium project<\/u> must have a PI who accepts overall management and leadership responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty from all institutions and departments involved need to have roles in the project as either Co-PIs or senior personnel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other members of the S-STEM senior project leadership and management team may be listed as Co-PIs or as PIs on collaborative research proposals.<\/p>\n<h2>Internal Selection Process<\/h2>\n<p>BU may submit <strong>up to 2 proposals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants should submit the following materials via <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.infoready4.com\/#freeformCompetitionDetail\/1998305\">InfoReady Review<\/a> by: <strong>11\/24\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-page (maximum) Proposal Summary describing the proposed project\u2019s aims, population\/degrees it targets, and a rough idea of the benchmarks for the program<\/li>\n<li>List of Collaborators whether internal or external<\/li>\n<li>Up-to-date CV for the PI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As necessary, a faculty review committee will review internal applications and select the institutional nominees.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<p>Internal Materials Due: Monday, November 24, 2025 by 11:59 pm ET<\/p>\n<p>Anticipated Notification Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>External Materials Due: Tuesday, March 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to $5 million to establish scholarship programs to support low-income academically talented students across the STEM fields. 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