NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)

**The 2018 deadline for this opportunity has passed or the internal application slot has been granted. Updated information will be posted when the next funding cycle opens.**

NIH SEPA Solicitation

Program Summary

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIGMS R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To this end, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages the development of innovative educational activities for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12), pre-service and in-service teachers (Teachers) and students from underserved communities with a focus on Courses for Skills Development, Research Experiences, Mentoring Activities, Curriculum or Methods Development and Outreach. Information on current SEPA projects can be found at: https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/crcb/sepa/Pages/default.aspx and http://nihsepa.org. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the SEPA Scientific/Research Contact to be advised on the appropriateness of the intended P-12 STEM or ISE project for SEPA program objectives and the priorities of the NIGMS.

Deadlines

CU Internal Expression of Interest Deadline: 11:59pm MST April 23, 2018

NIH Letter of Intent Deadline: 5:00pm MST June 9, 2018

NIH Full Proposal Deadline: 5:00pm MST July 9, 2018

Eligibility

There are no special eligibility requirements.

Limited Submission Guidelines

Only one application per institution is allowed. Institutions are also limited to a single SEPA award. Therefore, an institution with an active SEPA project is not eligible to submit an application to this funding opportunity announcement.

Award Information and Duration

NIGMS intends to commit an estimate total of $2,000,000. Direct costs are limited to $250,000 annually. The SEPA project period is 5 years.

There is an Annual SEPA PD/PI Conference, usually in the Washington, DC area. It is required that the PD/PI(s) attend this meeting. PD/PI(s) are encouraged to bring key personnel, e.g., the project evaluator to the annual conference. Funds to support travel to the annual conference must be requested in the budget. If not used, these funds may not be rebudgeted.

A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the direct costs must be devoted to project evaluation.