NASA’s Office of Education Accepting Proposals for K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice

The NASA Office of Education has released a Cooperative Agreement Notice for proposals for NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (K-12 CAN). The K-12 CAN effort seeks proposals that incorporate innovative approaches for development and delivery of instructional materials, creates experiences that capture the interest of learners, and actively involves participants in relevant, NASA science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, content applications. The instructional materials and experiences of the proposal should support secondary level teaching and learning, with a particular emphasis on high school education.

The K-12 CAN is available electronically through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) (http://nspires.nasaprs.com).

Proposals should be submitted electronically via the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) (http://nspires.nasaprs.com).

Proposal due date is September 25, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. EST. The electronic submission of each proposal’s Cover Page/Proposal Summary/Budget Summary is required by the due date for proposal submission.

This solicitation leading to the award of a Cooperative Agreement is issued pursuant to title 14 CFR Part 1260 for educational and nonprofit institutions.

Please send direct questions specifically regarding this solicitation to:

Dr. Antoinette C. Wells
National Project Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mail Code: 130.3
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Antoinette.C.Wells@nasa.gov