NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25)
Statement of Intent Deadline for the University-area:  April 6, 2015 by 5:00PM
Award Amount:  Up to $250,000 in direct costs annually.  F&A will be budgeted and reimbursed at a rate of 8 percent of modified total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and fees, health insurance (when awarded as part of tuition and fees), expenditures for equipment, and consortia in excess of $25,000.

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The goal of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program is to invest in educational activities that enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.  To this end, this funding opportunity announcement encourages the development of innovative educational activities for pre-kindergarten to grade 12, teachers and students from underserved communities with a focus on courses for skills development, research experiences, mentoring activities, curriculum or methods development or informal science education exhibits, and outreach activities.