NSF Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM: Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline

NSF Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: January 8, 2018Sponsor Deadline: February 15, 2018Award Amount: Up to $600,000 for 5-year awards and up to $400,000 for 3-year awards

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) funds research projects that identify factors that are efficacious in the formation of ethical STEM researchers in all the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports. CCE STEM solicits proposals for research that explore the following: What constitutes ethical STEM research and practice, and which cultural and institutional contexts promote ethical STEM research and practice and why? Do certain labs have a “culture of academic integrity”? What practices contribute to the establishment and maintenance of ethical cultures and how can these practices be transferred, extended to, and integrated into other research and learning settings?

Successful proposals typically have a comparative dimension, either between or within institutional settings that differ along these or other factors. Projects will use basic research to produce knowledge about what constitutes responsible or irresponsible, just or unjust scientific practices and sociotechnical systems, and how to best instill students with this knowledge.