2025 Innovations in Graduate Education Program

Overview

The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that a) explore ways for graduate students in STEM master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, or b) support research on the graduate education system and outcomes of systemic interventions and policies.

IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for the customization, implementation, and broader adoption of potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. The program supports piloting, testing, and validating novel models or activities and examining systemic innovations with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base on effective graduate education approaches.

The program addresses both workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity-building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, eld stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science organizations, and academic partners are encouraged.

ASU may submit only two (2) application to the sponsoring organization.

• Participation includes serving as a lead organization on a non-collaborative proposal or as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or sub-awardee on a collaborative proposal.
• An individual may serve as Lead Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI on only one proposal submitted to the IGE program per annual competition.

Estimated Number of Awards: 16 to 20 
IGE Track 1 Awards (6 to 10 anticipated in FY 2024) are expected to be up to three (3) years in duration with a total budget between $300,000 and $500,000. 

IGE Track 2 Awards (6 to 12 anticipated in FY 2024) are expected to be up to ve (5) years in duration with a total budget up to $1,000,000. 

The estimated number of awards and the anticipated funding amounts listed above for both Track 1 and Track 2 are for FY 2024. The number of awards and funding amounts in FY 2025 and FY 2026 are subject to the availability of funds.