Evolution 2014: NSF RCN-UBE program a great way to fund collaborative educational efforts

Susan Singer, who is part of the National Science Foundation’s Undergraduate Biology Education division, talked about funding opportunities for faculty who want to create pedagogical materials at small undergraduate institutions. She pointed out that the NSF‘s Research Coordination Networks program funds projects that are sited at multiple institutions, including those in undergraduate biology education (“RCN-UBE“). This kind of funding would allow faculty who don’t have enough students to quantitatively test the effectiveness of new teaching tools to work with colleagues at other small institutions.