Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research STEM Grand Challenge Adaptive, Generalizable Intelligent Tutors for STEM and Naval Training and Education

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	Federal Grant Title:	Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research STEM Grand Challenge Adaptive, Generalizable Intelligent Tutors for STEM and Naval Training and Education
	CFDA Number:	12.300
	CFDA Description:	Basic and Applied Scientific Research
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of Naval Research
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	11-SN-0019
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 15, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 15, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 30, 2011 White papers are due by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals should be submitted under ONRBAA11-001 by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals received after that date will be considered only insofar as agency time and continued availability of funding permit
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 30, 2011 White papers are due by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals should be submitted under ONRBAA11-001 by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals received after that date will be considered only insofar as agency time and continued availability of funding permit
	Archive Date:	Oct 30, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	8,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: See ONRBAA11-001 for Eligibilty Information
Grant Description: The proposed topic will lead to new approaches for building adaptive and individualized intelligent tutors for STEM training and education that are able to: -Increase comprehension of instructional content over a fixed teaching duration and curriculum -Train to higher standards of competence (e.g., expertise), not simply enabling better recall -Accelerate the development of problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills The program will pursue a wide variety of approaches that address six issues that are key to developing the next generation of intelligent tutoring systems for STEM applications: 1) Designing computational cognitive models of student performance; 2) Enabling realistic and effective student intelligent tutor interactions; 3) Creating individually-tailored instructional strategies for delivering a large corpus of course material; 4) Generalizing the underlying technologies to multiple educational domains and populations; 5) Using the most current empirical research on the science of learning pedagogical approaches ( e.g. self-explanation); and 6) Designing tools for reducing the time and expertise needed to build these tutors. White Papers are required prior to submitting a Full Proposal. ************************************************************************************************************************************The Special Notice is available on the Grants.gov website by scrolling to the top of the synopsis page and clicking on the "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" box surrounded by the dotted line at the top of the page.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.onr.navy.mil/contracts-grants/funding-opportunities/broad-agency-announcements.aspx
Grant Announcement Contact: Sean Palmer Contract Specialist Phone 703-696-0942

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