FY 2009 NASA K 12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (CAN) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The FY 2009 NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (CAN), Funding Opportunity Number NNG09Z13001, is a competitive funding opportunity from NASA Headquarters through the NASA Office of Education. It is designed to help strengthen secondary STEM education by pairing NASA's unique science and exploration content with the on-the-ground instructional and program delivery expertise of schools and education organizations. NASA makes clear that the central priority is secondary education, with a particular emphasis on high school, and that funded projects are expected to actively leverage NASA missions, research, and real-world contributions across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Eligible lead applicants include U.S. public secondary schools, school districts, state-based education leadership entities, and nonprofit education organizations that support secondary education. While universities, private industry, education-related companies, and other institutions are not positioned as primary lead applicants, they can participate through partnerships with an eligible lead organization. This structure encourages projects that are rooted in school and district needs while still benefiting from external technical or programmatic expertise when it strengthens implementation and reach. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement (and the listing also references grant), meaning NASA anticipates an active relationship with awardees rather than a purely hands-off funding approach.

The solicitation anticipates making about 12 awards, with individual award sizes ranging from a floor of $750,000 to a ceiling of $1,500,000. The opportunity states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can lower barriers for public schools and nonprofits that may have limited access to unrestricted funds. The activity category is listed under science and technology and other research and development, reflecting NASA's intent to fund substantive STEM learning interventions rather than small one-off events.

Projects proposed under this CAN are expected to fit into one or more of several activity categories. The strongest emphasis is on experiences and activities that support high school instruction and learning in STEM, such as curriculum modules tied to NASA science, authentic engineering design challenges, student investigations using NASA data, or extended learning experiences that connect classroom standards to current NASA work. The CAN also allows experiences and activities at the middle school or even undergraduate level, as long as they are clearly linked to high school programming, which signals that NASA is willing to fund pipeline or bridge efforts when they are demonstrably connected to high school outcomes. Additional eligible categories include e-education, education technology, and electronic dissemination of content, suggesting support for online platforms, digital courseware, virtual labs, distance learning, and scalable distribution methods that can reach large numbers of educators and students. Professional development for in-service educators is also a major category, provided it is tied to NASA content and deliberately targets secondary education, for example through teacher institutes, coaching models, classroom implementation support, or professional learning communities built around NASA STEM resources. A specifically called-out focus area is the development and implementation of programs that introduce high school students to engineering careers related to NASA Human Space Flight, highlighting workforce awareness and career pathway development as an important outcome.

The program's desired outcomes and implementation objectives are guided by NASA's Education Framework, which governs NASA-wide education efforts and describes a progression of learning experiences from informal education through K-12 and into undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. In practical terms, this means proposals are expected to fit into a coherent progression of experiences and to show how the project helps students and educators move from exposure and engagement toward deeper learning, skill-building, and potential pursuit of STEM studies and careers. The solicitation points applicants to NASA's education strategy site and notes that additional framework information is provided in an appendix within the full CAN, reinforcing that alignment with NASA's education strategy is not optional but foundational to a competitive proposal.

Key dates and logistics are clearly defined. A Notice of Intent is required and was due August 24, 2009, signaling that NASA wanted an early view of the proposal pipeline and likely used this to plan reviewer workload and internal coordination. Full proposals were due September 25, 2009. NASA also offered a pre-proposal teleconference on September 10, 2009, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT, providing applicants a chance to ask questions and clarify expectations before submission. The solicitation directs applicants to submit and review materials through NSPIRES, NASA's proposal and solicitation system, by navigating to Open Solicitations at http://nspires.nasaprs.com. For access or technical issues, applicants were instructed to contact the NSPIRES Help Desk via email or phone during business hours.

Overall, this CAN is essentially a sizable, high-impact secondary STEM education investment meant to scale meaningful learning experiences and teacher capacity by using NASA missions as the anchor. It targets organizations positioned to influence instruction directly, encourages partnerships when they add value, and supports a range of delivery approaches from hands-on learning to technology-enabled dissemination, with a notable emphasis on high school STEM learning and career-connected engineering experiences tied to human space flight.

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