From classroom to
Innovative research
facility
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Research Experience
for Teachers (RET)
Are you an ambitious
academic ready to…
Produce results that make a meaningful
impact in STEM education and industry needs?
Address real-world challenges in a startup/
small business environment?
Create new approaches to solve important
problems?
Develop innovative industry educational
collaborations?
Develop entrepreneurial skills to bring back
to the classroom?
By the numbers…
Up to $10,000/high school teacher
www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/portfolio/researchexp.jsp
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
How to Apply for a
Research Experience for
Teachers with a Small
Business
Innovative Research
Company
•Application instructions can be
found here: nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/
portfolio/researchexp.jsp. More
detailed information can be
found under “#4. Teacher
Participants”.
• Teacher (RET) applicants are
strongly encouraged to work
with a (RAHSS) high school
student applicant as a student/
teacher research pair.
•To find information on an SBIR
grantee in your area, visit
nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/portfolio.jsp
and click on any blue marker.
Visit the RET
webpage at: