Research Challenges

Developments at the intersection of accessible technologies are changing the way students learn. We want to fund paradigm-shifting questions and ideas about STEM education and how it can be improved such that efforts are sustainable at different scales and civically responsible.

How can our scientific institutions most effectively encourage progress on society’s most important challenges? The field of metascience aims to develop rigorous, quantitative evidence on this question. If you have ideas of how to do that, we’d like to hear from you.

Science has always relied on tools and instruments to extend our experimental powers. Many of those tools have grown expensive and exquisite. Low-cost science tools increase access and the pace of exploration.