The U.S. National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense.
The Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) grant program is designed to support revolutionary approaches to engineering education, focusing on a range of strategies from altering the engineering canon and course structures to creating new departmental structures and educational industry collaborations. It emphasizes organizational and cultural change within departments, involving a wide range of stakeholders in reimagining engineering education. The RED program supports four distinct tracks: RED Planning (Track 1), RED Adaptation and Implementation (Track 2), RED Innovation (Track 3), and RED Innovation Partnerships (Track 4). Its goal is to continue catalyzing novel approaches to engineering education while expanding the successful models to different contexts, ensuring a profound and beneficial impact on the engineering education ecosystem.