Cooperative Agreement SIN65024CA0099

This $812,312 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to develop and research learning trajectories (LTs) to support middle and high school students' understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts. The project will design and pilot test learning activities and assessments based on the LTs, offer teacher professional development, and research the effectiveness of the LT-based activities when implemented in classrooms. Key...

This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...

This $1,192,951 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a 3-year program to provide 15 high school teachers and 60 high school students, primarily from underrepresented and rural communities in Mississippi, with innovative learning experiences in machine learning and computer vision. The project aims to develop the AI/ML competencies of these students and prepare them for potential careers in artificial intelligence and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $156,000 to Northwestern University to rapidly develop and research a set of "unplugged" hands-on learning activities for teaching middle-school students about artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to create an open-source repository of up to 15 hands-on, low-cost AI literacy activities that can be led by educators...

This three-year, $516,058 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum modules integrated across high school core subjects and a professional development program for teachers. Led by the Concord Consortium, the project team which includes Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University, will create a two-hour introductory AI module and three five-hour...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) award provides $400,000 over 3 years to Northeastern University to develop and implement a professional development program for high school STEM teachers focused on incorporating generative AI into their classroom instruction. The program will recruit 10 teachers per year, prioritizing those serving underrepresented students, and provide intensive summer training supplemented by monthly collaborative meetings and ongoing content...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $151,410 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of South Alabama. This grant aims to engage high-school students from North Dakota and Southern Alabama in learning about artificial intelligence (AI) by implementing and examining a culturally relevant project-based AI-integrated learning framework. The project includes two key components: (1) training of high-school teachers,...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources, CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,487,350 to the University of Florida to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in integrated computer science and engineering education focused on microelectronics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The project aims to broaden access to these emerging STEM fields...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $185,496 to the University of North Texas to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in the design and application of AI-enabled microelectronics technologies. The goal is to develop a high school curriculum that integrates computer science and engineering using microelectronics and AI as the context, in order to prepare students...

This $199,999 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant supports the development and evaluation of an age-appropriate, career-driven AI educational program in smart manufacturing for 50 high-school students from underserved Alabama school districts. Key program components include: Creation of AI learning modules focused on the fused filament fabrication (FFF) additive manufacturing process, incorporating real-time...