Cooperative Agreement U13DC007835

This $191,268 Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" (CFDA 93.173) program, will support Dr. Andrea Ford's research to adapt the ECHO model from the medical field for use in preschool education. The key objectives are to develop and deliver professional development for preschool educators to increase their use of neurodiversity-affirming...

This $239,973 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence-based tool to improve collaborative learning experiences and outcomes for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standard American Sign Language (ASL) terminology for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf...

This $260,027 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence tool designed to improve collaborative learning experiences for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standardized American Sign Language (ASL) signs for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf students'...

This $599,868 National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program will support research and training to create more inclusive undergraduate research experiences for low socioeconomic students in life sciences. Over a two-year period from September 2022 through August 2024, the awardee Arizona State University will conduct interviews and a nationwide survey to identify factors impacting low-SES student researchers. This research aims to understand...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $509,388 to Arizona State University to develop and study approaches for equipping 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to students with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility, accommodations, and the role of paraeducators to increase participation and learning in...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $630,876 to Idaho State University (ISU) to examine how undergraduate students construct and critique knowledge claims during course-based research experiences and summer research at a biological field station. The research project aims to develop a better understanding of how to foster undergraduate students' agency to shape science practices, in order to prepare them as leaders and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovations of Graduate Education (IGE) Program award in the amount of $499,973 will support the development and delivery of an innovative STEM communication graduate training curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The project will test the hypothesis that providing foundational training in cognitive science theories will improve STEM graduate students' ability to effectively communicate their research to diverse audiences, including...

This $399,841 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a collaborative research-practice partnership to increase access to K-8 computer science (CS) education for learners with disabilities. The project will bring together cohorts of general and special education teachers for professional development on universal design for learning and high-leverage practices. It will investigate the needs, barriers, and strategies for...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $431,380 Project Grant to Michigan State University to study the neurocognitive and behavioral aspects of nonverbal communication between public speakers and their audiences, with a focus on science communication. The project aims to use virtual reality (VR) technology to experimentally manipulate and analyze how speaker-audience attunement affects the reception and effectiveness of science presentations. Key goals include quantifying how speakers'...

The National Science Foundation awarded $299,984 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop the Change Leadership Development Program. The two-year project will equip graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with change leadership skills to advance inclusive, evidence-based teaching in STEM fields. Through online courses and institutes, participants will learn to influence colleagues,...