Project Grant 1544027

This $465,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the "REU SITE: THE DUB REU PROGRAM FOR HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING RESEARCH" at the University of Washington. The grant aims to provide undergraduate students with training and research experiences in human-centered computing to help develop a workforce of scientists, analysts, developers, accessibility experts, and designers focused on...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $399,584 Project Grant to the University of Washington to enhance the diversity and retention of underrepresented groups in the academic geoscience field and the broader geoscience workforce. The three-year grant, which began on October 1, 2023, will pilot and test the effectiveness of an active learning program where graduate students in the geosciences receive training in evidence-based mentoring practices and are...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to host a two-day conference titled "Improving the Research and Innovation Enterprise Across the Southwest Region". The conference aims to (1) enhance the collective understanding of challenges facing the research enterprise in the Southwest U.S., (2) formulate next steps for individual and collective action to...

This Project Grant award of $207,685 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research project titled "Journeys in World Politics: A Mentoring Workshop for Junior Women in International Relations." The project aims to mitigate the underrepresentation of women in academia by providing intensive peer mentorship, networking, and professional development opportunities to junior women...

This National Science Foundation STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award in the amount of $111,193 aims to improve teaching and learning in large introductory physics courses through the use of Learning Assistants (LAs). The project, which involves investigators at Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington Bothell, and Western Washington University, will develop a model for training LAs to effectively elicit and build on students' diverse science ideas. This approach,...

This $700,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a research partnership between the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of Washington (UW) to provide cutting-edge materials research and educational training for underrepresented minority students. The award establishes a Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center for Quantum Material Innovations and Educational...

This Project Grant award, valued at $479,565.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to fund an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on materials and devices for sustainable technology applications. The key objectives of this 3-year REU program are to increase retention and graduation rates of underserved populations, particularly Hispanic students from low socio-economic...

This $182,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, funds a 10-week interdisciplinary Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program at the University of Wyoming focused on designing, creating, and innovating 3-dimensional user interfaces (3D UIs) to improve human sensory and motor performance in virtual environments. The "HUMANS MOVE" REU site will host 10 students from diverse...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers award, under the Engineering CFDA program (47.041), will provide $294,345 from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to the University of Washington (UW) to create research-based practical support to help teams of change leaders implement and sustain academic change in undergraduate STEM education. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: Academic Change and the RED Community of Practice: Sustaining a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $398,266 provides funding to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to support the "Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates (SLAWR REU)." The project introduces undergraduate students to Earth systems science through a community-based research experience that honors Tribal communities. Students will conduct research at three sites,...