Project Grant 1855763

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a collaborative planning effort to establish STEM pathways and increase degree completion for low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students at four institutions in northeastern and south-central Pennsylvania. The planning project aims to develop educational and career pathways in high-demand STEM fields like engineering, computer science, and information technology....

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to advance understanding of the career choice processes for STEM scholars from underrepresented groups. The $291,780 award to the University of Wisconsin - Madison will fund a longitudinal qualitative study to explore the factors that inform the decision-making of STEM scholars, particularly around perceptions of value alignment between their personal values and academia. The project...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $100,000 to WestEd, a non-profit research and development agency, to establish an equity-focused, inclusive research-practice partnership to develop mathematics dual enrollment pathways for high school students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The partnership between Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and WestEd aims to address disparities in math achievement, graduation...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($299,499) supports the development of scalable, experiential learning models and tools for undergraduate STEM education from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026. The University of California Santa Cruz will establish a new pedagogical approach organizing project-based courses around "micro-roles" that scaffold apprenticeship-style learning pathways. This design-based research aims to develop organizational...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Indiana University under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) to support the project "Transforming STEM Career Pathways: Examining a Multigenerational Mentorship Environment to Support Persistence of Women of Color Pursuing STEM Education at Community Colleges" from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The grant aims to examine a multigenerational...

This two-year, $599,255 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research exploring career trajectories and outcomes of marginalized groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. The principal investigators at the National Opinion Research Center will employ mixed methods to analyze survey data from current and recent doctoral students at three North Carolina institutions. The project aims to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,349,744 Project Grant to Illinois State University under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support a project to advance STEM education and career pathways for 320 high school students from four Chicago-area schools and community organizations serving underrepresented populations. The project aims to increase student knowledge and interest in STEM and ICT careers...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning program will support Cast Inc. in developing STEM identity and career pathways for rural youth through outdoor recreation. Cast and partners will engage 30 high school-aged youth and 10 adults in two New Hampshire communities to collect moments of outdoor recreation engagement using experience sampling and photovoice methods. Researchers will also interview 20 additional youth and 30 community...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $292,428 to Purdue University to investigate barriers faced by Black students in engineering technology programs and careers. The research will center Black ET students' experiences and examine factors influencing their choice of major through focus groups, surveys, and analysis of two institutions' engineering and ET programs. It aims to identify systemic barriers limiting access...