Project Grant 18921077822

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate how neurodivergent youth can stimulate community-centered learning of electronic circuits through playful arts-based practices in underserved public spaces. The $296,239 award will be used by Arizona State University (ASU) to train 12 neurodivergent youth community educators on electronic circuits and facilitate workshops on circuit bending at two community pop-up...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), will refine and test the effects of a 12-week caregiver-mediated intervention called EXPO (Executive Function Play Opportunities) to strengthen executive function skills in young children with Down syndrome. The $694,434 award, effective July 10, 2024 through June 30, 2026, will transform EXPO into an adaptive intervention based on...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to develop a measure to assess the fidelity of neurodiversity-affirming interventions (NAIs) for autistic individuals. The $242,290 award to Drexel University will leverage qualitative interviews and a Delphi poll approach to establish a comprehensive NAI fidelity measure, including group-specific...

This $1,297,760 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development and testing of the NeuroVivid curriculum and materials by Terc, Inc. NeuroVivid aims to enhance neurodivergent youths' interest in STEM careers, particularly brain-computer interfaces, by highlighting their cognitive strengths through building simple EEG headsets and interacting with brain activity data in maker spaces. Over three years from April 2023 to March...

This Project Grant award of $932,314 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program investigates how to effectively enable the success and advancement of neurodivergent professionals in the technology workplace. The project, titled "SUCCESS ENABLERS THAT EMPOWER NEURODIVERGENT TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS (SEEN TECH PROFESSIONALS)", aims to empower neurodivergent technology employees and build the capacity of organizations to systemize and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides funding of $1,992,484.00 to the Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI), a non-profit organization, to build the capacity of informal STEM learning providers to engage individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) developing a hybrid professional development model to train informal STEM educators on supporting individuals...

This Project Grant award of $429,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) supports research to understand the cellular and synaptic mechanisms underlying cognitive disabilities in Down syndrome. The award to the University of Colorado-Denver will utilize a novel combination of two-photon microscopy, electrophysiology, chemogenetics, and pharmacological...

The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Arizona State University a $998,712 Project Grant under the federal STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to engage teachers and neurodiverse middle school students in tangible and creative computational thinking activities from August 2021 through July 2024. The grant aims to provide leadership and ensure the vitality of the Nation's science,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041), will engage with the neurodivergent community on social media to understand the strengths and challenges they face in engineering education. The $373,508 award to Utah State University, spanning July 2023 to June 2026, will leverage social media analytics and narrative inquiry to identify emancipatory language that describes the neurodivergent experience in engineering. The expected outcomes...

This $9,012,187 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Disability Innovation Fund (CFDA 84.421) program, aims to develop innovative approaches to improve employment, education, and transition outcomes for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. The primary awardee, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), will lead the "Workforce Development for Neuro-Developmental...