Project Grant 19050214223

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $299,979 awarded on October 1, 2022 through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of experiential learning opportunities centered on assistive technologies for undergraduate students at California State University, Northridge. The two-year award aims to engage students in project-based learning to design and prototype assistive technologies while building empathy for individuals with disabilities. Key services...

The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust was awarded a $447,317 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) to expand the Teaching by Design teacher professional development program at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio. The project will conduct 12 professional development seminars, recruit guest educators and 4 resident artists, and develop, implement, and evaluate an artist-in-residence program. This will address...

This National Science Foundation award of $298,779 from the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports efforts by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) to examine student attitudes, identities, and motivations toward engineering, and develop contextualized entrepreneurial design learning modules to foster these qualities. The project, conducted by CSUF's Auxiliary Services Corporation Division of Sponsored Programs, aims to create learning experiences that value the diverse...

This $399,978 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote collaborative learning in architectural engineering design using generative artificial intelligence-powered augmented reality. The project, awarded to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will develop two generative AI-AR modules to integrate into existing architectural engineering design studio curricula. Over the 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027, the...

This $2,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning" project at California State University - San Bernardino. Over 5 years, the project will provide 150 scholarships to support 30 high-achieving, low-income students annually pursuing computing degrees. The project aims to increase retention and graduation of these students,...

This Project Grant award of $270,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) aims to create a sustainable model for culturally relevant STEM learning environments that engage students' interests and prepare them for careers in medicine, science, engineering, and technology. The key products and services to be delivered under this five-year project include: 1) providing longitudinal mentorship to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering, totaling $237,007, will be used by the Cal Poly Corporation at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA to create a process that combines human creativity and computational intelligence to design more effective, adaptive building technologies. The key goals are to: 1) establish a strategy for integrating architectural design with physics-guided machine learning and optimization to...

This three-year $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). The RET site aims to provide ten high school STEM teachers from Chicago public and private schools with a six-week summer immersion in cutting-edge computational modeling and simulation (CMS) research across disciplines including nanotechnology, data-driven modeling, drug...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $547,371 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant to The TECH Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. The award will enable the museum to create educational resources that empower youth from historically marginalized communities to envision themselves in STEM careers. Key activities include: Developing STEM events, project-based mentoring models, and career exploration resources in collaboration with local schools, the Santa...

This $232,237 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to train graduate students in inclusive mentorship and leadership while providing paid summer research internships for high school students from underrepresented backgrounds in the geosciences. The key products and services delivered through this 3-year award include: 1) professional development workshops and individual feedback for graduate student mentors to support...