Project Grant 1938536

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $2,219,872 to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to conduct the "Amplifying Diverse Voices in STEM Education" (ADVISE) research project. The overarching goal is to better understand and compare the individual- and group-level psychological and sociological processes, such as student belonging, stereotype threat, classroom climate, and instructor pedagogy, and how bringing...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $2,237,769 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program. This ethnographic research project, titled "Rhetorical Engineering Education to Support Proactive Equity Teaching and Outcomes" (RESPETO), will investigate how racialized discourse in engineering education creates barriers for Latinx students. The project will provide engineering faculty with a handbook of recommended teaching practices...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER: Empowering African American STEM Talent award, provided under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), is establishing an academic training model that combines practical, hands-on research experiences and structured mentoring for junior-level undergraduate students at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The $299,924 project, running from August 2024 to July 2026, engages students majoring in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology...

The National Science Foundation awarded Texas Woman's University a $122,046 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to organize and host the NSF Showcase at the 2023 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium. The NSF Showcase will provide NSF grant recipients the opportunity to disseminate results from projects funded under the NSF's IUSE: EHR program, which supports STEM education research and development. Attendees of the 1,900-person SIGCSE Technical Symposium, which primarily...

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...

The University of Connecticut will provide mentoring, geospatial technology training, and digital media storytelling services to underrepresented youth under a $2.7 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation. Funded through NSF's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program, the four-year award will engage up to 270 teens, 60 undergraduates, and 54 educators. Undergraduate students will be trained to serve as near-peer mentors for high school pods,...

The University of Toledo was awarded a three-year, $707,521 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Gateway or Gatekeeper: Understanding Why Black Students Choose Engineering Technology or Engineering, and the Implications of This Choice." Through focus groups, surveys, and analysis of academic programs, the University will investigate...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,170,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Houston System, doing business as the University of Houston, to develop and research a program that offers culturally responsive mentoring, tutoring, summer research, and college/career readiness supports for predominantly Black and Latinx high school students enrolled in alternative school systems in Houston, Texas. The program will also provide...

This $485,608 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program supports an initiative at Northern Arizona University (NAU) to foster STEM identity and increase retention, particularly for underrepresented students in the Department of Biological Sciences. The key activities funded under this 3-year project include: (1) a second-year seminar course focused on scientific discoveries by women and people of color, discussions on systemic discrimination in...

This $240,978 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Critical STEM Faculty Alliance (C-STEM Alliance)" collaborative research project involving New York University, Northwestern University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The project aims to develop an infrastructural technology system that provides more opportunities and lowers systemic risks for historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields....