Project Grant 1939342

This one-year $199,995 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program supports a conference series to investigate how to best integrate the use of comprehensive, high-quality instructional materials with the benefits of localizing these materials to address students' contexts and backgrounds in K-12 science education. The project will convene an in-person conference and a series of four virtual follow-up meetings, engaging...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports a conference that aims to address the persistent lack of integration of local ecological knowledge with Western STEM education. The $100,000 award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, will enable WestEd, a non-profit education research and service agency, to convene a group of Indigenous academic, community, and education leaders. Over three phases, the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $249,966 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the Space Science Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant will support a national conference that explores the role of public libraries in addressing local climate impacts. The conference will convene 30 library leaders, climate experts, public health professionals, and STEM educators to examine climate-related programming in libraries and how...

This $249,995 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program will fund a conference project to promote the development of climate science-focused children's literature that centers Black voices and experiences. Over two years, the project will bring together Black children's media creators, climate scientists, and developmental psychologists to create resources - including a podcast series, conference proceedings, and a guidebook - to...

This five-year, $1,053,728 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and assessment of inclusive course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) using digitized natural history collection data. Faculty from George Washington University, Widener University, Texas Tech University, and Westfield State University will collaborate to measure the...

This $220,453 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a conference organized by Saint Edward's University to support the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Principal Investigators community. The conference, taking place in Austin, Texas from September 2022 through August 2023, aims to bring together current and potential principal investigator teams engaged in NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions...

This $389,897 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a three-year meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of writing instruction in secondary math and science classes. The project aims to: a) determine the overall impact of writing instruction on students' math/science achievement, math/science-specific writing, and general writing composition; b) identify factors that influence the effectiveness of writing instruction in...

This $254,278 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) will support the "CONFERENCE: NORTH AMERICAN GENDER SUMMIT 24 AND THE ROADMAP FOR ACTION 2.0". The award will fund the development of an updated North American Roadmap to advance excellence in research and innovation, drawing on the latest research, policy advances, and outcomes from the global network of Gender Summit platforms. The roadmap is expected to mobilize science actors and...