Project Grant 1949484

This two-year, $299,984 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to strengthen data science education and workforce development opportunities in Chicago. Loyola University of Chicago's Institute for Racial Justice will partner with Arrupe College and the Chicago Youth Learning Organization to design a data science pathway for underrepresented scholars. Undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will...

This $1,736,866 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports research on community-situated data practices in multiethnic, youth-led research partnerships. The project aims to broaden STEM research and education by centering the cultural epistemologies of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse communities. The research team will conduct a multi-year qualitative study to explore how...

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...

This Project Grant award for $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is supporting the development and evaluation of a toolkit to engage youth in data-driven civic innovation. The project aims to create a suite of data and technology tools to empower youth-led community engagement, strengthen social cohesion, and support youth mental health and wellbeing. Key activities include co-designing tools for community...

This $3,057,609 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to highlight the stories and STEM identities of historically marginalized communities in local contexts. The "STEM in Your Neighborhood" (SIYN) project will: 1) establish equitable community engagement processes, 2) engage residents in participatory STEM-story sharing, 3) develop community-authored STEM narratives, and 4) broadly disseminate the findings....

This $559,342 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to foster a STEM + medicine learning ecosystem that brings together secondary teachers in historically under-resourced schools and local STEM professionals to co-design and allocate STEM-based resources for youth. The research team will employ an ethnographic design to understand how integrating STEM lessons in under-resourced schools can advance equitable learning...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $306,146 to the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus to conduct community-focused research on improving school climate and educational experiences for underrepresented Afro-Puerto Rican students in STEM fields. The research project will explore how curriculum, instruction, and school culture impact STEM engagement and achievement for this student population, with...

This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...

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 $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...