Project Grant 20247000341454
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) award provides $400,000 over 3 years to Northeastern University to develop and implement a professional development program for high school STEM teachers focused on incorporating generative AI into their classroom instruction. The program will recruit 10 teachers per year, prioritizing those serving underrepresented students, and provide intensive summer training supplemented by monthly collaborative meetings and ongoing content...
- This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $750,000 project grant effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The award supports the development and delivery of hands-on educational experiences designed to increase high school student understanding of emerging...
- This $399,890 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop an innovative curriculum that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and social sciences to educate the next generation of technologists. The primary focus is on creating educational resources and experiences that enable engineering and computer science students to develop technical skills for creating AI-powered technologies, comprehension of how to use social science...
- This $111,984 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support a collaborative research project focused on mapping the state of AI ethics education across diverse higher education institutions in the United States. The project aims to: (a) comprehensively survey current and planned AI ethics education interventions, (b) develop a framework to understand how faculty perceive and conceptualize AI ethics...
- This $500,000 Project Grant, awarded August 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports a collaborative initiative between the University of Connecticut and the University of Missouri to redesign engineering and mathematics education through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalized learning environments. The project will deliver innovative educational tools and strategies, including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary San Jose State University Research Foundation received a $2.37M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program. The award, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029, supports the project "AI is Only as Good as Its Users: Advancing Students' Informed Use of AI in Higher Education." This initiative develops and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $330,000 to the University of Utah to design, develop, and test an AI-enhanced mobile learning system that helps civil and construction engineering students integrate unstructured observations from their everyday environments with formal engineering education. The proposed system will use AI to direct students' attention to key construction components, explain the observations, and link...
- This Project Grant award of $298,375.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to design and implement an artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented formative assessment and feedback system. The system will support the development of STEM text summarization and problem-solving skills among students in large, introductory undergraduate physics courses at an urban university serving diverse and underrepresented student...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program (CFDA 47.076) will pilot a curriculum to prepare pre-service teachers in understanding the fundamentals of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential teaching applications. The $199,996 award to Michigan State University will examine the impact of this curriculum on developing pre-service teachers' competencies, including their...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN LECTURE-FOCUSED CLASSROOMS FAILS TO ADEQUATELY EDUCATE FOOD SCIENCE STUDENTS TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF RAPIDLY EVOLVING PROCESSING INNOVATION IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. THE ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES OUTPACES FACULTY ABILITIES TO INCORPORATE UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE INTO ALREADY COMPACTED FOOD ENGINEERING COURSES. THE EMERGING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TECHNOLOGY (E.G., CHATGPT) MAY OFFER AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION WHILE PRESENTING CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DUE TO THE POTENTIAL MISUSE OF AI TOOLS THAT CAN LEAD TO ETHICAL ISSUES AND STIFLE CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP AN AI-INTEGRATED PEDAGOGY TO TRANSFORM PASSIVE LECTURE-BASED CLASSROOMS INTO HIGH-ENGAGEMENT, ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT PREPARE STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY, INNOVATE, AND TRANSITION SMOOTHLY INTO THE WORKFORCE. THROUGH SIMULATED FUTURE WORK ENVIRONMENTS, STUDENTS WILL ASSUME DIFFERENT ROLES RELATED TO AI, INCLUDING CONSULTEES, COWORKERS, AND SUPERVISORS. THE AI-SUPPORTED ROLEPLAY WILL HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN ADAPTING NEW CONCEPTS FROM AI, SOLVING ENGINEERING PROBLEMS WITH AI, AND ASSIGNING TASKS TO AI. THE SERIES OF ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL ENHANCE STUDENTS' MASTERY OF ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND DEVELOP WORKFORCE READINESS SKILLS SUCH AS LIFELONG LEARNING, CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, COMMUNICATION, TEAMWORK, ETHICS, AND PROFESSIONALISM. THIS PROJECT WILL PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES BY UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITATIONS AND POTENTIAL USES OF AI TOOLS. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A NOVEL PEDAGOGY, VALIDATED CURRICULA, AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING DOCUMENTS FOR THE INNOVATIVE INTEGRATION OF AI INTO AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 11/17/23 |