Project Grant 2029082

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote a culture of well-being and mental health support in undergraduate engineering education. The $347,824 award to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation will fund a 3-year collaborative research project to expand the Wellness in Engineering Community of Transformation (WE-COT). Key activities include: Programmatic expansion of the WE-COT, including a monthly meeting series...

This $954,032 National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Track 2 award (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) funds the Wellbeing Alliance for Research Masters (WARM) project, a collaboration between four California State University campuses. The project examines how mental health and wellbeing relate to academic success for graduate students in STEM fields. WARM uses an innovative mobile app to track student wellbeing and provide referrals to helpful resources. The project also...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to support student well-being and promote a culture of thriving in undergraduate engineering education. The $559,831 award to the Regents of the University of Michigan, effective October 15, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will fund the programmatic expansion of the Wellness in Engineering Community of Transformation (WE-COT). This will include a monthly meeting series,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $100,039 to the University of Colorado to conduct a longitudinal study on the emotional adjustment and psychological health of diverse emerging adult students before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to use remote-based surveys and experience-sampling methods to examine how social isolation, emotion regulation...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...

This $399,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop curricular resources and interventions to promote wellness and a "thriving mindset" among undergraduate engineering students. The project will involve qualitative research through student and faculty interviews to identify opportunities and barriers related to student wellness, which will inform the creation of a new course and associated materials....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop and assess novel social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions to support first-year undergraduate engineering students. The $458,371 award to Drexel University will fund the integration of SEL instruction and structural changes into first-year math and engineering courses to address COVID-19-related learning losses and structural inequities in education. The project...

This $1,393,594 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support the University of Texas at San Antonio in promoting psychological well-being and resilience to increase retention of high-achieving STEM students from underrepresented groups. Over six years, the project will provide scholarships of up to four years each to 27 students pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics/astronomy. Scholarship recipients will participate in a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $291,252 will fund a collaborative research project to understand the prevalence and severity of mental health problems among STEM faculty in higher education. The project will examine factors that impact STEM faculty mental health and well-being, with a focus on how academic systems affect these factors for different demographic groups. The goal is to contribute to improved support for faculty...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $258,054 will fund research on the stigma of mental health conditions and help-seeking attitudes among engineering undergraduates and early professionals. Awarded under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's 47.041 Engineering program, the three-year grant beginning May 1, 2022 supports a longitudinal mixed-methods study led by researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The study will use annual surveys and qualitative...