The National Science Foundation awarded Florida Gulf Coast University a $297,013 Project Grant under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will fund an institutional self-assessment and development of a five-year strategic equity plan for STEM faculty. Specifically, FGCU will identify potential organizational inequities and policies that may differentially impact professional outcomes. This work will result in tailored recommendations and actions to promote equity...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $1,459,394 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to support the "Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers" program. This award, made under the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), will fund the development and delivery of a teacher residency program through March 31, 2026. The...
The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) has awarded a $753,043 project grant to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The grant will fund scholarships, academic support, and mentoring services over a 5-year period to support the retention and graduation of 50 high-achieving, low-income transfer students pursuing bachelor's or master's degrees in artificial intelligence (AI) fields such as computer...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,416 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to The University of Mississippi. The grant funds a two-year institutional self-assessment project titled "ADVANCE CATALYST: RESEARCHING EQUITY SURROUNDING HIRING AND PROMOTION EXPERIENCES (RESHAPE)". The project aims to identify potential organizational inequities in policies and practices that may lead to differential professional outcomes for STEM faculty. The...
Drexel University was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year grant will support Drexel's "CATALYZING STEM GENDER EQUITY AT DREXEL: BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION" project. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. This project aligns with those goals by working to build a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $999,919 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to implement the "ADVANCE ADAPTATION: INSTITUTIONALIZING NORMATIVE CHANGES FOR RECRUITMENT, EMPOWERMENT, ADVANCEMENT, AND SYSTEMATIC EQUITY FOR STEM FACULTY (INCREASE) - THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FSU) ADVANCE ADAPTATION PROJECT". This 3-year award aims to improve workplace culture and climate...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support faculty and student learning of equity-minded and student-centered pedagogy through iterative curricular co-design. The $399,896 award to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, will implement a professional development model that provides STEM faculty the knowledge, time, and support to design instructional innovations...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $173,474 Project Grant to the University of North Texas (UNT) through the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The goal of the 5-year grant is to examine whether and how "epistemic exclusion," a form of scholarly devaluation, acts as a barrier to the full inclusion and participation of women faculty and faculty of color in STEM fields. The research will survey 1,800 tenure-track STEM faculty at...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $106,636 Project Grant to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: SATC-EDU: JUST-IN-TIME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN CYBER ABUSE EDUCATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS." The two-year grant, which began on May 1, 2021 and ends on April 30, 2023, will fund the development and delivery of artificial...
The National Science Foundation awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees a $500,000 Project Grant under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement and evaluate innovative teaching practices to enhance success for Hispanic transfer students in engineering programs. Over a three-year period ending September 2025, the University will embed self-regulated and shared learning models in foundational engineering courses for...