This $144,771 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Maine in developing adaptable online teaching resources and professional development for biology instructors. The University will build a library of peer-reviewed, active learning resources for online biology courses and offer workshops to help faculty incorporate these materials and skills into their own teaching through 2024. A subaward of $15,000 to the University...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Initiation Award of $300,000 to Bethune-Cookman University aims to evaluate the impact of pedagogical interventions involving active learning and computational thinking approaches on student success in undergraduate biology education. The award is funded under the NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, which supports initiatives to strengthen STEM education and workforce development. The project will develop and refine an intelligent online...
This Project Grant award of $199,912.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a multi-faceted project aimed at improving learning outcomes and increasing passing rates in introductory biology courses at the recipient institution. The key activities include: Developing interactive 3D-printed learning materials to enhance conceptual understanding in introductory biology courses. Integrating project-based research experiences into newly created open...
The University of Alaska Anchorage will receive $118,999 through a project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success of Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant period runs from January 15, 2021 through December 31, 2025. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to develop and deliver science and math...
The University of Alaska Southeast was awarded a $530,053 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success for Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant will support development and delivery of programs from January 2021 through December 2025 aimed at strengthening participation and achievement in STEM fields among underrepresented groups in Alaska. As the prime awardee, the...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $199,989 will fund Bloomfield College's interventions to improve academic performance among biology majors under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year award beginning June 1, 2022 will support a week-long intensive biology summer enrichment program, peer coaching and tutoring, and course-based undergraduate research experiences for incoming first-year biology students. These services aim to ease the transition to college,...
This $398,638 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to advance undergraduate STEM education through faculty training, resources, and support for adopting evidence-based instructional strategies. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: A structured professional development program, including two Mobile Summer Institutes (MOSI) in partnership with the National Institute on Scientific...
Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop interdisciplinary biology curriculum modules. The three-year project will integrate knowledge from fields including the humanities, science, technology and non-academic sources into undergraduate biology textbooks and education. Researchers will analyze existing textbooks, compile interdisciplinary...
This $103,868 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve the implementation of an authentic inquiry-based laboratory curriculum, called AIM-BIO, at the University of Arizona, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The key goals are to: 1) Develop a professional development program to train teaching assistants (TAs) on how to effectively mentor students in the AIM-BIO curriculum's open-ended scientific inquiry process, and 2)...
Arizona State University received a $130,214 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education on January 1, 2022 for completion by December 31, 2024. The award is being used to fund the development of a self-guided online intervention to address student fear of negative evaluation in active learning undergraduate biology courses under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The intervention aims to help more students feel comfortable...