The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $812,187 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The three-year award will support the development of simulated STEM career scenarios and mathematics activities to engage adolescents in collaboration. Specifically, the university will create online simulations that place students in realistic STEM...
The National Science Foundation awarded Western Carolina University a $1,495,415 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH A PROJECT?BASED LEARNING COMMUNITY project. The project aims to develop a project-based learning community in Cullowhee, North Carolina from February 2022 through January 2028. As the primary awardee, Western Carolina University will leverage project-based learning approaches to foster technology...
This $749,321 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the NC STATE STEM EDUCATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM (NC S3) at North Carolina State University. The project aims to address critical teacher shortages in mathematics and science in high-need school districts across North Carolina by recruiting and preparing a diverse pool of 21 STEM education scholars. The program will provide the scholars with learning experiences to deepen their...
North Carolina State University received a $459,848 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate a professional development model for secondary mathematics teachers serving linguistically marginalized students. Over a three-year period from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2026, the university will design workshops and provide video-coaching to support...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Connecticut a $496,183 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will implement the Entrepreneurship Fellowship Program to train graduate students in STEM fields with entrepreneurial skills, knowledge, and competencies. Over the 3-year project period from October 2023 to September 2026, the program will provide a framework of educational and experiential opportunities, including courses, programs, and...
North Carolina State University will receive $332,184 under a two-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to analyze and improve graduate engineering education through communities of practice. The grant aims to support the development of the Nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise by funding research into learning across the entire engineering graduate student pipeline. Specifically, North...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will develop new technologies to improve student learning in machine learning (ML) education. The $226,873 award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028, will create automated algorithms to generate personalized feedback, hints, and examples to support students in designing effective ML models, implementing them in code, and...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $1,239,952 provides funding from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2025 to develop and research a model for engaging African American young women in STEM and entrepreneurship through community-centered making. Funded under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the awardee Terc, Inc. will partner with The Forge Greensboro makerspace and the Greensboro Housing Authority to introduce participants to product design, computer-aided...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program for $349,999 provides funding to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to investigate how engineering students' demographic, socioeconomic, and academic backgrounds influence their participation in entrepreneurship education programs. The project aims to leverage machine learning and regression techniques to build data-driven models that advance the understanding of student...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) project grant award of $478,433 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) aims to develop statistical procedures to improve the internal validity of STEM education impact evaluations. The 3-year project from July 2024 to June 2027 will focus on quantifying how the choice of outcome measures affects the conclusions of STEM education research studies. Key products will include new robust statistical...