Project Grant 2100139

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,381 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to integrate entrepreneurial education modules into an introductory engineering technology course. The project aims to provide critical entrepreneurial skills to undergraduate engineering technology students, allowing them to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and bring a translational perspective to their STEM degree programs and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

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 Project Grant award of $943,061 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to address gender equity and diversity issues in community college computing programs. The University of Colorado Boulder, in partnership with the National Center for Women & IT and the County College of Morris, will adapt existing research-based resources, develop new resources, and facilitate professional development for faculty at nine community colleges. The goal is to...

This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Washington from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The fellowship will support a research project and professional development plan examining micro inclusions in technology workplaces to increase gender diversity. The principal investigator will test whether respectful treatment and inclusion of women's contributions improves...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) supports a collaborative research initiative called "EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- Building the Future Workforce Together." The project involves a partnership across six academic institutions - Hobart and William Smith College, University of Maine at Farmington, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Montgomery College, Benjamin Franklin...

This $370,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to implement and study evidence-based teaching practices that promote equitable collaboration in undergraduate data science courses at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and California State University, Monterey Bay. The project will investigate students' experiences when collaborating on pair programming tasks in the data science classroom, with a focus...

The University Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Sacramento State Sponsored Research, received a three-year, $996,427 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). The grant will support the organization's "Expanding Girl Power by Design" project, which aims to broaden participation in information and communication technology pathways through October 2024. As part of the Computer and...