This $1,402,246 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a research project to refine a genetics education curriculum called "Humane Genome Literacy (HGL)" in order to reduce belief in genetic essentialism among high school biology students. The project will revise the existing HGL curriculum and professional development institutes, conduct qualitative analyses to identify factors that promote or impede...
This $459,020 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to study how high school genetics instruction can be improved to avoid promoting misconceptions about gender differences. The research team at the University of Colorado Boulder will develop and test revised genetics education materials that teach about genetic, neurological, and behavioral variation within and between sexes, as well as the social causes of such differences. Through...
This $598,017 National Science Foundation project grant funds the Houston Genetics BioRETS program delivered by the University of Houston. The program aims to improve genetics instruction in high school biology classes for at-risk and underrepresented students through teacher professional development. Specifically, it will provide summer research experiences in genetics and genomics for local high school biology teachers. Participating teachers will improve their content knowledge through...
This $301,013 National Science Foundation project grant aims to improve student success and equity in introductory biology courses through growth mindset interventions. The NSF Division of Undergraduate Education awarded this grant under the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program on February 1, 2022 for a completion date of January 31, 2025. Washington State University will develop, implement, and assess short and long-term outcomes of customized student-driven and faculty-driven...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $383,694 to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans to support the BIORETS: Genetics, Genomics, and Biology Research Experiences for Teachers in the Sciences program. The program will train 10 high school science teachers over three cohorts from 2024 to 2026, providing them with 6 weeks of summer research experience and 2 weeks of academic-year support in...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a longitudinal study to examine learners' understandings of biological variability. The researchers at Brown University will investigate the development of children's and adults' beliefs about phenotypic trait variability and its inheritance, using a novel computational modeling approach called Markov Chain Monte Carlo with People (MCMCP). The $509,350 award, effective June...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $299,762, provided through the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a postdoctoral fellowship focused on "Humanizing Biology Content to Enhance Undergraduate Learning and Intent to Persist in Science". The key objectives are to: 1) Assess the extent to which "humanized" content (integrating science and social justice issues) is prioritized in national biology education initiatives and assessments; 2)...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $289,017 provides funding from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2025 to support research aimed at improving student success and equity in introductory biology courses. The award is made under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports the development and improvement of STEM education. Specifically, the awardee, Texas Tech University, will implement and evaluate mindset...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support a $455,036 project at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to develop a framework for antiracist science teaching and provide professional development to science teachers. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) develop a framework for antiracist science teaching, 2) develop and offer professional development to support the use of the framework, and 3)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $250,000 over 5 years to Oregon State University to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) that will develop four new Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) focused on topics such as bioinformatics, behavioral genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology. The goal is to expand upon an existing...