This $787,042 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research and design project that engages Latinx families as design partners to develop equitable informal engineering learning opportunities for young children. The project involves a partnership between community leaders at Palenque LSNA, educators at the Chicago Children's Museum, and researchers at Loyola University Chicago. Through a community-engaged...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education project grant (CFDA 47.076) for $275,803 will support the development of a digital curriculum that incorporates indigenous scientific knowledge into U.S. science education, particularly for Latinx students in dual language immersion programs. The project aims to enhance science education accessibility and increase representation of marginalized students in STEM fields. The University of Texas at San Antonio will lead the effort, working...
This $334,155 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to explore how family involvement in everyday activities like cooking can spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with a focus on Latino families. The project will evaluate the effects of culturally affirming, at-home, co-cooking activities on children's STEM identity, career aspirations, and diet quality over a 5-week period....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the design, production, and study of 34 Spanish and English language podcast episodes for Latine families with children ages 5-9. The goal is to create culturally and linguistically relevant STEM podcasts that can engage families in STEM conversations and activities, thereby supporting the STEM identity development of Latine children. The $1,117,913 award to Associated...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) federal grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $349,995.00 to Terc, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on improving STEM education through innovative research, curriculum development, and professional development programs. The project, titled "Examining the Integration of Equity and Interdisciplinarity in the Policies of Innovative Graduate Training Programs," aims to explore the connection between...
This federal Project Grant award of $712,744 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to identify and understand pedagogical strategies that promote equity in team experiences for Black and Latinx students in engineering and computer science classrooms. The research team will use an asset-based approach to inform team compositions that foster cooperation, collaboration, and inclusion, while also providing training to faculty and students on topics like...
This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...
The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Northern Arizona University a $275,944 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to support the "Towards Culturally Responsive and Computationally Rich Problem Based Learning for K-5 Students" project from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The grant aims to develop culturally responsive and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $603,043 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of Illinois for the "Math Partners: Collaborations to Support Early Math Learning" project. The project aims to help teachers and families build strong partnerships to support early math learning for young children. The grant will fund teacher professional development, classroom design teams, and family engagement practices focused on centering...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $695,426 to Terc, Inc. to explore the integration of data science and civic education in middle school social studies classrooms. The project aims to (1) deepen students' data literacy, (2) develop their efficacy in working with civic datasets, and (3) create learning experiences connecting data to local community issues. Through a collaborative co-design process with middle...