Project Grant 2122367

The Santa Clara County Office of Education was awarded a $924,479 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant will support the "Culturally-Responsive Teaching for Supporting Positive Computer Science Identities among Latinx Girls" project from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this award, the Santa Clara County Office of Education will implement culturally responsive teaching methods to support...

This $277,284 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the Research Foundation for the State University of New York to design a residency-based computer science teacher preparation program in partnership with Lockport City School District. The goal is to increase access to K-12 computer science courses and train qualified teachers through a community-based, justice-oriented approach. Specifically, the award will support the development of CS curricular pathways for the high school and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program provides $1,197,134 to the University of Massachusetts for a research-practice partnership studying the impacts of and impediments to diffusing an equity-centered computer science curriculum across 32 elementary schools in the Springfield Public School District through 2025. The University will partner with Springfield Public Schools to employ a teacher-co-designed curriculum integrating computer science...

This $299,716 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development and evaluation of socially responsible computing curriculum and pedagogy at six California State University campuses. Administered through CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, the grant aims to transform early computing experiences for over 2,000 undergraduate students who identify as Hispanic/Latino. Each campus loses Latinx students at higher rates than non-Latinx students in the first two years of...

This three-year, $999,806 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and dissemination of computational thinking (CT) resources and professional learning experiences for K-5 teachers. Awarded to Southern Oregon University on October 1, 2022 and set to be completed by September 30, 2025, the grant enables a research-practitioner partnership involving 20 teachers. The partnership will examine how CT concepts become more...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,361 to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC to address the limited inclusion of K-8 learners with disabilities in computer science (CS) education. Through a networked improvement community research-practice partnership, the project aims to: Provide professional development to cohorts of special and general education teachers on Universal Design for Learning and...

The National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) awarded a $299,912 Project Grant to Chico State Enterprises, a Minority Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution, to fund the "Embedding Representation, Relevance, and Equity in a Personalized System of Instruction" project. This 2-year collaboration between California State University, Chico and the University of California, Santa Barbara will develop instructional videos featuring...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,609,724 to Teachers College Columbia University to co-develop and implement a locally relevant and integrated computer science curriculum that centers the lived experiences of rural Hawaiian students and communities. The goal is to make schooling more meaningful and relevant to students' experiences, culture, community, and identity, in order to increase their interest,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $293,330 to Coastal Carolina University to address the computer science (CS) teacher shortage in South Carolina. The project aims to increase the number of licensed CS teachers in the state who can lead rigorous CS programs, especially in rural, low-income, and underrepresented schools. The key products and services to be delivered include: An accelerated,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $889,785 to Cornell University from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023 to integrate computational thinking into English language arts and math curricula for grades K-5. The goal is to build an onramp to computer science education for younger students. Cornell will support research design, analysis, and project management. Additionally, $50,000 of the award will...