Washington State University was awarded a $509,403 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2027. The grant will support a collaborative research project to study the role of flexible course design and instructor supports in implementing sustainable course-based undergraduate research experiences across diverse institution types. The University...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $320,915 to Vanderbilt University from August 2024 to July 2028. The project aims to support middle school teachers in customizing an integrated science, engineering, and computational thinking curriculum unit called the Water Resource Challenge (WRC). Through a participatory design approach, the project will investigate the supports teachers need to adapt STEM+CS (science,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.6 million Project Grant to Washington State University from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds research to understand the use of discretion and its socio-environmental consequences for reservoir systems. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Over the four-year period of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $1,000,000 to the Pacific Northwest LSAMP STEM Pathways & Research Alliance, led by Oregon State University, to increase the number of underrepresented minority students graduating with STEM degrees and prepare them for STEM careers or graduate school. The alliance, which includes several universities and community colleges in the Pacific Northwest, will implement activities to recruit,...
The University of Washington was awarded a $1.88 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant will support improving the STEM preparation of K-5 pre-service teachers through a project-based, interdisciplinary approach. Consistent with the goals of the NSF STEM Education program to strengthen STEM education, this...
The University of Washington received a $1.48 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on July 1, 2021 to develop the STEM workforce through examining career pathways of math and science teachers in Texas and Washington after the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant is part of NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) and will fund research through June 30, 2024 exploring how the pandemic impacted teacher careers and what policies can strengthen the teacher pipeline. As the...
The University of Washington was awarded a $318,932 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the collaborative research project "Creating a Mechanism for Youth to Document Out-of-School-Time STEM Learning as a Means for Expanding Educational Pathways." The two-year grant, awarded September 15, 2021, will fund the development of tools and methods for youth to document their out-of-school STEM learning experiences in order to...
The National Science Foundation awarded Washington State University a $300,153 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant will support the collaborative research project "CORRELATED VELOCITY MODELS AS DYNAMIC UPSCALING AND MODEL TRANSLATION TOOLS FOR WATERSHED-SCALE HYDROBIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING" to be conducted in Pullman, Washington. The Geosciences program seeks to strengthen understanding of Earth's...
This $188,167 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports research to address racial inequities in STEM teacher preparation programs. The project is a collaborative effort led by Washington State University, which will: Identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from underrepresented populations; Develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to employ...
This $105,673 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a collaborative research project focused on advancing racial equity in STEM teacher education. The project aims to: (1) identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from historically underrepresented populations; (2) develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies; and...