The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $582,269 project grant to Syracuse University, a private university in Syracuse, New York, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The 5-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, supports the development of a "full-stack approach to declarative analytics at scale." The research investigates methodologies for implementing expressive programming systems that can effectively bridge the gap between...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to investigate essential competencies for data science literacy and how undergraduate students learn these fundamentals in introductory data science courses. The $331,452 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will be led by Arizona State University (ASU) to serve the national interest by identifying priority data science competencies and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $322,475 project grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of Wisconsin System. This three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, supports research to investigate how students develop principle-based reasoning in undergraduate physiology courses. The project aims to develop learning theory that describes how students coordinate their conceptual knowledge and metacognitive processes to reason based on fundamental...
Syracuse University has been awarded a $338,480 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a 3D computational model of epithelial stratification and turnover in skin tissue. The three-year award beginning May 1, 2023 will support the university's research using biophysical modeling and collaboration with cell biology experiments to quantitatively predict the mechanical response of self-renewing stratified epithelia. Specifically, the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $100,000 to Syracuse University to develop plans for new STEM pathways and support services to increase retention and graduation of low-income, high-achieving undergraduate engineering students in the Central New York State region. The key objectives are to: 1) build partnerships between Syracuse University, local community colleges, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $297,988 project grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to St. Mary's College of Maryland. The grant aims to develop, assess, and share psychology-based data science course materials for undergraduate education. The project will create data science-enhanced psychology laboratory research courses that embed and scaffold data science skills throughout the semester. These courses will strengthen...
This $320,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and delivery of ten data science courses to over 200 undergraduates from a consortium of eleven diverse universities. Led by Florida A&M University, the consortium will leverage distributed learning technologies to provide data science instruction and research experiences traditionally unavailable at smaller or minority-serving institutions. Through an...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) grant award for $749,861 aims to develop effective curricular materials and an integrated learning platform to overcome programming barriers and increase data science education for non-computing students. The 3-year project, led by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in collaboration with Howard University and Bryn Mawr College, will: (1) create an integrated teaching and learning platform; (2) develop course modules...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $400,000 to Albany State University to enhance the educational framework of the biology and forensic science programs by infusing data science competencies. The key activities include: Training faculty in data science techniques to enable them to implement data science modules in existing courses and develop new upper-level courses. Engaging students in course-based and mentored...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), provides $1,999,999.00 to the University of Utah to expand talent in data science careers for graduate students in Utah. Over a six-year period, the project aims to fund two-year scholarships for 31 full-time graduate students pursuing degrees in NSF-supported STEM fields, including cognitive/neuroscience, geography, sociology, anthropology, economics, human developmental sciences,...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support Syracuse University in developing and studying an instructional model in data science education and workforce development called the Simulation Physiology Data Science Model (SIM-PHYSIO). Under this three-year award beginning October 2022, SU will engage STEM undergraduates in collecting, analyzing, and communicating complex physiological data from learners experiencing stress in challenging learning environments. Students will gain hands-on experience with these core data science practices through seven cycles pairing them with learners undergoing simulations. By harnessing physiological data exhibited by learners and having students communicate findings back, the SIM-PHYSIO model aims to prepare undergraduates for careers requiring proficiency in collecting, analyzing, and discussing human data. As part of the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), this award seeks to improve STEM education effectiveness through supporting innovative practices meeting national workforce needs in data analysis.