Project Grant 2142705

This four-year, $1.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of educational materials and a national network focused on sports analytics and data science. Led by Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with Baylor University, St. Lawrence University, University of Pittsburgh, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, the grantees will create online educational modules pairing sports data and examples with coding and statistics exercises. Industry partners from over 50 sports teams and leagues will collaborate with educators on the authentic curriculum materials focused on foundational data science topics. The modules will be hosted on the Integrated Statistics Learning Environment platform for use in undergraduate courses and workshops. Subawards totaling $XXX,XXX will support St. Lawrence University's development of women's sports modules and data science summer workshops for students, as well as coordination efforts through Baylor University and participation by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and West Point. Evaluation will assess approaches to engaging industry in education and platform user engagement to broaden participation in the data science workforce.