This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $187,223 will fund research to develop trauma-informed frameworks of care in engineering graduate programs. The awardee, the University of Nevada, Reno under the Nevada System of Higher Education, will conduct a two-phase collaborative research project to address the growing mental health crisis among graduate students. In Phase 1, the researchers will survey and interview engineering graduate program directors to characterize their roles...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $1,644,486 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The project aims to improve the mental well-being and productivity of the software development workforce by designing new collaborative software tools that prioritize worker mental health alongside engineering outcomes. The project consists of three main components: (1) observational...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,673 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to investigate the impact of time management and metacognition skills on the academic success and well-being of first-year engineering students. The research project aims to equip students with strategies to navigate the challenges of engineering education, including supporting students who must work to...
This $562,194 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop novel data analytics and optimization approaches for improving the efficiency of mental health resources on university campuses. The key research objectives include: Establishing an innovative Fourier-based framework to accurately characterize the transient behavior...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $291,252 will fund a collaborative research project to understand the prevalence and severity of mental health problems among STEM faculty in higher education. The project will examine factors that impact STEM faculty mental health and well-being, with a focus on how academic systems affect these factors for different demographic groups. The goal is to contribute to improved support for faculty...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote a culture of well-being and mental health support in undergraduate engineering education. The $347,824 award to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation will fund a 3-year collaborative research project to expand the Wellness in Engineering Community of Transformation (WE-COT). Key activities include: Programmatic expansion of the WE-COT, including a monthly meeting series...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041), will engage with the neurodivergent community on social media to understand the strengths and challenges they face in engineering education. The $373,508 award to Utah State University, spanning July 2023 to June 2026, will leverage social media analytics and narrative inquiry to identify emancipatory language that describes the neurodivergent experience in engineering. The expected outcomes...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides funding of $199,576 to the University of California, Davis for a research project titled "Evaluating the Impact of a Wellness Program on Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Capital of Engineering Students." The project aims to develop and deliver a wellness course for engineering students that focuses on self-care activities across cognitive, emotional, interpersonal,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a $231,718 longitudinal research project to explore how undergraduate engineering students' conceptualizations of well-being in their programs and future careers develop and manifest over time. The 5-year project at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ will use qualitative interviews and concept mapping techniques to investigate the connections between engineering...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) supports a multi-year, $100,000 research project titled "SAI: Healthy and Equitable Public Spaces - Strengthening American Infrastructure." The project aims to identify features of urban public spaces that promote psychological restoration and well-being, and to develop evidence-based design standards for creating healthier and more equitable public spaces. The research team...