Purdue University was awarded a $295,816 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the TRANSFORMING UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING TO ENHANCE INNOVATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD project. The two-year project, awarded January 15, 2021 and set to be completed by December 31, 2023, will develop and evaluate new approaches to integrate innovation and design thinking into undergraduate STEM courses to better prepare students for an...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $599,980 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a three-year period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funds the Expanding Accessibility of Learning Through Blended Synchronous Instruction of Face-to-Face and Remote Students project. This project aims to develop innovative instructional methods that blend synchronous face-to-face and remote learning to expand accessibility of STEM education. As the...
Purdue University was awarded a $298,214 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant aims to support the development of a life-cycle approach for artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity education through Purdue University's "EAGER: SATC-EDU: A LIFE-CYCLE APPROACH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION" project. The...
This $550,701 National Science Foundation project grant supports research examining factors that influence engineering degree attainment through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). Purdue University will conduct a mixed-methods study from 2022-2025 analyzing national longitudinal data and interviewing students and parents at three institutions. The research aims to identify economic, social, and cultural capital influences on engineering major choice and degree completion. Findings will...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $325,009 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to characterize how teachers design engaging learning environments in STEM education. The grant will fund research from September 2021 to August 2023 examining teachers' and students' conceptualizations of integrated STEM. As part of the NSF's efforts to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to provide insights into effective...
Purdue University received a $399,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the STEM Education (47.076) program to foster culturally relevant programming learning experiences through learner-sourced contextualized worked examples. The three-year award running from June 2023 to May 2026 aims to engage and improve learning outcomes for female computing students by developing customized activities incorporating feminist pedagogy and learner contributions. Purdue will study the...
Purdue University was awarded a $471,103 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant will support Purdue University's "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRATEGIC COURSE-BASED ADAPTATIONS OF AN ECOLOGICAL BELONGING INTERVENTION TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING AT SCALE" project. Specifically, the University will adapt and scale up an...
Purdue University was awarded a $210,311 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds a collaborative research project titled "Rethinking Circle Time: Integrating Computational Thinking into K-2 Literacy." As part of its mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, the NSF STEM Education program supports the development of innovative...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $796,858 to Purdue University, a public land-grant research university, will support the development of an innovative learner-in-the-loop multi-robot system called LILMR to transform conventional in-person field-based lab environments into hybrid-flexible (hyflex) field-based lab environments. This system aims to enable remote and residential students to collaboratively develop critical...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $1,566,948 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the "Grappling With Graphs: New Tools For Improving Graphing Practices Of Undergraduate Biology Students" project from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2025. The grant aims to develop new tools to improve undergraduate biology students' skills in graphing, a practice critical to data analysis in STEM fields. Purdue will collaborate with California...