Project Grant 2201962
- The University of California, San Diego will conduct a multi-year, multi-site collaborative research project on early childhood numeracy development under a $1.165 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The research will involve over 130 sites testing more than 3,000 children ages 2 to 5 years old across the United States and 27 other countries. Two foundational studies will examine how young children perceive and learn about...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project investigating the conceptual foundations of early number development in toddlers and preschool-aged children. The $546,968 award to Trustees of Indiana University will fund two foundational studies examining how young children perceive quantity, learn number words, and track small groups of objects, as well as...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, will fund research examining family engagement in early math education and developing interventions to promote such engagement, especially for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. With $300,000 in funding provided over two years from October 2022 to September 2024, the Trustees of Boston College will conduct focus groups and naturalistic observations of family...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $937,260 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to study how multi-digit number names and written symbols guide early elementary students' attention, memory, and place value learning. Over three years from July 2022 to June 2025, the University will conduct three experimental studies with kindergarteners using eye-tracking technology, assessments of students' place value knowledge, and...
- The University of Massachusetts Amherst was awarded a $509,597 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The grant funds research to investigate how children develop an understanding that numbers can be generated indefinitely through rules, and to test a new hypothesis about how children acquire generative number concepts. Specifically, the project will test the...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a $496,337 research project to assess the malleability and impact of mature number sense among 3rd through 8th grade students. The research team at the University of Notre Dame will study how students' mature number sense - their ability to make sense of numbers, notice patterns, and flexibly select problem-solving strategies - changes over the course of an academic year and...
- The University of Notre Dame received a $553,429 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to characterize and assess number sense in third through eighth grade students. The University will deliver research and analysis on number sense development and proficiency from 2021 through 2023. The STEM Education program supports the development of a well-prepared STEM workforce and scientifically literate citizenry through research and projects...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boston College received a $1,270,503 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2029. The project will develop a suite of customization tools and accompanying professional learning modules that enable elementary teachers to adapt existing open-source, standards-aligned science...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New York University received a $1,796,454 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The grant supports research investigating how toddlers' everyday home interactions—specifically caregiver language and physical environment—support early mathematical cognition development in...
- This $325,000 National Science Foundation project grant to Carnegie Mellon University, funded through the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will support research examining the neural basis of mathematical cognition in early childhood and potential gender differences. The four-year award beginning September 2022 will fund the collection of longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging data and behavioral testing of children ages 4-8, along with tracking...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $554,710 project grant to Trustees of Boston College under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct collaborative research on early number development from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The research will involve over 3,000 children aged 2 to 5 years old across 28 U.S. states and 27 countries to investigate how toddlers and preschoolers perceive, reason about, and communicate numbers. Two foundational studies will examine number perception and object tracking abilities in young children, along with exploratory studies on related topics such as social cognition, linguistics, cognitive functions, and cross-cultural influences. Data will be shared with the scientific community and presented to the public to advance understanding of factors influencing early numeracy skills critical for future STEM learning.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $554.7k | 7/8/22 |