This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a model to enhance faculty mentoring of undergraduate students in research at Towson University. The $749,947 award, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, will establish a mentoring ecosystem where post-course-based research experience undergraduates interact with faculty and each other to build scientific identities and prepare for research-related careers. Through...
This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund Bridgewater State University's efforts to improve STEM undergraduate student outcomes through partnerships, mentoring, and high-impact practices. Over six years, the university will provide scholarships and additional supports to three cohorts of 35 low-income, high-achieving undergraduates pursuing STEM degrees. Students will receive mentoring from faculty, diverse STEM...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $300,000 supports the development and assessment of a virtual peer mentoring model to broaden participation and persistence of women in STEM. Specifically, the University of Memphis will create and test a virtual peer mentoring intervention among women students from diverse racial and personal backgrounds enrolled in residential and online STEM programs from 2022-2025. Through its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), NSF aims to improve STEM...
This Project Grant award, valued at $348,587.00 and issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports the development of advanced statistical modeling skills by the Principal Investigator (PI) to better understand factors influencing undergraduate student persistence in STEM fields. The PI will complete statistical coursework and work with a mentor team to build complex statistical models using data from the Higher Education Research...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,499,411 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Connecticut (UConn). This 6-year grant will support the "Community, Identity, and Competence" project, which aims to increase retention and graduation rates for low-income and first-generation students in computing and data science majors at UConn. Over the project lifetime, the grant will serve three cohorts totaling 28 S-STEM Scholars. The...
This $363,058 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund a five-year effort by Fitchburg State University to support the retention, graduation, and career placement of 17 low-income, high-achieving STEM undergraduate students. The project will provide four-year scholarships for first-year students and two-year scholarships for transfer students, along with bi-weekly STEM seminars, summer internships, undergraduate research experiences, and a...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($106,679) supports the development of a model to understand instructor implementation of evidence-based teaching practices. Awarded February 1, 2023 for a three-year period concluding January 31, 2026, this collaboration between Yale University, SUNY-Binghamton, and the University of Connecticut aims to identify why some instructors continue to adopt evidence-based teaching methods after professional development...
The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $277,328 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MENTORING YOU IS LEARNING FOR ME: PEER MENTOR PREPARATION AND MENTORING OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES." This 3-year project aims to enhance the capacity of peer mentors to facilitate student learning in makerspace environments through a specialized...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and evaluate a novel co-curricular mentoring program to enhance the career readiness and persistence of undergraduate engineering students. The $399,787 project, awarded on September 1, 2025, seeks to integrate community-based professional mentors into the undergraduate engineering curriculum to help students develop critical workplace competencies such as professionalism,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will test a program to provide STEM graduate students nationwide with inclusive leadership training. The program aims to equip STEM graduate students with the knowledge and skills to become effective leaders in fostering institutional change and inclusivity within academic settings. In...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($103,138) supports research and educational activities from October 15, 2021 to February 28, 2023. The awardee, University of Connecticut, will investigate effective faculty mentorship of doctoral students and its connection to student thriving in STEM fields.
The University of Connecticut will conduct research applying a framework based on social support theory to understand how faculty mentorship impacts student outcomes. The study will examine mentorship aspects perceived by doctoral students to influence success, the role of perceived faculty support, and types of mentor behavior affecting student perceptions. Workshops and an online training module will be developed to disseminate knowledge on effective STEM faculty mentoring. Results seek to expand understanding of mentorship's role in graduate student preparation and attrition, with the goal of informing faculty on supporting student success.