This National Science Foundation project grant of $265,325 will fund the development of new biology curriculum modules integrating interdisciplinary research from 2023 to 2025. Awarded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the University of Massachusetts will create open access education resources drawing from fields outside traditional biology. The three-part project will analyze existing textbooks, incorporate underrepresented academic and non-academic...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $398,236 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to create a sustainable, adaptable framework for fostering critical thinking and inspiring diverse learners in STEM fields. The project aims to promote sustained interest and critical statistical thinking across undergraduate STEM education by implementing a novel two-course cross-level structure that pairs advanced...
This $144,771 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Maine in developing adaptable online teaching resources and professional development for biology instructors. The University will build a library of peer-reviewed, active learning resources for online biology courses and offer workshops to help faculty incorporate these materials and skills into their own teaching through 2024. A subaward of $15,000 to the University...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $653,723 project grant under its Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program to the University of Illinois. The 4-year project will develop and test a professional development model that empowers high school science teachers to adapt curriculum materials to integrate students' knowledge and community resources. Working with education researchers, teachers, scientists, and community organizations, the project teams will go through cycles of...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of California Santa Cruz's implementation and evaluation of curricular undergraduate research experiences in the life sciences. The university will establish four new faculty-led course-based undergraduate research laboratories engaging up to 100 undergraduates, including those from underrepresented groups, in authentic research projects in molecular, cellular,...
This five-year, $280,952 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and assessment of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) using digitized natural history collection data across four institutions. Faculty from George Washington University, Widener University, Texas Tech University, and Westfield State University will collaborate to measure the impacts of these CUREs on student learning and science...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) award of $804,337 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth supports a four-year project titled "Collaborative Research: Teaching for the Anthropocene: Teacher Learning and Practice for Critical Systems Thinking." The project aims to develop and research a teacher professional development program that helps middle and high school science teachers across three geographic settings (San Francisco Bay Area,...
This $399,997 federal project grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and research improved teaching strategies to support student engagement in science civic participation. The project, awarded to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, will incorporate experiential learning and civic engagement activities into a large-enrollment introductory science literacy course. The research will examine the impact of these...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $749,695 to Michigan State University to develop an ecological research project that will be embedded in a large-enrollment introductory biology lecture course. The project aims to engage undergraduate students in collecting and analyzing data on seasonal changes in local campus trees, with the goal of expanding student access to authentic research experiences. Key elements...
This $555,943 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop and evaluate new educational materials that leverage diverse scientist role models to improve equity and success in undergraduate STEM education, particularly in biology. The lead awardee, Michigan State University, will design teaching resources that combine scientist success stories with data literacy activities. These materials will be tested across a network of...