The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Texas A & M University a $365,871 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the collaborative research project "Investigating STEM Teacher Preparation and Rural Teacher Persistence and Retention" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) award of $113,972 to Arizona State University provides funding to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on undergraduate science education in the United States. The project aims to 1) characterize any lasting changes to instructional practices in first-year mathematics, chemistry, and physics courses, and 2) update research-based recommendations for supporting the implementation of effective teaching methods...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,307,273 to the University of North Texas to prepare high-quality STEM teachers for high-need secondary schools. The project aims to recruit and support two cohorts of STEM Teaching Fellows, targeting diverse candidates, who will complete a Master's in Education, lead a STEM summer camp for secondary students, and teach for four years in high-need schools. The project will also...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $651,683 to Texas A&M International University from March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2028. The grant aims to increase the number of outstanding STEM majors prepared as high-quality secondary mathematics teachers for South Texas school districts, which face challenges attracting and retaining such teachers. Specifically, the grant...
The University of Connecticut (UConn) received a $738,969 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct research on improving the retention and effectiveness of STEM teachers in high-need school districts. The 4-year project, which began on July 1, 2024, aims to: 1) uncover school factors associated with greater STEM teacher retention and effectiveness through quantitative analysis of state data, 2) examine how teacher identity...
This $139,691 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate the impact of using video-based analysis to improve STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and retention in high-need school districts. The project will engage approximately 200 future and current STEM teachers across seven universities in video-based analysis activities within teacher preparation programs and induction support. The research will examine...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $299,980 will fund the integration of inquiry-based and project-based learning into the pre-service STEM teacher curriculum at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025.
Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to train pre-service STEM teachers to effectively utilize hands-on teaching methods through applied research experiences, professional development...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $150,810 to the University of Missouri System to conduct research aimed at identifying trends in the demographics and turnover behavior of the STEM teacher workforce. The project has two complementary studies - one using national survey data and the other leveraging longitudinal administrative data from Kansas and Missouri. The research will explore how STEM...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $118,728 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) to investigate the impact of video-based analysis of classroom teaching on STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and retention. The project aims to engage approximately 200 future and current STEM teachers across seven geographically diverse institutions in video-based analysis activities as part of their teacher preparation programs...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Houston a $500,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to provide research experiences for pre-service secondary STEM teachers. Through summer 2023-2025, the project will engage 30 prospective teachers in interdisciplinary research focused on industries of the future such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and biotechnology. Participants will conduct research at partnering Houston-area...