The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Texas Woman's University a $1.5 million Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the SCHOLARSHIPS AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LEADING TO EXCELLENCE IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE project from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2027. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the Nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise by sponsoring...
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...
North Carolina State University received a two-year, $673,241 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to organize a conference bringing together mathematics education experts. The conference aims to generate teaching and learning principles and a collaborative research agenda across mathematics education, cognitive science, and special education through three in-person meetings and follow-up virtual sessions....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $103,574 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC (CSTA) to host a conference on identifying AI priorities for K-12 education. The conference will convene a diverse group of experts, including educators, researchers, curriculum developers, and state education agencies, to (1) examine current AI curricula, (2) identify missing content from the AI4K12 guidelines, (3) select the...
This $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support Texas State University in developing equitable group work strategies for proof-based undergraduate mathematics courses. Over a two-year period ending December 2025, the university will design and implement instructor workshops on incorporating group-worthy tasks adapted from K-12 complex instruction principles. It will also study the...
This $220,453 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a conference organized by Saint Edward's University to support the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Principal Investigators community. The conference, taking place in Austin, Texas from September 2022 through August 2023, aims to bring together current and potential principal investigator teams engaged in NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions...
The National Science Foundation awarded Southern Methodist University a $114,351 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a collaborative research project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GROUP-BASED CLOUD COMPUTING FOR STEM EDUCATION PROJECT." The two-year project, which began August 1, 2021 and is set to conclude on August 31, 2023, will support the development of cloud computing resources and curriculum to enhance science, technology, engineering and...
This $254,278 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) will support the "Conference: North American Gender Summit 24 and the Roadmap for Action 2.0". The grant aims to develop an updated North American Roadmap for advancing excellence in research and innovation, with a worldwide perspective based on the latest research, policy advances, and outcomes. The conference will strengthen partnerships between academia, industry, and...
This National Science Foundation award provides $293,841 to Texas State University under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to advance understanding of middle school students' development of graphing skills. Over a three-year period ending in May 2025, the university will engage in design-based research to study how students comprehend coordinate systems and create/interpret graphs. Researchers will conduct clinical interviews and small-scale teaching experiments to develop a theory...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,989,542 to Texas Tech University System to develop and study a curriculum that leverages sports to teach STEM content and practices to historically underserved youth aged 8-11 in informal learning settings. Over 4 years, the project will reach over 250 youth participants, aiming to advance their STEM content knowledge, practices, and identity. The project will use participatory design research...