This $299,716 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development and evaluation of socially responsible computing curriculum and pedagogy at six California State University campuses. Administered through CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, the grant aims to transform early computing experiences for over 2,000 undergraduate students who identify as Hispanic/Latino. Each campus loses Latinx students at higher rates than non-Latinx students in the first two years of...
The National Science Foundation awarded Florida A&M University a $219,873 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support a collaborative research project between FAMU and five other minority-serving institutions to explore the impact of combining inclusive and equitable active learning approaches in online synchronous computing courses across multiple institutions using a learning assistant model. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,948 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), operating as RFCUNY - Hunter College, under the NSF's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). This 3-year award aims to pilot a program to address persistence and retention challenges among Hispanic, Black, and female students in Computer Science (CS) majors at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project will...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $203,828 to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support the Collaborative Research: BPC-A project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support an alliance of six California State University campuses—Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona,...
This $148,453 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a demonstration project at Morgan State University, a Historically Black University in Baltimore, Maryland. The project aims to: Develop culturally relevant materials on technical interviewing and computing principles that can be integrated into courses and programs at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $293,517 Project Grant to the Dominguez Hills Foundation California State University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will fund the BPC Alliance: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Early Computing project, which aims to promote Latinx student retention in computing fields via community engagement. Specifically, the project will transform introductory computing curriculum at six...
The National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) awarded a $299,912 Project Grant to Chico State Enterprises, a Minority Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution, to fund the "Embedding Representation, Relevance, and Equity in a Personalized System of Instruction" project. This 2-year collaboration between California State University, Chico and the University of California, Santa Barbara will develop instructional videos featuring...
An alliance of six California State University campuses was awarded a $205,306 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to deliver socially responsible computing curriculum and pedagogy. The alliance will transform early computing courses at the six campuses—Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona, and San Francisco State University—to better integrate communal goals and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing a $299,181 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Colorado to study the mechanisms that lead to a lack of diversity in computer science (CS) research subfields. The three-part study includes in-depth interviews, textual analysis of subfield discourse, and a large-scale survey to quantify participation of domestic racial minorities in CS subfields. The goal is to develop a...
This $2,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning" project at California State University - San Bernardino. Over 5 years, the project will provide 150 scholarships to support 30 high-achieving, low-income students annually pursuing computing degrees. The project aims to increase retention and graduation of these students,...