The University of Florida received a $251,571 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support the CAREER: ADVOCATING FOR ENGINEERING THROUGH HIDDEN CURRICULA project from April 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The goal of this project is to improve engineering education and advocacy through examining hidden curricula at multiple institutions using mixed methods approaches. As the...
This two-year, $199,286 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at Florida Institute of Technology investigating the connection between undergraduate engineering students' data proficiency, motivation, and engineering identity development. A mixed-methods approach will be used, including interviews of student cohorts over the two years to understand how engagement with data...
The University of Florida received a $313,342 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to enhance teacher and student understanding of engineering in K-5 bilingual programs. The project has a completion date of June 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development of a diverse and well-prepared STEM workforce. Under the grant, the University of Florida will develop and introduce workshop sessions for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award provides $381,537 to The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation to conduct research on "SUPPORTING STEM ACADEMIC ADVISING FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT". The project, funded under the NSF STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), aims to identify the motivational beliefs and practices of academic advisors that can enhance motivation and achievement in STEM fields at the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,999 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Miami on June 1, 2022 for research concluding on May 31, 2024. The grant funds research to predict student success and persistence in early engineering coursework using real-time changes in emotion. Researchers will utilize experience sampling of students' psychological states to repeatedly solicit indicators of self-efficacy, emotion, motivation and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $613,946 to the University of South Florida supports a 12-year longitudinal study to understand the factors that influence the retention of women and racially/ethnically marginalized engineers in graduate school and the workforce. The study builds upon an existing dataset by following a cohort of approximately 2,100 participants from 11 universities who were enrolled in an engineering degree program in...
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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Mississippi State University a $1,482,870 Project Grant to improve engineering transfer student success through early advising and purposeful community-building. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the award will support MSU's efforts to develop and implement holistic advising and engagement strategies for transferring engineering students from October 2021 through September 2027. The STEM Education...
This $965,105 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a 6-year initiative at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) to improve the retention and graduation of low-income, high-achieving engineering students. The project will provide scholarships to 11 students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering science, supplemented by a summer bridge program, mentoring focused on self-regulated learning, and paid engineering...
This $2,497,206 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering disciplines at the University of Arizona (UofA), a public Hispanic-Serving Institution. Over the six-year award period from August 2024 to July 2029, the grant will provide scholarships to up to 50 eligible students, including transfer...