This $347,895 National Science Foundation project grant funds the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program at Baruch College from June 2022 through May 2025. The program aims to provide advanced research training in psychological science to undergraduate students, with a focus on increasing participation from minority, low-income, first-generation, and disabled students. Students conduct independent research under faculty supervision in clinical, developmental,...
This $219,315 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, supports a collaborative research project between four Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project aims to improve research competitiveness and opportunities for students and faculty at under-resourced HSIs through: 1) conducting research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socioeconomic groups; 2) establishing physical and virtual...
This federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075), will fund a $412,000 research project to study the long-term effects of a comprehensive support program for community college students from low-income backgrounds. The project will track outcomes such as community college graduation, transfer to four-year colleges, bachelor's degree attainment, employment, wages, and contact with the criminal...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to establish a comprehensive support ecosystem for talented low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in biology, chemistry, and psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), a Hispanic-serving institution. Over its 5-year, $2,499,413 duration, the project will provide scholarships to 36 full-time students and implement an integrated system of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc. supports a collaborative research project examining cognitive and linguistic barriers to improving diversity in STEM fields. The $721,526 award over 3 years from September 2023 to August 2026 will fund 5 large-scale studies to investigate how generalization and generic language development affect science learning,...
This Project Grant award, valued at $348,587.00 and issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports the development of advanced statistical modeling skills by the Principal Investigator (PI) to better understand factors influencing undergraduate student persistence in STEM fields. The PI will complete statistical coursework and work with a mentor team to build complex statistical models using data from the Higher Education Research...
This $304,504 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assess the experiences and obstacles faced by graduate students in science due to their socioeconomic backgrounds. Specifically, the project will design and field a survey among graduate students in biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, and sociology to better understand how socioeconomic class identity dissonance impacts their professional...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $204,082 to Texas A&M University-San Antonio, a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), to create a research alliance between four Texas HSIs. The project aims to: 1) conduct research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socioeconomic groups; 2) establish physical and virtual lab spaces with state-of-the-art computing resources; 3)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will provide $468,821 to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to train 30 undergraduate students (10 per year) in culturally responsive developmental science research. Through a year-long Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, the students will gain hands-on research skills by participating in UTD's "Play with Me" outreach program...
This $1,993,085 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will fund a five-year project at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY to increase retention and graduation rates of high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide scholarships to 20 students per year, along with supporting activities including mentoring, undergraduate...