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,...
The University of California Irvine received a $349,551 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate to support exploratory and confirmatory neurocognitive modeling with latent variables from June 2021 through May 2024. The grant funds research under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to contribute to scientific strength and welfare through promotion of basic research and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $328,554 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) to study instructional approaches that foster students' relational reasoning skills in mathematics. The primary goal is to help students improve their ability to recognize relationships, commonalities, and differences between mathematical concepts, which supports the development of strong problem-solving skills applicable to...
The University of California Irvine received a $300,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education on October 15, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports developing the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. The grant will fund a study at the University of California Irvine to engage students...
This $399,994 National Science Foundation project grant through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of California Santa Cruz from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The research aims to evaluate past efforts integrating initiatives focused on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues into science and engineering research projects in genomics, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Through content...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, will provide $239,343 to support the retention and graduation of approximately 115 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students studying statistics and data science at seven universities in California. At least 65 scholars will receive continued scholarship support over two years of graduate studies. The funding will deliver academic and co-curricular...
The University of California Irvine was awarded a three-year, $356,874 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will support collaborative research examining the interaction of sensory and response processes in decision making. Over the grant period spanning September 2021 through August 2024, the University will conduct basic research and education to further scientific understanding of how...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) a $399,953 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant aims to "EMPOWER ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNERS" through the integration of learning skills training into engineering courses. The 3-year project will develop and implement evidence-based pedagogical approaches to help engineering students adopt effective learning...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $560,706 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant will fund a research project to investigate the influence of interpersonal dynamics and sociocultural fit on the outcomes of undergraduate STEM research apprenticeships. The goal is to provide novel insights on how students and mentors impact...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) with a period of performance from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2030. The goal of this research project is to develop a systematic understanding of unfairness in graph-based machine learning and design efficient, principled algorithms for fair learning over graphs. The project aims to provide theoretical frameworks and algorithmic...