This five-year, $1,053,728 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and assessment of inclusive course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) using digitized natural history collection data. Faculty from George Washington University, Widener University, Texas Tech University, and Westfield State University will collaborate to measure the...
This five-year, $280,952 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and assessment of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) using digitized natural history collection data across four institutions. Faculty from George Washington University, Widener University, Texas Tech University, and Westfield State University will collaborate to measure the impacts of these CUREs on student learning and science...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program totaling $157,291 will support research and activities focused on culturally relevant mentorship for underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, the funding will allow Claremont Graduate University to conduct a comparative case study exploring constructs of culturally relevant mentorship, develop and validate new...
This $143,609 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, will support the development and assessment of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) using digitized natural history collection data. Four institutions—George Washington University, Widener University, Texas Tech University, and Westfield State University—will collaborate to measure the impacts of CUREs on student...
This $349,789 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate how faculty professional identities are influenced through participating in course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) community networks. The project will recruit and interview faculty from CURE community networks to examine how their professional identities as both researchers and instructors are impacted by engaging in these collaborative...
This $457,595 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to expand course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula at Arapahoe Community College, a two-year institution in Littleton, Colorado. The key objectives are to: 1) establish a CURE project task force, 2) develop variable-length CUREs and build a repository of supporting materials, 3)...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources (CFDA 47.076), provides $499,947 to San Francisco State University to implement and evaluate a peer mentor support system for undergraduate computer science students from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The project aims to build an inclusive and sustainable learning community through peer mentoring to enhance the quality of computer science education and increase...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) project grant award of $1,126,524 to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs aims to implement and sustain course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in gene editing technology at two-year colleges nationwide. The key products and services provided under this five-year grant include: 1) Summer workshops to train two-year college faculty in a modular CRISPR gene editing protocol using fission yeast, 2)...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a model to enhance faculty mentoring of undergraduate students in research at Towson University. The $749,947 award, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, will establish a mentoring ecosystem where post-course-based research experience undergraduates interact with faculty and each other to build scientific identities and prepare for research-related careers. Through...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $555,911 will support Johnson County Community College in developing and sustaining Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) across multiple science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines through September 2026. The funding advances the goals of the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) by promoting innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges. Specifically, the...