This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a partnership between a rural school district and two community organizations to collaboratively design an innovative middle school computer science-rich curriculum focused on sustainable food production in local community gardens. The $662,973 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, aims to generate opportunities for rural students to engage in computer science...
This $997,575 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to support the development and implementation of elementary computer science (CS) pathways in rural school districts in the Pacific Northwest. The award recipient, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will partner with the Idaho STEM Action Center, Oregon Department of Education, and Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $999,980 to the University of Tennessee from October 2022 through September 2025 to develop a computer science and literacy curriculum for rural East Tennessee schools. The university will partner with local teachers to design project- and storytelling-based lessons integrating CS and literacy. Teachers will receive professional development on the curriculum and form a support network....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $509,999 Computer Science for All: Research and RPPs (CFDA 47.076) project grant to a research-practice partnership led by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), North Carolina State University (NCSU), and Partner to Improve (PTI). The project, titled "AI BY 8: A Research Investigation Led by a Research-Practice Partnership on Unplugged AI Language Arts Instruction for Young Children," aims to establish and nurture a...
This Project Grant award of $242,667 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project between the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, and Aurora Public Schools. The project aims to establish a new Research Practice Partnership (RPP) to foster the success of computing educators at the elementary level. Key activities include: Adapting proven middle school physical computing lessons using the micro:bit to...
The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $1,166,886 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the AI Play program model and associated curricular materials. The grant aims to introduce 500 middle school students and more than 20 teachers in rural North Carolina communities to artificial intelligence concepts through game design activities and professional development from May 2022 to April 2025. As part of the grant, Wested will...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $889,785 to Cornell University from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023 to integrate computational thinking into English language arts and math curricula for grades K-5. The goal is to build an onramp to computer science education for younger students. Cornell will support research design, analysis, and project management. Additionally, $50,000 of the award will...
This $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a research-practice partnership between New Mexico State University, the New Mexico Public Education Department, and other partners. The project aims to develop a professional development program that prepares high school teachers in rural New Mexico to teach culturally responsive, rigorous computer science (CS) curricula aligned with AP CS...
This $249,960 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project, led by North Carolina State University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Massachusetts, aims to provide...
This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...