This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $202,986 to Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a historically Black college and university (HBCU), to design, pilot, and share an adaptable "Grow Your Own" model for training HBCU personnel in research administration and basic scientific research. The goal is to enhance research capacity across HBCUs nationwide by increasing the pool of qualified research...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $371,991 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides funding for the Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP), a 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in psychology and neuroscience. The program aims to increase participation and retention of these students in STEM disciplines by providing immersive mentored research...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $605,761 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to create a pathway to STEM careers in psychology for under-represented minorities. The grant will fund the development and delivery of programming from December 2021 through November 2024 aimed at exposing underserved students to career opportunities in psychology and building their skills in STEM fields. As the...
This Project Grant award for $136,402 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research project involving four Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas. The key objectives are: 1) Conducting research on creating opportunities across demographic and socioeconomic groups, 2) Establishing physical and virtual lab spaces with advanced computing resources to facilitate student and faculty research and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform introductory social sciences education by integrating modern digital skills into the Introduction to Psychology course. The $399,747 project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will redesign the course to teach essential digital workforce skills like data analytics, programming, and web development alongside core psychology concepts. By emphasizing...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $448,060 to Felician University, a private nonprofit university in New Jersey, to further the understanding of how first-generation and continuing-generation university students meet and overcome academic barriers. The key products and services delivered through this funding include: 1) a rigorous...
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 $150,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of Arizona, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and California State Polytechnic University Pomona in enhancing pathways for low-income, high-achieving students to earn PhDs in mathematical sciences fields. The three Hispanic-serving institutions will collaborate to develop deeper connections to tackle obstacles these students face in getting admitted to...
This Project Grant award for $332,246.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The award supports a research project that will investigate how undergraduate students' use of academic resources, such as office hours, textbooks, and mental health counseling, relates to their academic success and how this may differ across sociodemographic factors like gender, socioeconomic status, and race. The project will utilize a combination of...