This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to enhance learning and motivation in introductory programming courses at Georgia Gwinnett College, a Hispanic-serving institution. The key products and services to be delivered include: Integrating research-supported pedagogies and automated tools to accommodate diverse learning styles, including hiring and mentoring a diverse group of peer tutors and producing a video library to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $200,000 to Georgia Gwinnett College to improve student success in information technology (IT) courses through the integration of agile project management teaching and learning. The project aims to enhance academic outcomes and career readiness, particularly for Hispanic and other underrepresented students in IT fields. Key activities include developing inclusive agile project...
This $2,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning" project at California State University - San Bernardino. Over 5 years, the project will provide 150 scholarships to support 30 high-achieving, low-income students annually pursuing computing degrees. The project aims to increase retention and graduation of these students,...
This $798,619 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to increase opportunities for success for STEM students at two Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in central Florida. The key products and services to be delivered under this four-year project include: Developing assessments using generative AI technology to provide flexible testing options, such as increased accessibility, multiple attempts, and sharing across instructors and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,948 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), operating as RFCUNY - Hunter College, under the NSF's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). This 3-year award aims to pilot a program to address persistence and retention challenges among Hispanic, Black, and female students in Computer Science (CS) majors at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project will...
This $113,370 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform introductory engineering courses at a Hispanic-serving two-year college. The goal is to enhance student success and interest in pursuing STEM degrees through a project-based learning approach. The award will fund the development of quasi-independent, low-cost classroom materials and curricula that provide early-career engineering students with significant...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,499,411 Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Empowering Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science," aims to increase the attraction, retention, and graduation of low-income, academically talented, undergraduate students in software engineering, computer engineering, and computer science at San Jose State...
This $108,603 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award to Chico State Enterprises aims to develop and evaluate a pedagogical approach for assessing individual student contributions to team software engineering projects. The goal is to create rigorous methods for evaluating the quality of software artifacts produced by students in team-based courses, which will strengthen software engineering education by enabling valid, reliable, and practical...
This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Northeastern Illinois University's efforts to increase degree completion in computer science among low-income transfer students. Over the six-year period from January 2022 to December 2027, the university will provide scholarships of $2,000 each year to 45 community college transfer students pursuing bachelor's degrees in computer science. The project aims to incorporate...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will provide scholarships and academic support to 19 high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing bachelor's degrees in computer science at the University of Denver. Over the six-year project period, the award of $996,598 will offer these students four years of financial assistance, as well as academic programming such as cohort-based courses, professional development,...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to prepare undergraduate students at Georgia Gwinnett College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, for careers in the software engineering industry. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include:
Offering paid, project-based internships that provide software development students with hands-on training, mentorship, and opportunities to work on real-world projects for local nonprofit organizations, with the goal of increasing the participation and success of underrepresented students in the software workforce.
Developing strategies to recruit, engage, and support Hispanic women in software development programs and experiences at the college.
Establishing sustainable partnerships between the college and local Hispanic community nonprofits to leverage the software development skills of students.
Disseminating the project's outcomes nationally through a web gateway, open educational materials, conference presentations, and publications.
The anticipated outcomes include improved pre- and post-graduation success for low-income and underrepresented students in the software workforce, new knowledge about effective approaches for training students on real-world software projects, and increased efficiency of the nonprofit organizations served.