The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,838 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. for a project titled "A Student-Centered Personalized Learning Framework to Advance Undergraduate Robotics Education". The project aims to develop a learning system that enables students to tailor their robotics education experience using low-cost hardware and simulation, while also reducing the need for...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,300,000 to the University of Virginia to develop low-cost, adaptable physical computing tools such as robots to provide equitable opportunities for elementary and middle school students to learn computer science (CS) skills and concepts. The project aims to investigate how these educational robots can help students develop CS understanding and executive functioning skills, while...
This $819,984 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop smart industrial robots that provide personalized support for autistic employees in manufacturing and STEM work environments. The primary objectives are to: (1) co-create support approaches based on self-determination theory to address the fundamental psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness for autistic workers, and (2) enhance robot...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) award provides $274,574 to Lifelab Studios, Inc. to develop and test an AI-powered platform that assists justice-involved youth in developing protective factors for positive life changes. The project will use advanced machine learning and large language models to optimize the platform's effectiveness in providing tailored, strengths-based feedback to help break the cycle of recidivism and support...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded through the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to develop intelligent industrial robots that provide personalized support for autistic employees in manufacturing and STEM work environments. The $300,000 award, effective August 15, 2024 through July 31, 2029, will enable the University of Notre Dame to co-create supportive approaches based on self-determination theory (SDT) that address psychological needs of autonomy,...
This $587,947 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding a three-year collaborative research effort between The Ohio State University and Arizona State University (ASU). The project aims to develop robust, universally accessible robotics lessons that can be used as a stand-alone resource or to complement existing engineering education programs. The goal is to democratize access to cutting-edge robotics education and support the...
This $173,277 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will fund research to design social skills for robots to collaborate effectively with groups of people. The research team at the University of Chicago will develop three key social skills for robots: building rapport with groups, adapting to human-human relationships, and promoting group norms. These skills will be tested in laboratory studies with...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program is funding a $299,813 project titled "Engaging Individual Education Plan Teams as Co-Designers of Middle Grades Computing Activities for Autistic Students." The project aims to develop tools and resources to create computational thinking activities for autistic students that are co-designed with their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) teams. The co-design process will...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $644,957 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The project aims to design and implement a novel STEM education curriculum focused on supporting the development of secondary students' abilities to reason through ambiguous and ethical challenges through engineering design projects. The curriculum will empower youth as transformative agents with skills to negotiate risks and benefits, scope and...
This $1,487,350 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support a collaborative research effort to engage high school students in integrated computer science and engineering through hands-on experiences with microelectronics and artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to broaden access to microelectronics and AI education in diverse high schools across Florida, Kansas, and Texas, targeting underserved...