This Project Grant award of $169,035.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a collaborative research project to address racial inequities in STEM teacher education. The project aims to: Identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from historically underrepresented populations. Develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies....
This Project Grant award, valued at $151,662.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The project aims to address the racial and ethnic diversity gap between K-12 students and the teacher workforce by leveraging an existing consortium of STEM teacher preparation programs in Washington State. Key objectives include: Identifying community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from...
This $105,673 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) supports a collaborative research project led by Eastern Washington University. The project aims to identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from historically underrepresented populations. It will develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies and advance understanding of how...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $637,498 supports Prairie View A&M University in building a community of racially and ethnically diverse secondary mathematics and science teachers. Funded under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076), the five-year project beginning July 15, 2023 aims to prepare 24 underrepresented minority students as STEM teachers through a bridge-to-teaching program, learning communities using the UTeach...
This $396,210 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development of a culturally responsive community of practice to build equitable pathways to graduate STEM education. The project aims to address disparities in STEM graduate education for historically excluded populations by incorporating culturally relevant pedagogy and mentoring strategies. Key activities include conducting four faculty trainings in culturally relevant...
This $124,998 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of teacher education pathways and a student recruitment plan through a partnership between Dona Ana Community College and New Mexico State University. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the award's goals are to strengthen pathways for STEM undergraduates to obtain secondary education minors, draw on research to design recruitment centered on underrepresented groups given the demographics of...
This $139,691 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate the impact of using video-based analysis to improve STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and retention in high-need school districts. The project will engage approximately 200 future and current STEM teachers across seven universities in video-based analysis activities within teacher preparation programs and induction support. The research will examine how...
This $645,744 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of anti-racist, community-based STEM teaching among future secondary teachers. National-Louis University will provide $15,000 scholarships over four semesters to 22 STEM teacher candidates as part of coterminous BS/MAT degree programs in biology, chemistry, mathematics, or physics. Scholarship recipients will engage with...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $275,745 to Arizona State University (ASU) to investigate pedagogical strategies that promote equity in team experiences for Black and Latinx students in engineering and computer science courses. The researchers will use an asset-based approach to team formation, leveraging students' cultural, behavioral, and cognitive assets to foster cooperation, collaboration, and inclusion....
This $712,744 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a collaborative research effort to identify and understand pedagogical strategies that promote equity in team experiences for Black and Latinx students in engineering and computer science classrooms. The research team, led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, will use an asset-based approach to inform team compositions that foster cooperation,...