This $1,380,596 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) and Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to April 25, 2025, supports a collaborative research project to advance Latino children's science learning through community co-design of AI-enhanced bilingual e-books. The University of California, Irvine, in partnership with community organizations, will utilize...
This Project Grant award of $787,042 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a collaborative research project titled "From Stories to Solutions: Engaging Latinx Families as Design Partners to Advance Equitable Informal Engineering Learning Opportunities for Young Children." The project aims to co-design engineering learning activities with 90 Latinx caregivers and their 5- to 8-year-old children that center on oral storytelling...
This $334,155 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to explore how family involvement in everyday activities like cooking can spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with a focus on Latino families. The project will evaluate the effects of culturally affirming, at-home, co-cooking activities on children's STEM identity, career aspirations, and diet quality over a 5-week period....
This $729,372 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of podcast-based science curriculum resources to broaden participation in STEM fields among blind, visually impaired and sighted upper elementary students. Funded under the NSF's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program, the three-year award to Oregon State University will engage students in listening to and producing podcasts featuring blind and disabled scientists. Teachers will guide...
This $733,043 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative effort between Loyola University of Chicago, Palenque LSNA, and the Chicago Children's Museum to engage Latinx families as design partners in developing equitable, community-based informal engineering learning opportunities for young children. The project will leverage Latinx families' storytelling practices to inform the design of hands-on engineering...
This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...
This Project Grant award, valued at $275,803.00 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports the development and evaluation of a culturally relevant digital curriculum for dual language immersion science programs in middle schools. The project aims to integrate indigenous knowledge and Western science to improve science education and identity for Latinx youth, many of whom are also of indigenous heritage. The University of Texas...
This Project Grant award of $1,730,730 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the "Cultivating Culturally Responsive STEM Pathways Using a Near-Peer Role Model Intervention" project at Arizona State University. The project aims to revise the existing "Science is Fun" afterschool program for Hispanic 4th grade students using a culturally-responsive approach. The program will be facilitated by Hispanic near-peer mentors and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $725,836 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to integrate a culturally relevant digital curriculum into U.S. science dual language immersion programs. The project aims to support bilingual, Latinx students by incorporating their cultural heritage into science education and advancing the understanding of how integrating indigenous knowledge with Western...
This $631,404 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in developing resources to help informal STEM educators conduct more effective and culturally responsive program evaluations. Over the 2-year project period from September 2024 to August 2026, NYSCI will collaborate with caregivers to identify meaningful evaluation metrics and develop a toolkit to empower educators to gather and apply...
This $1,117,913 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the design, production, and evaluation of 34 Spanish and English language podcast episodes for Latino families with children ages 5-9. The goal is to create culturally and linguistically relevant STEM-focused podcasts that can be easily accessed by families at home and on-the-go to support STEM engagement and identity development. The project will be conducted by Associated Universities Inc. (AUI), a non-profit research organization, and is expected to reach over 1 million downloads. Key research objectives include understanding Latino family podcast listenership, co-designing the podcasts with Latino families, and assessing how the podcasts support STEM conversations and activities within the home. A roadmap for culturally sustaining podcast production will be published to share lessons learned.