This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of California Santa Cruz's implementation and evaluation of curricular undergraduate research experiences in the life sciences. The university will establish four new faculty-led course-based undergraduate research laboratories engaging up to 100 undergraduates, including those from underrepresented groups, in authentic research projects in molecular, cellular,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $185,515.00 to the University of Houston-Clear Lake, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to enhance undergraduate STEM education through course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). The key products and services funded under this award include: 1) connecting an Electroforce 3330 equipment and a custom-designed Stress Block fixture to provide students hands-on experience with...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Delaware State University's inclusive Research Experiences for Undergraduates site award from 2024 through 2027. The award will provide high-impact interdisciplinary summer research experiences in cellular and molecular biology to 30 undergraduate students, primarily from historically black colleges and universities and other institutions with limited research opportunities....
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research at Cal Poly Corporation to characterize undergraduate STEM research experiences and student outcomes. The three-year award aims to develop and validate a multi-dimensional measure of the work design structure of academic-year undergraduate research experiences. Researchers will adapt an established work design survey from organizational psychology for the STEM research...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to expand undergraduate research opportunities and build research infrastructure at Anne Arundel Community College. The key project components include: Establishing a Faculty Research Fellows program to train faculty in developing and implementing undergraduate research experiences (UREs). Expanding extracurricular UREs through student and faculty research stipends....
The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $250,000 Project Grant to investigate the molecular, neurophysiological and behavioral effects of hypoxia in marine mollusks. The award falls under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports developing the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. Through this funding, the grantee will conduct research in Miami, Florida from September 2021 through August 2023 to advance...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is intended to enhance undergraduate research experiences for community college students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The project, titled "Beyond the Classroom: Increasing Persistence in STEM through External Validation in Community College Undergraduate Research Experiences," aims to provide opportunities for students...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to establish a unified, campus-wide approach to promoting undergraduate research at CUNY Kingsborough Community College. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a discipline-neutral project management template for integrating research experiences into STEM courses and activities. Creating and implementing faculty professional development to generate...
This $399,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop curricular resources and interventions to promote wellness and a "thriving mindset" among undergraduate engineering students. The project will involve qualitative research through student and faculty interviews to identify opportunities and barriers related to student wellness, which will inform the creation of a new course and associated materials....
This $599,926 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of citizen science-based undergraduate curriculum at colleges in the South Coast region of Massachusetts. Funded through the NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources program (CFDA 47.076), the grant will provide professional development workshops for science faculty to learn how to incorporate community-based citizen science projects into their courses. Participating faculty will...
This $399,131 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant aims to develop a "STRESSCURE: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Toolkit" for creating laboratory courses that investigate biological stress in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. The project seeks to increase student participation in undergraduate research experiences and enhance student resilience and self-driven learning in STEM fields. Key products include a series of modular laboratory exercise modules that can be easily adopted by faculty across different disciplines, institutions, and budget levels. The project team plans to assess the efficacy of the materials and disseminate the findings through professional conferences and peer-reviewed publications. The grant period runs from October 2024 to September 2027, and the awardee is the United States Coast Guard Academy Sponsored Programs And Research, Inc. (SPRI), a non-profit educational institution.