This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides a three-year Research Experience for Teachers (RET) site focused on the "Industries of the Future" (IOTF). The $599,999 award supports a six-week summer research experience for 9 high school STEM teachers annually to engage in IOTF research areas such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and quantum computing. The goal is for teachers to develop...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program totaling $517,554 will support the development of a Research Experience for Teachers site at the University of California San Diego from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2026. The site will provide high school computer science and math teachers, primarily from the Computer Science Teachers Association San Diego Chapter, with opportunities to deepen their understanding of...
This $199,503 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund a large-scale, mixed-methods study to understand perceptions and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in K-12 education. The one-year project will survey a nationally representative sample of parents, teachers, and youth to identify opportunities, risks, and supports needed for integrating AI-driven learning tools. The study will employ both...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $599,919 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site focused on integrating STEM education around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The RET site will provide six-week summer research experiences for four pre-service and four in-service high school STEM teachers from high-needs school districts. Participants will work with WPI...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) award provides $400,000 over 3 years to Northeastern University to develop and implement a professional development program for high school STEM teachers focused on incorporating generative AI into their classroom instruction. The program will recruit 10 teachers per year, prioritizing those serving underrepresented students, and provide intensive summer training supplemented by monthly collaborative meetings and ongoing content...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $600,000 to the Colorado School of Mines to develop a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site focused on modern AI-powered robotics. The goal is to prepare high school teachers and community college instructors to integrate advanced robotics concepts, including computer vision, speech communication, and autonomous navigation, into...
This $195,937 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a three-year collaborative RET (Research Experiences for Teachers) site program titled "Teacher Power: Preparing Our Workforce Through Electronics and Research". The program is hosted by Central State University, the University of Dayton, and Wright State University, and engages K-12 in-service and pre-service teachers in the Southwestern Ohio region. The key products...
This $354,936 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRK-12 program, CFDA 47.076) aims to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in the design and application of AI-enabled smart, embedded technologies. The project will develop an accessible high school curriculum that integrates computer science and engineering using the contexts of...
This federal Project Grant award of $812,312 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of learning trajectories and instructional resources to enhance middle school students' understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts. The project aims to: Investigate students' competencies and difficulties in learning AI concepts Develop and research learning trajectories (LTs) that outline learning goals, pathways, and experiences...
This three-year $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). The RET site aims to provide ten high school STEM teachers from Chicago public and private schools with a six-week summer immersion in cutting-edge computational modeling and simulation (CMS) research across disciplines including nanotechnology, data-driven modeling, drug...