The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $1,999,941 project grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The grant, awarded on October 15, 2023, will fund a partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public Schools, and Duluth...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $565,771 to San Francisco State University, in collaboration with WestEd and 10+ California school districts, to design an effective and equitable professional learning program for middle school computer science (CS) teachers. The key objectives are to: Identify factors contributing to lower retention rates of underrepresented groups in middle school CS teacher preparation programs. Develop...
This $299,709 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program will support the Computer Science Alliance, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to launch a multi-subject "Data Science + Artificial Intelligence (DS + AI) National PD Week" for high school teachers across at least 20 U.S. states. The project aims to equip educators with strategies and teaching techniques to integrate emerging...
This $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a research-practice partnership between New Mexico State University, the New Mexico Public Education Department, and other partners. The project aims to develop a professional development program that prepares high school teachers in rural New Mexico to teach culturally responsive, rigorous computer science (CS) curricula aligned with AP CS...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,603 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant funds the CIBERCATSS comprehensive cyberinfrastructure summer school program, which provides applied training in advanced computation and cyberinfrastructure skills to students from diverse academic backgrounds. Over a seven-week period, CIBERCATSS delivers three weeks of in-person...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $418,509 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization. The grant will fund a collaborative project with four other universities to develop a generalizable model for integrating computer science education into teacher preparation programs across disciplines. The project aims to address barriers to computer science...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a research-practice partnership between Jackson State University (JSU) and the Jackson Public School (JPS) district in Mississippi. The goal is to enhance computer science (CS) learning experiences for JPS students, particularly those underrepresented in computing, by improving CS professional development for 6th grade teachers. Key...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,009,021 to Northwestern University to develop justice-oriented teachers certified to teach computer science. The project will recruit, prepare, and support 16 STEM majors (2 cohorts of 8) to earn a master's degree in education and an Illinois teaching license with a computer science endorsement. Key program elements include academic, networking, and social support, as well as 2...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $905,426 provides funding through February 2027 to Marquette University for a program titled "Preparing Mathematics and Science Teachers for Computer Science Teacher Certification and Expertise." The award is made under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. Specifically, the university will recruit 24...
This $997,575 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to support the development and implementation of elementary computer science (CS) pathways in rural school districts in the Pacific Northwest. The award recipient, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will partner with the Idaho STEM Action Center, Oregon Department of Education, and Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public...