This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve fundamental data analytical skills for STEM students, with a focus on enhancing learning for students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM. The $346,385 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, will utilize a theme-based approach to deliver personalized learning experiences in introductory statistics courses at...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $199,967 to Colorado State University to conduct exploratory research on using large language models to analyze qualitative data gathered from underrepresented students in STEM disciplines. The research project takes an ecosystems approach to understanding STEM degree persistence, examining how factors at the individual, academic environment, and institutional levels influence...
This $1,163,854 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to conduct a longitudinal mixed methods investigation of factors shaping the postsecondary STEM trajectories and outcomes of students beginning at community colleges. The project plans to follow a cohort of approximately 1,660 community college students starting in STEM in fall 2014 over a 12-year period, collecting survey and interview data to unpack the experiences and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $349,999 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to expand and enhance methodologies for obtaining deeper insights into factors affecting the engagement and persistence of STEM majors in higher education. The project consists of two key components: 1) a systematic literature review to characterize the existing research on undergraduate STEM student engagement,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $398,236 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to create a sustainable, adaptable framework for fostering critical thinking and inspiring diverse learners in STEM fields. The project aims to promote sustained interest and critical statistical thinking across undergraduate STEM education by implementing a novel two-course cross-level structure that pairs advanced...
This $1,993,085 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will fund a five-year project at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY to increase retention and graduation rates of high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide scholarships to 20 students per year, along with supporting activities including mentoring, undergraduate...
This $515,428 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development of new statistical methods and research tools for conducting small-sample studies of teaching and learning in STEM fields. The research project, led by the University of Cincinnati, aims to derive new estimation procedures for cross-classified structural equation models that can generate robust findings from studies with smaller sample sizes, which is a...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($398,859) provides scholarships and academic support services to approximately 115 low-income undergraduate students studying statistics and data science at seven universities in California and Washington. At least 65 scholars will receive continued scholarship support for up to two years of graduate studies. The goal is to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields...
This $363,058 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund a five-year effort by Fitchburg State University to support the retention, graduation, and career placement of 17 low-income, high-achieving STEM undergraduate students. The project will provide four-year scholarships for first-year students and two-year scholarships for transfer students, along with bi-weekly STEM seminars, summer internships, undergraduate research experiences, and a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $349,974 project grant to the University of Tulsa to develop the principal investigator's skills in qualitative research methods for STEM education research. The goal is to investigate differences in science identity development between STEM undergraduate students engaged in research opportunities, laboratory-based student work, and non-laboratory student work. The project will utilize qualitative analysis,...
This Project Grant award, valued at $348,587.00 and issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports the development of advanced statistical modeling skills by the Principal Investigator (PI) to better understand factors influencing undergraduate student persistence in STEM fields.
The PI will complete statistical coursework and work with a mentor team to build complex statistical models using data from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) on the experiences of undergraduate students entering and graduating from college. These models will provide insights into the underlying factors that impact persistence across different STEM and non-STEM disciplines, addressing a critical issue in STEM education research. The project aims to build the PI's research capacity in statistical modeling while also advancing knowledge on enhancing student persistence in STEM fields.