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 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $143,028 aims to investigate structural, systemic, and social barriers impacting participation of underrepresented STEM students in innovation competitions and programs (ICPs). The collaborative research project between Pennsylvania State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) has three goals: (i) advance understanding of barriers limiting ICP...
This $256,900 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate and address structural, systemic, and social barriers limiting the participation of underrepresented STEM students in innovation competitions and programs (ICPs). The collaborative research project between The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) has three primary goals: (1)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,087,979.00 to Oakland University to support the "Advancing STEM Workforce Readiness of Interdisciplinary Scholars for Excellence" project. The 5-year project aims to increase STEM degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Key activities include providing scholarships to 72 students pursuing STEM degrees,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $275,745 to Arizona State University (ASU) to investigate pedagogical strategies that promote equity in team experiences for Black and Latinx students in engineering and computer science courses. The researchers will use an asset-based approach to team formation, leveraging students' cultural, behavioral, and cognitive assets to foster cooperation, collaboration, and inclusion....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will provide $350,000 to Child Trends, Inc. to advance understanding of Black youth's STEM identity development and its importance for their STEM engagement. The project will execute a professional development plan for the principal investigator to strengthen expertise in STEM identity and participatory research methods. It will also conduct a pilot study using photovoice and mixed-methods...
This Project Grant award for $332,246.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The award supports a research project that will investigate how undergraduate students' use of academic resources, such as office hours, textbooks, and mental health counseling, relates to their academic success and how this may differ across sociodemographic factors like gender, socioeconomic status, and race. The project will utilize a combination of...
This $301,653 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a 5-year project at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to increase the persistence and retention of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing Bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide $1.2M in scholarships to support 26 unique full-time STEM students at UNO. In addition to the scholarships, the project will implement a comprehensive set of...
This $1,730,730 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support the development and evaluation of a culturally responsive STEM outreach program for Hispanic 4th grade students. The project, led by Arizona State University (ASU), will revise the existing "Science is Fun" afterschool program to incorporate culturally relevant activities, materials, and near-peer Hispanic mentors. Through hands-on science...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $2,459,693 to Tennessee Technological University over a 6-year period starting January 1, 2024. The project aims to support the retention and graduation of 45 high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees at the university. Key activities include providing scholarships, early academic support through redesigned first-year math courses, multi-layered mentoring,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, awarded to the University of Tulsa, aims to investigate barriers to and design activities/tools for broadening participation in the Tulsa Regional Science Fair among underrepresented students in Northeast Oklahoma. Specifically, the $139,038 award, active from March 2025 to February 2027, will (1) examine motivational and structural barriers to science fair participation, and (2) design and study the impact of outreach interventions in informal STEM learning contexts to address these barriers for economically disadvantaged and racially diverse students. The project will utilize social cognitive career theory, peer mentoring, and self-determination theory to explore how student agency correlates with science fair participation and engagement, as well as how technology-rich tools can support student development of science fair projects. The findings will be disseminated through publications, conference presentations, and regional outreach to build STEM education research capacity in the Tulsa region.