This $499,928 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is funding a 2-year effort led by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop the infrastructure and collaborations needed to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for conducting high-quality research syntheses in STEM education. The project aims to incubate the use of AI to automate some of the repetitive tasks involved in synthesizing large volumes of academic literature, allowing human researchers to focus more on interpreting knowledge and validating the outputs of AI-based tools. The funding will support the creation of an open-source technical architecture, evaluations of existing AI tools, and the development of AI-powered applications for STEM education researchers. This project intends to build on and integrate with the existing NSF-funded MetaReviewer platform, while also seeking additional partnerships to further expand the available open-source tools and resources. The effort is being conducted in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Walton Family Foundation.
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