The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Arizona State University a $998,712 Project Grant under the federal STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to engage teachers and neurodiverse middle school students in tangible and creative computational thinking activities from August 2021 through July 2024. The grant aims to provide leadership and ensure the vitality of the Nation's science,...
This $1,297,760 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development and testing of the NeuroVivid curriculum and materials by Terc, Inc. NeuroVivid aims to enhance neurodivergent youths' interest in STEM careers, particularly brain-computer interfaces, by highlighting their cognitive strengths through building simple EEG headsets and interacting with brain activity data in maker spaces. Over three years from April 2023 to March...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of sequential accessible computational thinking curricula for middle school students with autism spectrum disorder. The $587,690 project, awarded to Youngstown State University, aims to create a replicable curriculum design framework that fosters inclusion and diversity in STEM education. Over the...
This federal Project Grant award of $400,000.00 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to establish best practices in supporting a neurodivergent engineering workforce during their postsecondary education and early training. The University of Arizona, the award recipient, plans to recruit and coach engineering students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on pre-employment and professional skills, while also providing training and support to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $149,996 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division. The purpose of this project is to establish a partnership between the university and the local community organization Arts N' Autism to develop and deliver informal computer science learning opportunities, specifically focused on robotics and coding, for children and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program is funding a $299,813 project titled "Engaging Individual Education Plan Teams as Co-Designers of Middle Grades Computing Activities for Autistic Students." The project aims to develop tools and resources to create computational thinking activities for autistic students that are co-designed with their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) teams. The co-design process will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program Project Grant, awarded to the Digital Harbor Foundation in the amount of $1,091,684, will fund the creation of three accessible community makerspaces in Baltimore for youth and young adults with autism. The project will develop technology-rich maker learning activities focused on computer programming, digital fabrication, and computer-aided design, and an educator training program to help out-of-school time...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) supports a participatory study examining how curricula and practices in a community-based youth development program nurture and support the STEM engagement of Black and Latinx youth. The $538,026 project will be conducted at the Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit, Michigan and involve 170-250 youth ages 8-18. The project aims to: (1) examine how youth learn STEM in informal environments; (2) advance the...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $349,994 to Arizona State University to implement a research project and professional development plan aimed at empowering children of migratory and seasonal farmworkers through culturally responsive gamification and engineering design instruction. Specifically, the investigator will conduct a qualitative study using critical agency framework to collect...
This Project Grant award, in the amount of $225,705.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The project aims to create three accessible community makerspaces in Baltimore for youth and young adults with autism, develop accessible technology-rich STEM learning activities for this audience, and establish an educator training program to support delivery of the activities. The University of Maryland Baltimore County is leading...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate how neurodivergent youth can stimulate community-centered learning of electronic circuits through playful arts-based practices in underserved public spaces. The $296,239 award will be used by Arizona State University (ASU) to train 12 neurodivergent youth community educators on electronic circuits and facilitate workshops on circuit bending at two community pop-up events, engaging at least 100 attendees. The project utilizes the HOMAGO (Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out) framework to provide hands-on, minds-on, hearts-on, and social-on learning experiences, with the goal of enhancing interest in STEM careers and promoting inclusive, diverse learning environments. The research team will employ mixed methods to analyze engagement patterns and the development of STEM identities among participants.