This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will provide $161,977 to San Jose State University Research Foundation to modernize the introductory physics laboratories at San Jose State University. The project will secure wireless sensors and other modern equipment for the teaching laboratories, allowing students to efficiently collect data so they can focus on understanding the physics principles. An estimated 1,000 students and 20...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,499,411 Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Empowering Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science," aims to increase the attraction, retention, and graduation of low-income, academically talented, undergraduate students in software engineering, computer engineering, and computer science at San Jose State...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $194,118 to Angelo State University to acquire an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system to be integrated with the university's existing scanning electron microscope. The equipment will be used to enhance undergraduate STEM education and research across chemistry, geoscience, and physics courses, benefiting an estimated 400...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $199,974 to San Francisco State University (SFSU) to acquire virtual reality (VR) equipment and resources. The project, titled "VRMAS: VR Maker Space," aims to strengthen undergraduate learning in STEM education, particularly in computer science and engineering courses at SFSU and across the 23-campus California State University system. The award will fund 10 VR workstations...
This $172,967 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support an educational instrumentation project at Fullerton College, a 2-year Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The project will secure a breadth of equipment, including drones, weather stations, water column systems, bioreactors, and multi-parameter probes, to strengthen undergraduate learning in earth science. This equipment will allow over 1,000 students and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $396,362 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of South Florida (USF) located in Tampa, Florida. The grant supports a research project that aims to develop and evaluate a balanced approach for delivering course content using a combination of self-paced video lectures and live instructor interactions. The goal is to accommodate diverse student learning needs and backgrounds, particularly for introductory...
This $398,638 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to advance undergraduate STEM education through faculty training, resources, and support for adopting evidence-based instructional strategies. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: A structured professional development program, including two Mobile Summer Institutes (MOSI) in partnership with the National Institute on Scientific...
This $199,930 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop an AI-assisted home health monitoring system at San Francisco State University (SFSU). The project will use floor vibration sensing technology to extract information about gait, enabling early detection of physical changes in aging populations. Key objectives include creating a robust gait detection model, a deep learning-based gait parameter estimation model, and...
This $113,370 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform introductory engineering courses at a Hispanic-serving two-year college. The goal is to enhance student success and interest in pursuing STEM degrees through a project-based learning approach. The award will fund the development of quasi-independent, low-cost classroom materials and curricula that provide early-career engineering students with significant...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,497,095 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the Fresno Foundation California State University to deliver the "Enhanced Engineering Education for Underserved Communities of the San Joaquin Valley" project over 6 years. This initiative will provide scholarships to 31 talented, low-income, primarily first-generation and minority undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees in engineering at California State...