Project Grant 2434715
Award Date
1/1/25
Completion Date
12/31/27
Dollars Obligated
$750K
Awardee
Wested (WNCAQMKJ7WZ9)
Federal Grant Program
47.076
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Similar Awards
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $565,771 to San Francisco State University, in collaboration with WestEd and 10+ California school districts, to design an effective and equitable professional learning program for middle school computer science (CS) teachers. The key objectives are to: Identify factors contributing to lower retention rates of underrepresented groups in middle school CS teacher preparation programs. Develop...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was awarded a $435,679 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant is part of the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) and will support the development of integrated computer science curricula for linguistically diverse K-5 classrooms from September 2021 through August 2024. The University will create new lesson plans and teaching materials that incorporate computer...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities. The $595,375 award, with a performance period from August 2024 to July 2028, will involve professional development, collaborative planning, and technical support to...
This $491,271 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to enhance English as a Second Language (ESL) and Computer Science (CS) courses at Ohlone Community College in Fremont, California. The goal is to increase recruitment and retention of women and English language learners in STEM fields, particularly CS. Key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Integrating CS content into ESL courses and training...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Wested under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) to develop computer science and data science educational resources and professional learning opportunities for middle school teachers. The two-year award, issued on August 15, 2021 and set to conclude on July 31, 2023, will support Wested's "Computer Science Connections" project. This project aims to...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $721,534 to the University of Maryland, College Park from September 2022 through August 2025 to develop curricular modules and teacher training materials focused on integrating computer science into linguistically inclusive, transdisciplinary STEM instruction at the elementary school level. Specifically, the award supports a research-practice partnership team in modifying existing lesson plans to include...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research and development focused on customizable integrated science, engineering, and computational thinking curriculum for middle school classrooms. The $849,931 project aims to work with 18 teachers and up to 4,800 students in underrepresented STEM populations to investigate how teachers can customize computationally-rich, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned curricular...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,361 to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC to address the limited inclusion of K-8 learners with disabilities in computer science (CS) education. Through a networked improvement community research-practice partnership, the project aims to: Provide professional development to cohorts of special and general education teachers on Universal Design for Learning and...
This three-year, $993,213 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of K-8 computer science and computational thinking curricula and teacher professional development for multilingual learners. The University of California, Santa Cruz will prepare pre-service and in-service teachers to design curricula integrating these skills into science classes through collaborative design processes involving teachers, students, and...
The Santa Clara County Office of Education was awarded a $924,479 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant will support the "Culturally-Responsive Teaching for Supporting Positive Computer Science Identities among Latinx Girls" project from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this award, the Santa Clara County Office of Education will implement culturally responsive teaching methods to support...