Project Grant 2438920
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to promote best practices in introductory experimental physics education. The $348,165 award to Cornell University will support the creation of an Introductory Physics Labs Institute to develop a community and resources for physics lab instructors to redesign their labs based on proven strategies from physics education research. The project will generate new scholarship on how STEM lab...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) in the amount of $945,813 aims to enhance conceptual learning in quantum and semiconductor physics through the development and evaluation of interactive visualization and simulation tools. The project, which will be carried out by a consortium of researchers across five universities and colleges, will expand upon previously developed tools and conduct large-scale studies to determine their effectiveness in...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $155,257 will support the University of Washington's efforts to improve and broaden participation in undergraduate STEM education through faculty professional development workshops focused on student-centered pedagogical practices that foster diversity, equity and inclusion in physics and astronomy. Funded under the NSF's Institutional and Community Transformation track of the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), this May 1, 2022 through April...
- This $281,538 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop instructional materials and methods to optimize physics quantitative literacy (PQL) development for STEM majors. The primary goals are to: 1) create an emergent model of PQL development based on student resources, and 2) develop and disseminate modular, cooperative activities and formative assessments that are grounded in the PQL development model. The award...
- This $900,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support North Carolina State University in developing a low-cost augmented reality platform that integrates force sensing and visualization capabilities to enhance physics education. The project aims to create an affordable tablet-based system and complementary curriculum modules covering Newtonian mechanics and electrodynamics, targeting high school students. The goal...
- Stony Brook University will receive $299,949 over three years from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to study online laboratory instruction in undergraduate physics courses. Specifically, the project aims to investigate how physics faculty and teaching assistants have adapted laboratory materials and pedagogy for remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will explore factors influencing online teaching approaches as well as student experiences and...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award, provided under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to create tools that will enable college instructors to integrate computational physics methods into their undergraduate physics courses and assess their students' learning against standardized objectives. The $460,849 award, with a performance period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, will be used by a team of researchers at five Midwestern universities to develop seven student...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $464,597 will fund research to characterize active learning environments in physics education and relate classroom features to student outcomes. The award was made under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the creation and implementation of promising STEM education practices. Specifically, the funding will support a collaborative research project between Drexel University and Wright...
- This National Science Foundation STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award in the amount of $111,193 aims to improve teaching and learning in large introductory physics courses through the use of Learning Assistants (LAs). The project, which involves investigators at Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington Bothell, and Western Washington University, will develop a model for training LAs to effectively elicit and build on students' diverse science ideas. This approach,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to promote best practices in introductory experimental physics labs. The $949,555 award, effective July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2029, will support the University of Washington to create and sustain an Introductory Physics Labs Institute. This institute will develop instructor expertise, implement educational innovations, and adapt existing innovations for specific teaching and learning environments. The project will build a community of physics lab instructors and create an online Introductory Physics Labs Portal to broadly disseminate teaching and learning resources. The goal is to improve students' critical thinking and views on experimentation compared to labs focused solely on reinforcing lecture concepts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $949.6k | 7/24/25 |