This $348,587 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a research project at Colorado State University to develop advanced statistical modeling skills and expand understanding of factors influencing undergraduate student persistence in STEM fields. The project aims to a) build the principal investigator's capacity in using complex statistical models that incorporate individual student experiences and backgrounds, and b)...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $349,999 to Virginia Commonwealth University to expand and enhance methodologies for obtaining deeper insights into factors affecting the engagement and persistence of STEM majors in higher education. The project consists of two components: 1) a systematic literature review to examine research on undergraduate STEM student engagement, performance, and persistence, considering...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) to support the Challenging Problems and Sustainable Solutions project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2028. The project aims to increase degree completion among low-income, academically talented undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields...
This $642,659 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to produce new knowledge to address barriers and guide efforts to transform university structures, policies, and practices to foster success among community college transfer students in computer science. The study will engage a multi-phase mixed methods design, drawing on longitudinal survey and interview data from computer science transfer students and key university agents...
This $1,999,471 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a 6-year project at Naugatuck Valley Community College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Waterbury, Connecticut. The project aims to increase STEM degree completion for low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Key products and services to be delivered include: Providing at least 60 full-time students pursuing STEM...
This $1,993,085 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a five-year initiative at St. John Fisher University to strengthen retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide scholarships for 20 students per year, coupled with supporting activities such as mentoring, undergraduate research, tutoring, and career preparation. The goal is to...
This $559,342 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) aims to foster a STEM learning ecosystem that brings secondary teachers in historically under-resourced schools together with local STEM professionals to co-design and allocate STEM-based resources for youth. The five-year project, which commenced on September 15, 2024, will employ an ethnographic design to understand how integrating STEM lessons in under-resourced schools can advance...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,258,941 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) to create a culture of STEM research at a two-year college. The project aims to develop and implement an array of early undergraduate research experiences for diverse STEM students at CCBC, prior to transferring to a four-year university. Key objectives include creating STEM research courses, providing student research...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Madison Area Technical College (Matc) to support STEM pathways for low-income students. The six-year project will provide scholarships to 25 unique full-time students pursuing associate's degrees in Information Technology or STEM transfer programs at Matc. The grant will fund "recruitment scholarships" for first-year students and "retention...
This $1,998,114 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Eastern Mennonite University's "Interdisciplinary Pathways to STEM Success and Sustainability" initiative over a 6-year period from March 2025 to February 2031. The project aims to increase the retention, graduation, and career placement of low-income, academically talented undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees in fields such as biochemistry, biology,...
This $1,163,854 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to conduct a longitudinal mixed-methods investigation of factors shaping postsecondary STEM trajectories and outcomes for students beginning at community colleges. The project, titled "Beyond STEM Transfer", intends to explore how community college students experience undergraduate STEM teaching, learning environments, and contextual factors to identify the components and conditions that result in improved STEM teaching and learning across community colleges and four-year institutions serving STEM transfer students. The study will follow a cohort of approximately 1,660 community college STEM students over 12 years, collecting survey and interview data to develop a new theoretical model, survey instrument, and interview protocols to inform research and innovations in STEM education nationally. The project will be led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison, with planned subawards, and has an award period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030.