This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project to transform engineering education through the integration of adaptive learning (AL) methodologies. The $751,785 award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029, aims to enhance student retention and promote the success of diverse learners by delivering personalized educational support and empowering faculty to adopt...
This $1,967,574.00 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to increase degree completion rates and build Alaska's geosciences exploration workforce. The University of Alaska Fairbanks will use the funding over a six-year period from October 2024 to September 2030 to provide scholarships to 40 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing geoscience bachelor's degrees. The project will embed these scholarship...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the "IMPRESS-U: RESILIENT ENGINEERING TO ADVANCE PUBLIC VALUE AND INNOVATION IN RESEARCH PERIPHERY COUNTRIES" project. The project examines how uncertainty and crisis drive innovation and change in engineering education, particularly in academic departments operating in challenging environments. Led by Arizona State University, this multi-country,...
This $333,551 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to investigate innovative strategies for effective teamwork in engineering education. The project, awarded to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, plans to implement and assess a teamwork intervention in 10 engineering courses and conduct a nationwide survey and faculty interviews to examine the effects on student success and persistence metrics. The...
The University of Alaska Anchorage will receive $118,999 through a project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success of Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant period runs from January 15, 2021 through December 31, 2025. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to develop and deliver science and math...
The University of Alaska Southeast was awarded a $530,053 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success for Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant will support development and delivery of programs from January 2021 through December 2025 aimed at strengthening participation and achievement in STEM fields among underrepresented groups in Alaska. As the prime awardee, the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $200,000 was provided to Purdue University to conduct research on how undergraduate engineering technology students apply their knowledge of energy concepts to design energy-efficient houses. The research will utilize a mixed-methods approach to assess the students' design thinking strategies, economic decision-making, and conceptual learning of energy concepts as they engage in the challenge of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $749,999 Project Grant to the University of Maine System under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing engineering degrees. Over the six-year period from February 2023 to January 2029, the University of Maine will provide scholarships to 23 unique students and implement a holistic support program including community-building, undergraduate research, co-op experiences, mentoring, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $418,561 federal Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The 5-year project, titled "CAREER: Evaluating Cooperative Intelligence in Connected Communities", is exploring how groups of buildings can autonomously share and manage distributed energy resources such as solar panels, batteries, and generators to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability. Through a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate awarded Brigham Young University a $397,875 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The three-year grant, from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026, supports the development of new techniques for modeling cyber-physical systems to address challenges with scale and complexity in modern engineering. The project aims to transform human interaction with critical infrastructure such as interconnected energy networks through a...