This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) will fund a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). The goal of the RET site is to prepare high school teachers and community college instructors to integrate modern artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robotics into their STEM curriculum. CSM faculty and graduate students will...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program totaling $517,554 will support the development of a Research Experience for Teachers site at the University of California San Diego from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2026. The site will provide high school computer science and math teachers, primarily from the Computer Science Teachers Association San Diego Chapter, with opportunities to deepen their understanding of...
This $599,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide a 3-year Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program focused on industries of the future, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, advanced communications, and biotechnology. The award to the University of Houston System will support a six-week summer research experience for nine high school STEM teachers annually, enabling them...
This $554,667 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development of an integrated artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum and educational robotics program for 4th and 5th grade students in linguistically diverse classrooms in Clark County, Nevada. The three-year project aims to cultivate AI literacy and computer science (CS) skills among elementary students, particularly those from underrepresented populations....
The University of Notre Dame received a $599,239 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to renew its Research Experience for Teachers site. Through this funding, the University will partner Notre Dame computer science students and faculty with elementary and middle school teachers from the greater South Bend, Indiana area. During a seven-week summer program, teacher participants will conduct research...
This $195,937 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a three-year collaborative RET (Research Experiences for Teachers) site program titled "Teacher Power: Preparing Our Workforce Through Electronics and Research". The program is hosted by Central State University, the University of Dayton, and Wright State University, and engages K-12 in-service and pre-service teachers in the Southwestern Ohio region. The key products...
This $354,936 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRK-12 program, CFDA 47.076) aims to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in the design and application of AI-enabled smart, embedded technologies. The project will develop an accessible high school curriculum that integrates computer science and engineering using the contexts of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $599,344 Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) under the NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE, CFDA 47.070) program. This 3-year grant, active from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, aims to engage middle and high school teachers in summer cybersecurity research experiences at UNR. The project, titled "RET Site: Research Experiences in Cybersecurity for Nevada...
This Project Grant award of $1,487,350 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in Florida, Kansas, and Texas with hands-on experiences in computer science, engineering, microelectronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). The goal is to broaden access to microelectronics and AI education, support engineering identity development, and prepare students for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $185,496 to the University of North Texas to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in the design and application of AI-enabled microelectronics technologies. The goal is to develop a high school curriculum that integrates computer science and engineering using microelectronics and AI as the context, in order to prepare students...