Project Grant 2504177
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,998 Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop new teaching methods and tools to facilitate knowledge transfer within engineering curricula. Specifically, the awardee will first seek to understand barriers engineering students face in applying knowledge across courses. They will then design and test in-class activities to promote knowledge transfer, assessing student...
- This two-year, $199,286 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at Florida Institute of Technology investigating the connection between undergraduate engineering students' data proficiency, motivation, and engineering identity development. A mixed-methods approach will be used, including interviews of student cohorts over the two years to understand how engagement with data...
- The University of Florida (UF) was awarded a $398,172 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement an equity-focused, evidence-based proactive advising approach in mechanical and aerospace engineering. The project aims to improve student persistence and commitment to the engineering profession by providing personalized, data-driven guidance and support services tailored to each student's unique strengths, needs, and goals. The proactive...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Arizona State University a $199,999 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research on peer-led study groups for engineering students. The two-year project will explore the effects of peer and near-peer support models in thermodynamics courses on engineering self-efficacy, identity formation, course achievement, and persistence among transfer and first-time students. Researchers will use mixed-methods to...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $188,901 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to examine how electrical and computer engineering (ECE) students view their family backgrounds and life experiences as contributing to their success in engineering. The research team will conduct 25-30 interviews with ECE students, faculty, staff, and administrators to compare their perspectives on the value of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $400,000.00 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to examine the role of fellowships in supporting the professional development of engineering graduate students. The project, titled "Examining the Role of Fellowships Funding on Engineering Students and Their Professional Development", aims to redefine graduate fellowships as transformative...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $107,022 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to conduct a qualitative research study exploring how multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate engineering education impacts students' career choice processes and decision-making. The research team will interview engineering students in both multi-disciplinary and single-disciplinary programs at a large...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,999 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Miami on June 1, 2022 for research concluding on May 31, 2024. The grant funds research to predict student success and persistence in early engineering coursework using real-time changes in emotion. Researchers will utilize experience sampling of students' psychological states to repeatedly solicit indicators of self-efficacy, emotion, motivation and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,000 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to investigate the influence of student support services on engineering identity development among undergraduate civil engineering students. The research aims to evaluate how changes in support services during the transition from a general engineering program to a specific civil engineering major impact students' perceptions of...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,673 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to investigate the impact of time management and metacognition skills on the academic success and well-being of first-year engineering students. The research project aims to equip students with strategies to navigate the challenges of engineering education, including supporting students who must work to...
This federal Project Grant award of $535,992.00, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support a research project at the University of Florida that explores the self-adjustment experiences of community college transfer students in engineering programs at four-year universities. The project aims to investigate the strategies these "vertical transfer" students use to navigate the challenges of transitioning into a new academic environment, such as unfamiliar institutional systems, academic pressure, and loss of social/advising support. Guided by the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST), the study will analyze how individual experiences, identities, and environmental factors influence the persistence of these engineering transfer students over time. The findings are expected to provide evidence-based insights to improve retention and student success, particularly for underrepresented groups such as U.S. veterans, and support efforts to expand access to high-quality engineering education and strengthen the U.S. engineering workforce.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $536.0k | 8/20/25 |