Project Grant 2514343
- This $1,991,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to integrate research and practice by collaboratively adapting the existing California Naturalist (CalNat) certification program for the context of prison gardens. The study will investigate the impacts of two key program features: 1) co-developed hands-on naturalist training with incarcerated participants, and 2) participation in authentic environmental science...
- This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support research into student motivation and engagement in introductory general education science courses, with a focus on written communication and critical thinking skills. The principal investigator (PI) will develop foundational skills and gain practical experience in designing and implementing mixed-methods STEM education research, including the use of...
- This federal Project Grant award of $499,977.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to assess and strengthen the theoretical foundations for understanding adult learning in the participatory sciences. Participatory science, ranging from citizen to community science, refers to ways that everyday people collaborate with scientists in meaningful ways across disciplines such as astronomy, biochemistry, conservation, and environmental sciences. The goal of...
- This $599,868 National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program will support research and training to create more inclusive undergraduate research experiences for low socioeconomic students in life sciences. Over a two-year period from September 2022 through August 2024, the awardee Arizona State University will conduct interviews and a nationwide survey to identify factors impacting low-SES student researchers. This research aims to understand...
- This $349,980 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports an individual investigator, the Principal Investigator (PI), to develop expertise in new areas that will contribute to advancing STEM education knowledge. Specifically, the project will allow the PI to supplement their current methodological expertise with new qualitative research skills through professional development courses and mentoring with experts in the field. The...
- This $147,656 collaborative research project awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program investigates factors impacting variability in STEM training programs across the nation. The key products and services delivered under this 3-year Project Grant award include: Measuring the institutional factors that contribute to developing career-ready science curricula and how successful best practices can be leveraged to improve STEM...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $349,974 project grant to the University of Tulsa to develop the principal investigator's skills in qualitative research methods for STEM education research. The goal is to investigate differences in science identity development between STEM undergraduate students engaged in research opportunities, laboratory-based student work, and non-laboratory student work. The project will utilize qualitative analysis,...
- This two-year, $599,255 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research exploring career trajectories and outcomes of marginalized groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. The principal investigators at the National Opinion Research Center will employ mixed methods to analyze survey data from current and recent doctoral students at three North Carolina institutions. The project aims to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $340,192 STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Texas at Austin. This 2-year project grant, running from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027, aims to advance accessibility in biology fieldwork through participatory design research. The project will identify barriers to participation in ecological fieldwork for students, particularly those with disabilities, and develop practical strategies and tools to...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to advance understanding of the career choice processes for STEM scholars from underrepresented groups. The $291,780 award to the University of Wisconsin - Madison will fund a longitudinal qualitative study to explore the factors that inform the decision-making of STEM scholars, particularly around perceptions of value alignment between their personal values and academia. The project...
This Project Grant award of $333,971.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to study the motivation and science identity of incarcerated individuals participating in citizen science programs. The project aims to provide evidence-based understanding of why incarcerated individuals pursue citizen science opportunities and how their STEM identities may change as a result. Using a mixed-methods approach aligned with self-determination theory, volunteer functions inventory, and science identity literature, the research will quantitatively evaluate the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of participants and qualitatively assess the development and drivers of their identity with respect to science. The project will run from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027, with the goal of informing strategies to improve STEM workforce development and lifelong learning for individuals in carceral settings.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $334.0k | 8/4/25 |