Project Grant 2534871
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) totaling $299,642 will support collaborative research to build foundational knowledge about spatial skills that are relevant to contemporary engineering practice. The research will focus on two engineering disciplines - civil and mechanical engineering - to identify and verify the specific spatial problems and skills that are embedded in real-world engineering work. The findings from this...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is for a $399,551 research project titled "RESEARCH: ENGINEERING PREPAREDNESS REIMAGINED: BRIDGING STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE WORKFORCE". The project will explore how "preparedness" is defined by key stakeholders - industry practitioners, faculty, and new engineers - to uncover nuances in their conceptualizations. This insight is intended to support the...
- This $299,653 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to investigate how graduate engineering students at research-intensive (R1) institutions in the United States develop intercultural competencies through their work in academic research laboratories. The award was made on August 15, 2024 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027. The project will employ a...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000.00 to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to conduct fundamental research on improving how engineers formulate, analyze, and validate engineering problem spaces. The award, which runs from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030, supports the development of a new theoretical foundation that integrates rigorous logic-based methods with real-world engineering practice....
- The University of Cincinnati Sponsored Research Services Division received a two-year, $299,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (formerly the Education and Human Resources program, CFDA 47.076) to examine the link between spatial and communication skills among engineering students. The Division will investigate relationships between engineering majors' spatial thinking abilities and their technical communication skills, including gesture use....
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate innovative strategies for effective teamwork in engineering education. The $333,551 project, awarded on July 15, 2025, will be conducted by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2028. The project plans to implement and assess a teamwork intervention, while also conducting a nationwide survey and interviews with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $121,669 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) for the collaborative research project "NLI: Educating Engineers for Holistic Problem Solving". The goal of this 3-year project, starting on October 1, 2025, is to transform engineering education by cultivating a holistic "enviro-socio-technical" mindset in students. This will empower future engineers to tackle...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) in the amount of $697,078 will develop a framework to guide engineering education researchers in analyzing, developing, and refining psychological theories to effectively incorporate engineering ways of knowing. The research will employ qualitative methods to uncover context-specific achievement goals among engineering students, with the aim of creating a new evidence-based responsive survey...
- This Project Grant award of $316,623 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Penn State University from August 2021 through July 2024 to characterize expert behavior during interactive parametric building design. The goal of the NSF Directorate for Engineering is to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering research and education. This award will further those goals by exploring expert interactions and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $229,621 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) for the period of October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028. The grant will fund research to transform engineering education and cultivate a "holistic enviro-socio-technical mindset" in future engineers. The project aims to empower engineers to better address complex global challenges, like environmental change and resource...
This $346,929 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research to build foundational knowledge about the spatial skills relevant to contemporary engineering practice. The award, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, will focus on identifying the spatial problems embedded in the work of civil and mechanical engineers. The research will utilize ethnographic methods to understand how engineers represent and communicate spatial information in their professional practice. The findings from this project will directly impact the recruitment and retention of engineering students with diverse spatial skills, advancing our understanding of the professional formation of engineers. The award was made to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, which has extensive experience delivering advanced research and technical services across numerous government agencies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $346.9k | 8/21/25 |