Project Grant 2539663
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $100,000 on July 1, 2026, for a collaborative research project developing an AI-supported mentoring program designed to improve retention of student veterans and service members in engineering education. The project will design and deploy an artificial intelligence mentor that reflects the lived experiences, values, and communication styles of military veterans, providing...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Old Dominion University Research Foundation $400,000 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate a metaphor-based Socratic artificial intelligence tutoring system integrated with real-time interactive simulation for undergraduate engineering education. The project will design, implement, and evaluate an AI tutoring framework that guides students through visual simulation...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp $750,000 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop, implement, and evaluate the NEAT (Next-Gen Engineering Education with AI Tutoring) framework. The project will create an AI-enhanced tutoring system that delivers accurate, adaptive feedback to students while promoting self-regulated learning and AI literacy. The framework integrates an AI tutoring tool,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Texas A&M University $1.989 million on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study an AI-guided professional learning model for pre-service mathematics teachers. The project will create interactive AI-guided modules that strengthen pre-service mathematics teachers' content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and mathematical creativity. Through these modules, pre-service...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $3 million Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to support the NRT-AI: Convergent, Responsible, and Ethical Artificial Intelligence Training Experience for Roboticists project from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds the development of an interdisciplinary training program that brings together graduate students studying robotics, computer science, and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $789,660 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on September 15, 2025, to develop and deliver professional development and coaching for K-8 teachers integrating computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity into standard-based curricula. The project will directly engage at least 82 rural teachers from South Carolina through multi-year participation and will indirectly reach approximately 8,100...
- The University of Texas at San Antonio received a $373,963 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. This Level 1 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) project develops and deploys an artificial intelligence-assisted adaptive learning platform based on the existing Adaptive Learning for Interdisciplinary Collaborative Environments...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Arlington received a $399,871 Project Grant award dated October 15, 2025, under the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop SKYGEN-XR (Smart Knowledge to Fly with GenAI and XR), an advanced extended reality (XR) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-powered training system for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators. The primary product is an immersive, personalized learning platform...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of California Irvine $1,076,806 on July 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to design, implement, and study a three-week AI-enabled undergraduate learning unit centered on machine learning concepts. The project creates a tangible instructional model using a shaft loom as a physical representation of matrix factorization, paired with an intelligent conversational agent, to help...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $599,886 on December 1, 2026, to operate a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches for sustainable and resilient infrastructure in urban communities under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The RET Site will engage nine high school STEM teachers from eight school districts in the Dallas-Fort...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $749,999 on October 1, 2026, to develop and evaluate an AI-enhanced learning platform featuring conversational AI tutors paired with immersive learning environments across four undergraduate industrial engineering courses spanning freshman through senior years. The project, funded under STEM Education (CFDA 47.076), aims to guide students through structured reasoning conversations rather than providing direct answers, employing large language model-based conversational tutors with retrieval-augmented generation to produce course-specific and assignment-aligned responses aligned to five levels of Bloom's revised taxonomy. Students will critically revise AI-generated drafts to reinforce metacognition, and the system will operate on both virtual reality and two-dimensional platforms. A mixed-methods longitudinal evaluation will examine student performance, engagement, and responsible AI use. The project addresses the dual challenge of accommodating growing engineering enrollments while maintaining personalized instruction and countering student reliance on generative AI for answers rather than skill development. The university will partner with community colleges, engage high school students, and offer faculty training to broaden adoption of the tutoring model. Performance occurs at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, with a period of performance through September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $750.0k | 7/29/26 |