Project Grant 2542212
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA #47.076). The three-year project aims to help improve and scale introductory programming courses through automated code-reading exercises. As part of its work under the grant, the University will develop automated assessment tools to provide students with feedback on...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of Illinois $414,556 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to co-design, implement, and research artificial intelligence learning experiences with high school computing teachers. The project will conduct two iterative two-year qualitative studies to understand AI literacy development across teacher professional development sessions, co-design...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of Illinois $357,108 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and disseminate innovative accessibility curriculum and teaching resources for undergraduate computing education. The project will create empirically informed instructional resources, including updated accessibility games emphasizing universal design, lecture notes, and interactive assignments, alongside...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct the project "ENHANCING EQUITY AND ACCESS VIA DIGITALLY-MEDIATED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES" from October 15, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $154,754 project grant to the University of Illinois under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop empathy-driven hands-on projects teaching high school students about cybersecurity and artificial intelligence ethics. The two-year grant running from July 2021 to June 2023 will support collaborative research between the University and local high schools to design and implement curriculum integrating ethical discussions with practical...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $599,996 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Illinois on July 1, 2022 for completion by December 31, 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of engineering student decision-making behavior in selecting a degree program and develop an online decision support system. The University of Illinois will collect survey data from students at the University of Illinois...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $231,152 to the Institute For Advancing Computing Education on October 1, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop curricular materials supporting artificial intelligence pair programming (AIPP) in high school computer science courses. The project creates curriculum-agnostic instructional materials that overlay existing high school CS curricula to guide students in...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $856,386 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the CONNECTED SPACES framework. This four-year project, beginning in September 2021, aims to foster collaboration among novice makers through technological tools linking them with mentors and peers. The STEM Education program supports the development of a robust STEM education enterprise, and this award will further that goal by...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $298,439 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Michigan to design and implement task-specific programming languages in discrete mathematics classes from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The project aims to test the value of using two task-specific programming languages developed for specific learning contexts compared to a traditional...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $299,472 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct a research study from October 2021 through September 2024. The grant will fund a project to understand optimal group sizes for face-to-face and virtual research methods courses for undergraduate psychology majors. As part of NSF's broader mission to ensure the vitality of the U.S. STEM education...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of Illinois $422,457 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate purpose-first programming as an instructional approach for teaching conversational programming skills to non-computer science majors. The project will establish best practices for creating purpose-first programming lessons in collaboration with instructors, then build AI-supported tooling to enable instructors to develop such lessons across diverse programming application areas. The work aims to advance understanding of how to teach learners with limited programming backgrounds about authentic programming applications, expand knowledge of effective assessment design for general education computing learners, and develop new methods to support instructors in creating instructional materials that broaden the reach of computer science and computational literacy education. Performance runs through September 30, 2031, at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois. The funding supports a five-year CAREER project grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $422.5k | 8/5/26 |