Project Grant 2601422
- This $373,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research study on the cognitive and embodied processes involved in geometry learning. The research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will collect and analyze data on students' body movements, speech, and interactions as they play a mathematics learning game designed to encourage physical engagement. Using AI-powered...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) project grant award of $222,548 supports a collaborative research effort to study the embodied cognitive shifts that occur during geometry learning. The research team will collect and analyze data on students' body movements, speech, and interactions as they play a mathematics learning game designed to encourage physical exploration. Using AI-powered real-time detection, the researchers will identify...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Office of Multidisciplinary Activities under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), awarded The University of Iowa a $574,558 Project Grant effective July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2029. The research initiative, titled "Personalized Multimodal Instruction and Conceptual Change Dynamics in Mathematics Learning," investigates how gesture-based instruction can...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $300,000 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project grant spanning August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research investigating anomalous phase transitions in complex systems, with a focus on analyzing bifurcations that mediate sudden qualitative changes in large-scale...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $520,463 to the University of Minnesota (Regents) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program for a collaborative research project spanning August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This project advances fundamental research in multigraded commutative algebra, toric varieties, and homological mirror symmetry by developing novel mathematical tools that bridge...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $296,023 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. This CAREER award supports fundamental research establishing the mathematical foundations of two critical generative artificial intelligence (AI) models: score-based generative models and transformer-based...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Minnesota received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (Mathematical and Physical Sciences, CFDA 47.049) effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental mathematical research in combinatorial K-theory, an emerging subfield that develops techniques for studying complex mathematical structures by decomposing them into manageable components. The principal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $365,000 Project Grant, awarded October 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), supports collaborative research investigating the role of language in spatial thinking development among young children. The project, executed by Michigan State University through September 30, 2028, delivers research products and services that advance...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $255,237 to the University of Minnesota under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program for a collaborative research project running from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This project focuses on developing acceleration and preconditioning methods to optimize deep learning (artificial intelligence) model training processes. The research leverages numerical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences is funding a two-year Project Grant totaling $150,000, awarded August 1, 2025, to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research in arithmetic configuration spaces. The award supports research that bridges algebraic topology, quantum algebra, and arithmetic statistics through the study of moduli spaces—mathematical structures that parameterize objects of specific types....
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Program, CFDA 47.075) awarded $158,654 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, with performance extending from October 1, 2025, through April 30, 2027. This collaborative research project delivers a data-driven investigation into embodied cognitive shifts occurring during geometry learning by analyzing students' body movements and nonverbal expressions as indicators of mathematical reasoning. The research team will gather multi-modal data from learners engaging with a movement-based video game designed to enhance mathematical reasoning, then employ artificial intelligence to identify critical moments—specifically instances of mathematical insight formation and problem-solving difficulties—for targeted student interviews that combine computational pattern recognition with qualitative human insight. The project produces research deliverables and design principles that advance understanding of how nonverbal and verbal thought processes support mathematics learning. Findings will inform educational design strategies that better support learners who rely on embodied, movement-based cognition—a population potentially underserved by current instructional approaches. By systematically documenting the relationship between body movement and mathematical thinking, this research contributes to the broader goal of improving mathematics learning outcomes across diverse student populations while advancing foundational knowledge in cognitive science and science education.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $158.7k | 12/10/25 |