Project Grant 2604250
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute $265,797 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop simulated student agents powered by large language models. The project creates AI-based systems designed to model how students think, learn, and respond during educational activities, focusing on middle-school mathematics. The research team will develop fully interactive...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Northwestern University $899,999 on September 1, 2026, to co-design human-AI collaborative tools for teaching agent-based modeling to high school students under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project develops and evaluates a structured human-AI method that connects model goals, measurements, rules, code, and simulated worlds, enabling learners to work step-by-step from ideas to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Northeastern University $900,000 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an educator-controlled artificial intelligence system for virtual patient simulations in clinical communication skills training. The project creates a virtual reality authoring environment that enables healthcare instructors without technical expertise in AI or VR to design...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Brown University $690,697 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on August 15, 2026. The recipient will conduct experimental research examining how children aged 4 to 7 develop scientific reasoning through parent-child interaction and through interaction with artificial intelligence agents. The project will administer age-appropriate scientific reasoning problems to children under...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Trustees of Boston University $335,391 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct collaborative research on formative assessment simulations designed to improve mathematics teaching practices among pre-service elementary teachers (K–5). The project studies how simulations of mathematics teaching practice paired with individualized feedback affect pre-service...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $418,577 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program to study how teaching simulations and individualized feedback improve pre-service elementary mathematics instruction and classroom teaching practices. The project conducts three integrated studies examining the connection between simulated teaching performance and actual classroom...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the National Academy of Sciences $199,999 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to convene a workshop on research and practice in the use of artificial intelligence in K–12 science, engineering, and mathematics education. The workshop will bring together researchers, educators, school leaders, technology developers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to document...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Horizon Research Inc. $547,647 on August 15, 2026, for collaborative research on formative assessment simulations designed to improve elementary mathematics teaching preparation. The project develops and evaluates teaching simulation tools for pre-service teacher education (K–5 grades). Teacher educators use the simulations to engage pre-service teachers in mathematics teaching practice and...
- This $149,983 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based AI-driven classroom simulation tools that will improve evidence-based mathematics teaching practices. The project will create a suite of open-source simulations to support pre-service teachers in fostering rich mathematical discourse in their classrooms. It will also produce open data sets of mathematical dialogue and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $224,208 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study a data-driven teachable agent embedded within DREAM2B, a game-based learning environment focused on fraction concepts in grades 3–6. The project investigates how elementary students develop self-regulated learning skills through interaction...
The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of Massachusetts $628,360 on August 1, 2026, to develop simulated student agents—AI-based systems designed to model how students think, learn, and respond during educational activities. The award funds research under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The research team will develop fully interactive student models capable of engaging in dialogues with teachers and exhibiting different engagement patterns, advancing beyond existing student modeling approaches that simulate only passive question-answering behavior. The project focuses on middle-school mathematics and addresses three research questions: how to reproduce realistic student errors, how to infer and summarize student understanding and engagement from open-ended learning activities such as tutoring dialogues and peer discussions, and how simulated students can evaluate and improve educational interventions. By connecting student knowledge models to reasoning patterns in mathematics questions, the research seeks to enable teachers, tutors, curriculum designers, and researchers to test instructional approaches more rapidly and understand how different students may respond to new educational experiences. The work is performed in Amherst, Massachusetts, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $628.4k | 7/28/26 |