Project Grant 2604775
- 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 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Northeastern University $845,345 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to develop an AI-driven platform for training social skills through interaction with adaptive virtual agents. Work will continue through September 30, 2029, and will be performed in Boston, Massachusetts. The platform enables learners to participate in open-ended scenarios with...
- This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports Purdue University in developing an interactive virtual environment for artificial intelligence education. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the two-year project aims to create a real-time visualization tool to promote conceptual and procedural understanding of AI among 250 learners. Either immersive using VR headsets or on conventional displays, the tool will focus on foundational AI topics. Iterative...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Northeastern University. The grant, awarded on November 1, 2024, supports the development of an "AI-Empowered Reflective Learning" tool that aims to deepen and accelerate learning through the use of AI-supported prompts and feedback across different interaction contexts, including digital learning environments, virtual reality simulations, and augmented reality...
- This collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), delivers comparative instructional development and evaluation services designed to improve preservice STEM teacher preparation. The award of $575,142, initiated October 1, 2025, and concluding September 30, 2029, supports the development and assessment of two instructional modalities: Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence (VR...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $899,421 to Vanderbilt University to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies that support reflection-based learning in nursing simulation training. The key products delivered under this 3-year award, beginning October 1, 2024, include: A multimodal data analysis pipeline to collect and integrate learning...
- 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 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 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 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 high-fidelity patient cases for student practice. The system uses artificial intelligence to generate unscripted and realistic verbal and non-verbal behaviors in virtual patients, allowing students unlimited opportunities to practice interpersonal communication skills in immersive clinical scenarios. The research team will develop and test the AI patient designer, identify best practices to maximize realism and learning effectiveness, and create performance assessments that measure beyond content retention. The work is grounded in design-based research, situated learning theory, and affective computing, with the goal of producing a scalable approach to healthcare workforce preparation nationwide. Work is performed in Boston, Massachusetts, with a period of performance through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $900.0k | 8/10/26 |