Project Grant 2605371
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of Southern California $381,999 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and test a data-driven framework investigating how teachers acquire content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge through online professional development focused on proportional reasoning. The project will analyze real-time interaction data from hundreds of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Michigan State University $182,000 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and analyze an interactive online professional development system for teachers learning proportional reasoning. The project will investigate how teachers acquire content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge as they engage with an online PD system. Using machine learning and...
- The University of Delaware received a $500K project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is a mixed-method systematic review of existing research on teacher professional learning in mathematics and science, synthesizing decades of empirical findings to develop a next-generation framework (theory of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $301,008 to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation on October 1, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to investigate the integration of computational thinking into elementary school curricula and develop professional development models for teachers. The project delivers multi-year professional development and mentorship to elementary teachers, supporting them in...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $681,542 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The three-year grant will fund research to advance the cognitive science of instruction by testing the role of pedagogical sequences, scaffolding, and prior knowledge. Specifically, the University of Georgia Research Foundation will conduct studies exploring how instructional design...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. $363,358 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project supports public quantitative reasoning about critical personal health and finance decisions by designing accessible data representations, studying how adults use mathematical and statistical reasoning to make decisions, and supporting pre-service and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $349,980 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to support individual investigator development in discipline-based STEM education research from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of a discipline-based theory of graduate school application using a student-centered...
- 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 Undergraduate Education awarded the University of South Carolina $157,689 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to examine how district science coordinator professional learning impacts the effectiveness and retention of new science teachers in high-need schools. The project explores the relationship between the professional learning of district science coordinators—both required professional development and self-directed...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $449,555 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to develop and test a professional learning model for high school science and ESOL teachers. The model aims to support multilingual learners' engagement in science and engineering practices through the Instructional Conversation pedagogy. Key products to be delivered include co-developed instructional materials,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. $134,948 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to investigate how teachers develop content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge through engagement with online professional development systems. The project will develop a data-driven framework examining teacher learning in proportional reasoning within an interactive online professional development platform. Researchers will employ machine learning and psychometric methods to analyze real-time interaction data from hundreds of participating teachers, modeling how specific knowledge components evolve and how particular system features—including analysis of mathematics instruction videos—influence learning trajectories. The work addresses a critical gap in understanding the mechanisms by which teachers acquire content-specific expertise during professional development engagement and will identify program features that most effectively support knowledge growth. Performance occurs in Athens, Georgia. The period of performance runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $134.9k | 8/5/26 |