Project Grant 2611118
- 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 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 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 Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Brown University $447,980 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop runtime methods for efficient and observable compound AI systems. The project creates programming models, compiler techniques, and resource management approaches that enable practitioners to deploy multi-step AI systems—which combine learned components such as language...
- This $199,503 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund a large-scale, mixed-methods study to understand perceptions and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in K-12 education. The one-year project will survey a nationally representative sample of parents, teachers, and youth to identify opportunities, risks, and supports needed for integrating AI-driven learning tools. The study will employ both...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Education Development Center, Inc. (doing business as E D C) $649,574 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to investigate how young children develop foundational data science knowledge and reasoning during preschool. E D C will conduct classroom teaching experiments and cognitive interviews with preschool-age children attending Head Start programs to develop...
- 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 Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $740,586 to the University of Virginia on September 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop AI-GENIE-EDU, an open-source artificial intelligence system for generating and validating K–12 STEM disposition survey items. The project will extend existing AI-GENIE methods to K–12 STEM education contexts, focusing on STEM self-efficacy, STEM self-concept, growth mindset,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Brown University $442,685 on September 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for research on inferring AI specifications from imperfect human input. The project develops computational foundations for designing AI systems that can interpret and reason about human intent when instructions are unclear, rigid, vague, or incorrect. The research integrates...
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 different experimental conditions, measure their problem-solving ability and reasoning patterns, and analyze how parents and children interact during problem-solving to identify the mechanisms parents use to facilitate reasoning. A second line of studies will expose children to similar reasoning problems while interacting with an AI agent, with implications for how educators structure science learning and the appropriate role of AI tools in that process. Performance of performance runs through July 31, 2029, with work performed in Providence, Rhode Island.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $690.7k | 7/28/26 |