Project Grant 2613019
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of Louisville $295,233 on January 1, 2027, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to identify essential competencies for AI-assisted programming in foundational engineering courses. Over two years through December 31, 2028, the project will develop a framework of updated learning objectives for programming instruction in an era of widespread AI integration. The recipient will characterize current...
- 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...
- This three-year, $349,987 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Houston to understand and mitigate the impacts of code intelligence systems in introductory programming courses. The university will develop infrastructure for students to use intelligent code generation tools in a web development environment. It will then conduct pilot experiments examining effects on student tinkering behaviors and self-efficacy. An...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded The University of Kentucky Research Foundation $750,000 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate a flexible framework for multidisciplinary engineering capstone design courses. The project addresses barriers to implementing multidisciplinary capstone programs across engineering disciplines, including limited disciplinary representation in existing models, the absence of...
- This National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $238,468 to Utah State University to conduct research on how novice computer programming students write code. The project aims to analyze students' coding processes using keystroke data to understand how they problem-solve and develop programming skills. The research team plans to develop models of student thinking and programming practices, identifying best practices that can be adopted to improve...
- The University of Florida was awarded a $391,717 project grant by the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support the development of a 10-hour curriculum and browser-based music programming platform called M-Flow to engage elementary school students in computer science. Key deliverables include teacher professional development, career awareness videos featuring young...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the University of Illinois $422,457 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate purpose-first programming as an instructional approach for teaching conversational programming skills to non-computer science majors. The project will establish best practices for creating purpose-first programming lessons in collaboration with instructors, then build AI-supported tooling to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded The University of Kentucky Research Foundation $535,000 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an explainable AI-based learning environment for quantum computing education. The project will build a personalized learning platform that generates tailored practice materials on demand, provides fine-grained guidance and feedback as students study quantum...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded North Carolina State University $1,594,160 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to advance data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence integration for problem-solving in STEM learning environments. The project develops a framework for personalized instruction across three foundational STEM domains—logic, probability, and programming—using data-driven and AI-supported technologies....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $175,871 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop course materials for an innovative undergraduate computer science course titled Continuous Structures. The project creates instructional materials in calculus, probability, and statistics designed to prepare U.S. computer science majors for advanced coursework in artificial intelligence, data science,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Western Kentucky University $305,326 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an interactive, web-based flowchart-to-code environment designed to improve student conceptual understanding and persistence in introductory programming courses. The project will advance a visual-to-text scaffolding tool where students construct executable flowcharts that generate real-time code, making program structure and execution processes visually explicit without requiring changes to existing curricula. The research component employs a mixed-methods design across multiple course implementations to examine how interaction patterns relate to learning outcomes, how instructors use execution traces to diagnose misconceptions, and how engagement with visual tools influences computing self-efficacy. Data collection incorporates concept-focused assessments, de-identified student artifacts, process-level interaction logs, and instructor reflections, with integrated quantitative, learning-analytic, and qualitative analyses to generate design insights and evaluate intervention effectiveness. The project runs through September 30, 2029, with performance at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The award aims to lower barriers to entry for novice programmers, supporting student retention across STEM pathways and developing a workforce prepared for an artificial intelligence-integrated future.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $305.3k | 8/10/26 |