Project Grant 2613576
- 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...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $250,000 to the University of Virginia aims to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based AI-powered teaching 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Old Dominion University Research Foundation $400,000 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and evaluate a metaphor-based Socratic artificial intelligence tutoring system integrated with real-time interactive simulation for undergraduate engineering education. The project will design, implement, and evaluate an AI tutoring framework that guides students through visual simulation...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Texas A&M University $1.989 million on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study an AI-guided professional learning model for pre-service mathematics teachers. The project will create interactive AI-guided modules that strengthen pre-service mathematics teachers' content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and mathematical creativity. Through these modules, pre-service...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $750,000 on August 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study an AI-assisted professional development program supporting high school science teachers to design and deliver learning experiences that emphasize epistemic practices in science instruction. The project operates through two components: training and...
- This $349,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a research project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to investigate how to design and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to support equitable K-12 science education. The project plans to explore the use of multimodal AI to provide automated feedback for formative science assessments, with the goal of generating design principles to develop...
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $114,371 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York on September 15, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) literacy resources and professional learning support for middle school educators. Over the two-year project period through August 31, 2027, university researchers will collaborate with school districts in Texas...
- 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 Undergraduate Education awarded James Madison University $400,000 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and implement AI-supported teaching simulations that help pre-service elementary science teachers practice high-quality classroom conversation techniques with virtual students. The project co-designs interactive simulations with science teachers and teacher educators across multiple institutions, enabling approximately 400 pre-service teachers to rehearse instructional conversations while engaging with dynamic science visualizations and receiving immediate, individualized AI-generated feedback. The simulations target teacher talk moves that support elementary student science sensemaking and collaborative problem-solving. Deliverables include openly available learning resources designed for broad adoption across teacher preparation programs. The project uses mixed methods to evaluate outcomes, analyzing simulation transcripts, AI-generated feedback, pre- and post-award measures of teacher talk move knowledge, usability and engagement surveys, classroom observations, and qualitative data from pre-service teacher reflections and interviews. Expected results include increased pre-service teacher use of high-quality talk moves and advancement of understanding regarding how AI-based simulations support elementary science teacher development. Performance occurs in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2029. The award is classified as a Project Grant, a standard assistance type for NSF-sponsored education research and development initiatives.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $400.0k | 8/14/26 |