Project Grant 2620619
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Rowan University $542,805 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to examine mental health care pathways and help-seeking behaviors in engineering graduate students. The project investigates factors at cultural, affective, and psychological levels that influence how engineering graduate students recognize mental health challenges, decide whether professional support is needed, identify...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Rowan University $398,883 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to investigate how choice-based, open-ended engineering capstone projects influence undergraduate engineering student motivation and professional preparation. The project will employ qualitative and quantitative research methods to identify features of choice-based capstone experiences that students find intrinsically valuable...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Rowan University $362,899 on January 1, 2027, under the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (CFDA 47.076) to support STEM student completion and workforce development through a multi-institutional consortium. Rowan University will provide scholarships for up to five years to 116 high-achieving, low-income scholars pursuing associate degrees in engineering technology at Community...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to support student well-being and promote a culture of thriving in undergraduate engineering education. The $559,831 award to the Regents of the University of Michigan, effective October 15, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will fund the programmatic expansion of the Wellness in Engineering Community of Transformation (WE-COT). This will include a monthly meeting series,...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Rowan University received a $124,941 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops and delivers a game-based educational intervention designed to enhance engineering students' ethical judgment through immersive, narrative-driven scenarios that present realistic...
- Rowan University received a $205,421 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research titled "Research: RUI: Engineers Making Process Safety Judgements...Mind the Gap! Beliefs vs. Behavior" to examine how engineers make process safety judgements and the potential gaps between their beliefs and actual safety-related behaviors. The NSF...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will provide $299,304 in funding to Rowan University from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027. The project will research the impacts of family-related stressors on the sense of belonging for low-income engineering students, with the goal of informing practices to improve retention and graduation rates of this underrepresented population in STEM fields. The research will explore how the challenges faced...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded the University of California, Davis $200,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate how undergraduate engineering students engage with wellness interventions embedded in disciplinary courses. The project employs a qualitative case-study methodology to examine student perception of instructor-led wellness modules, informed by the social-emotional learning framework....
- This $399,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop curricular resources and interventions to promote wellness and a "thriving mindset" among undergraduate engineering students. The project will involve qualitative research through student and faculty interviews to identify opportunities and barriers related to student wellness, which will inform the creation of a new course and associated materials....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rowan University received a $650,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. The primary deliverable is the development of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) as investigative tools to study the role of hypoxia and inflammation in disease progression, with particular emphasis on...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Rowan University $306,251 on October 1, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support student mental health and well-being in engineering education through institutional and community transformation. Rowan will expand the Wellness in Engineering Community of Transformation (WE-COT), an existing community of practice comprising over 100 faculty, staff, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and university administrators. The project delivers two primary components: programmatic expansion of WE-COT with well-being advocate mini-grants to support integration and assessment of mental health and well-being interventions in undergraduate engineering, and qualitative research assessing participant experience and advocacy development through focus groups, interviews, and photovoice methodology. The research addresses how faculty, staff, and administrators can serve as agents of change for cultures of well-being in undergraduate engineering education, shifting the institutional narrative from surviving in a stress culture to thriving. The project adopts an asset-based approach focused on promoting and celebrating well-being rather than a deficit-based model centered on recognizing distressed students. Performance runs through November 30, 2027, at Rowan's Glassboro, New Jersey location.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $306.3k | 7/23/26 |