NSF FF: planning: critiquing and learning to evaluate AI financial reasoning

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Award ID
2627827
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$50,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
47.084 NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
Completion date
Place of performance
Union, NJ 07083, USA

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Description

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Abstract
This finders foundry award aids high school students in becoming adept users of AI when asking financial questions. Many teens rely on AI for money advice, but these tools can give wrong or misleading answers. This project will create learning activities where students review AI?generated financial advice, spot mistakes, and use algebra and reasoning to correct them. Students will explore realistic scenarios in which the AI makes intentional errors, giving them safe practice in analyzing claims. The tool will guide students as they question ideas, check facts, and revise their thinking. Educators and families will help design the activities so they fit real classroom needs and support stronger financial literacy. By teaching students to challenge AI and think for themselves, the project aims to build confidence, improve decision?making skills, and prepare students for responsible money management in everyday life. This finders foundry award CO-designs an educational resource which presents flawed AI?generated financial scenarios, provides structured scaffolds for critique, and offers dashboards that surface class?level error patterns for teachers. Planning activities will include developing an AI?error taxonomy, a critique?severity rubric, adversarial scenario templates, and paired student? And teacher?facing dashboards capable of visualizing patterns in financial reasoning. The team will also create a confidence?measurement protocol that captures students? Certainty levels as they evaluate AI?generated content. The project will generate early pilot data to assess feasibility, identify design risks, and establish go/no?go criteria for a development?phase evaluation aligned with state financial?literacy standards. By integrating adversarial examples, reflective scaffolds, and educator?ready analytics, the work seeks to strengthen students? Financial?reasoning skills while enabling teachers to monitor misconceptions at scale. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.- subawards are not planned for this award.

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Who received award 2627827?

2627827 was awarded to Kean University by National Science Foundation on July 15, 2026.

How much is award 2627827 worth?

$50,000 has been obligated on 2627827.

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