Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded Vanderbilt University $262,123 on July 1, 2026, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to support the Phase II Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12. The primary deliverable is a hybrid Ideas Lab workshop scheduled for completion by June 30, 2027, designed to convene Phase I CAMEL awardees and facilitate structured idea generation using creative problem-solving methodologies. The workshop will bring together researchers, education practitioners, and data scientists to identify shared challenges in mathematics education and develop collaborative solutions.

The workshop will generate planning documents and strategic frameworks addressing six core objectives: identifying shared problems and solutions; sustaining cross-disciplinary collaboration; developing standards of practice in data literacy and management; expanding awareness of contextual data types for learning research; developing analytical tools; and creating teacher training resources for classroom implementation. The deliverables will establish the foundational framework for the CAMEL Phase II collaboratory ecosystem, positioning it to provide sustained two-way support between cross-disciplinary researchers in learning science, data science, and artificial intelligence, and cross-sector professionals including technologists, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers.