Project Grant 80NSSC25K0035

This federal Project Grant award of $430,257 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a project to examine the current state of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) and its application to improving undergraduate STEM education. The project aims to convene a planning committee and host a public workshop in Washington, D.C. to systematically review progress in DBER since a previous National Academies report in 2012, identify gaps in research and...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), a non-profit research and education institution in New York. The grant funds the construction and renovation of healthcare facilities, equipment purchases, and the delivery of specialized health and social services programs to address specific local and regional needs as directed by Congress. CSHL, which has...

This $1,220,400 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences supports a collaborative research project between investigators in the U.S. and U.K. to better understand the regulatory mechanisms controlling mammalian gene expression. The project, funded through NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), aims to define the roles of different DNA regulatory elements and how they work together to precisely control gene expression....

The National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded a $1.1 million Project Grant to the National Academy of Sciences on September 15, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct a comprehensive consensus study on enhancing the reach and contributions of informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning. The study will update the National Academies' 2009 report "Learning Science in Informal...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $600,000 will fund the BIORETS: BIOINTERACTIONS program at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus from February 2022 to January 2025. The goal of the program, part of the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program, is to improve middle and high school students' scientific literacy and attitudes towards STEM fields. Key services include engaging science teachers in hands-on biological research experiences and workshops on...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support research at the University of California, Santa Barbara to advance the cognitive science of active learning in STEM courses. Over a two-year period, the fellow will conduct three controlled experiments manipulating dosage schedules and order of active learning and lecture components. The research aims to pinpoint instructional features that maximize equity,...

The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the National Academy of Sciences to support equity in preK-12 STEM education. Under the grant, the National Academy of Sciences will deliver products and services from May 15, 2021 through April 30, 2024 to advance the goals of the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology,...

This four-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences provides $885,852 to Oregon Health & Science University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from August 2021 through July 2025. The funding supports quantitative exploration of molecular machine mechanisms to advance understanding of major challenges in biology. As the stated purpose of the Biological Sciences program is to promote progress in the field and...

This $1,208,862 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, is designed to develop the capacity of three postdoctoral fellows to span the disciplinary boundaries between engineering education research and technical engineering disciplines. Through the program, the fellows will grow their competencies in communication, collaboration, and coordination to solve complex education problems in engineering. The project aims to prepare...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $763,328 through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Research Foundation of The City University of New York, doing business as the Advanced Science Research Center, for a five-year CAREER grant initiative beginning June 15, 2026 and concluding May 31, 2031. The project delivers artificial intelligence (AI)-driven protein design research and methodologies aimed...