Project Grant FG0208CH11503

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) at California State University, Chico (Chico State) will enhance undergraduate learning in civil engineering, concrete industry management, mechanical and mechatronic engineering, and construction management. The $163,874 award will fund the procurement of a fully automated materials testing machine, allowing students to conduct advanced materials testing and research across several courses. An...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $194,118 to Angelo State University to acquire an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system to be integrated with the university's existing scanning electron microscope. The equipment will be used to enhance undergraduate STEM education and research across chemistry, geoscience, and physics courses, benefiting an estimated 400...

This $2,900,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Congressionally-Identified Projects (CFDA 11.617) program, will enable the Research Foundation of the City University of New York - College of Staten Island to upgrade outdated laboratory equipment across six academic departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering and Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy. The goal is to create immersive learning...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide Fullerton College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, with $172,967 to strengthen undergraduate learning in earth science. The grant will secure a breadth of educational equipment, including drones, weather stations, water column systems, bioreactors, and multi-parameter probes. This equipment will allow over 1,000 students and numerous faculty to engage in hands-on learning...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) in the amount of $194,036 provides funding to the University of the Southwest to enhance its undergraduate biology laboratories. The award will be used to purchase critical laboratory equipment and instruments, including a spectrophotometer, PCR workstation, gel imaging system, human physiology teaching kit, laminar air flow system, biological safety cabinets, an autoclave, and microscopes....

The New York Hall of Science was awarded a $749,372 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program. The grant supports the development of childhood space science programs and curriculum, as well as facility rehabilitation, with...

This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project between the University of Colorado Boulder and Washington State University (WSU). The project aims to compare the effectiveness of web-based interactive digital experiments (WIDEs) versus physical desktop learning modules (LCDLMs) for experiential learning in engineering classrooms. Specifically, the project will create 15 WIDEs for...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $749,972 to Texas A&M University from October 2024 to September 2027. The project aims to transform undergraduate education in construction science by developing and evaluating serious simulation game-driven educational modules for face-to-face, online, and virtual reality learning environments. The research will investigate how these game-based modules can improve students' adaptive...

This $375,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project between the University of Colorado Boulder and Washington State University. The project aims to comparatively assess the effectiveness of web-based interactive digital experiments (WIDEs) versus low-cost desktop learning modules (LCDLMs) for experiential learning in engineering classrooms. Key deliverables include creating 15 WIDEs for...

This Project Grant award of $199,989.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable California State University, Long Beach Research Foundation to strengthen undergraduate learning in chemical engineering at California State University, Long Beach. The project will secure advanced 3D printing equipment, a rheometer, and an optical tensiometer, which will allow approximately 200 students and 6 faculty members per year to design and fabricate complex...