Project Grant H327D170002

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant funds Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading prototype for students with reading disabilities. The prototype will use cloud infrastructure and a user application to perform co-reading with students, validating reading accuracy and offering remediation for mistakes. It will allow teachers to customize lessons and monitor student progress using engaging book content. Data captured will...

This $619,404 federal project grant award from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program (CFDA 47.076) and Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program is funding a collaborative research project to advance Latino children's science learning through the community co-design of AI-enhanced bilingual e-books. The project involves the Regents of the University of Michigan working with Latino families in California and Michigan...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $374,334 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) under the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.327). The "Minimizing Text Complexity with AI (MTC-AI)" project grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, aims to develop innovative technological solutions to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program provides $200,000 to support a time-sensitive project that aims to empower teachers to harness the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to create interactive, personalized STEM learning resources. The project team, led by the Regents of the University of Michigan, will partner with WGBH Educational Foundation to develop a teacher-AI...

This $900,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development and evaluation of an AI-based learning support system that will automatically customize course content to match the learning needs and interests of individual students in large university settings. The goal is to improve student learning and address equity in higher education by providing personalized educational materials at scale. The core...

This $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible...

This Project Grant of $308,277 was awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Digital Promise Global, a non-profit organization, to develop a professional development approach using a library of vetted video cases. The goal is to build elementary teachers' capacity for inclusive computational thinking (CT) integration within their core instruction in subjects like math, science, and language arts. The project will partner with urban and rural school...

This $667,156 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings will fund the development of a Data Sensing Learning Environment (DASLET) to advance middle school students' computational thinking skills and engagement with STEM careers in the construction industry. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which supports the development of the Nation's STEM education enterprise, Texas A&M University will...

The National Science Foundation awarded a 5-year, $481,175 CAREER grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University to improve the accessibility of technology-mediated high school science education for blind and low-vision students. The project aims to: (1) investigate teachers' knowledge about creating "born accessible" technology-mediated science classes, and (2) develop opportunities for pre- and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Nd-Diagenomix, Inc. (doing business as Adapta Education, Inc.) will develop a web-based formative assessment system to improve math learning and address teacher burnout in high schools. The system will leverage cognitive diagnostic modeling and machine learning algorithms to provide highly efficient, personalized, and customizable assessments that identify students'...