Project Grant HE12541110019

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading system for students with reading disabilities. This SBIR Phase II project will produce a cloud-based system that students can use at home or school to improve their oral reading through personalized feedback, customizations by teachers, and audio capture capabilities. The...

The Reading Is Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi will provide $384,164 in literacy programs and services through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant funding is provided through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects programs (CFDA 84.215). As the awardee, Reading Is Fundamental Inc. will...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded a $793,119 Project Grant to Stanford University to evaluate the impact of a widely-used, supplemental, digital reading program on elementary school literacy. The project, titled "BOOST READING EFFICACY: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF A WIDELY-USED, SUPPLEMENTAL, DIGITAL READING PROGRAM ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITERACY" (CFDA 84.305), will be conducted from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. As part of this...

The Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Connecticut will receive $384,164 from the Department of Education 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) federal grant program. Reading IS Fundamental Inc. will implement literacy programs for children and students...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $4,188,260 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Literacy Development (CFDA 84.371) program to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) for the "READ AND LEAD MARYLAND" project. This 1-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, aims to advance literacy skills from birth through grade 12, with a focus on supporting evidence-based literacy practices, activities, and...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Reading IS Fundamental Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on children's literacy. The grant funding will support Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi over a one-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The grant is provided under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA #84.215), which supports high-quality...

The University of Missouri System received a $4.4 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) on December 15, 2021. The grant will support the Talk to Read program, a culturally responsive approach to literacy recovery, through December 15, 2026. The University will implement the Talk to Read program in collaboration with three sub-awardees. Potosi R-3 School...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,852,851.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education supports Reading IS Fundamental Inc.'s Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi. The grant, funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (CFDA #84.215) program, aims to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools. The initiative will provide...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $2,083,321 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to Digital Promise Global, a non-profit organization, to establish the "Using Generative AI for Reading R&D Center." The project aims to conduct research and development on leveraging generative AI technologies to enhance reading instruction and outcomes. The grant funds a collaborative effort...

The Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $355,293 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) to President and Fellows of Harvard College. The purpose of this 3-year grant is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a narrative language and reading comprehension intervention called Guided, Explicit Teaching of Oral Narratives to Improve Narrative Text Comprehension (GET ON IT!) for emergent bilingual students with or at risk for reading disabilities in grades...