Project Grant HR3808972

This $999,977 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Cincinnati's "ADVANCE PARTNERSHIP" initiative. The project aims to identify challenges and successes in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women faculty in engineering, and to develop, pilot, and evaluate corresponding systemic interventions in academic departments. The project will employ a qualitative,...

The University of Cincinnati was awarded a $2,458,510 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the "IT FOR ALL OHIOANS: DESIGNING IT POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS FOR OHIO'S RURAL STUDENTS" project being conducted from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to improve postsecondary instruction and expand...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $415,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "TEACH CINCINNATI: CINCINNATI-BASED SUPPORT," will be used by Miami University in Oxford, Ohio to deliver a range of initiatives designed to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in the...

The University of Cincinnati has been awarded a $987,871.00 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund the "TRANSITIONING GANG-IMPACTED YOUTH TO HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE URBAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY" initiative. Through this program, the University of Cincinnati will deliver educational and support services to assist...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.596 - Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund) provides $199,993.24 to the University of Cincinnati to conduct the "SPECIFYING INEQUITIES OF DEPRESSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS (SIDE)" project. The award, which began on September 30, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by March 30, 2026, will support...

This $199,954 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research on how undergraduate engineering students utilize external resources, including emerging generative AI tools, to supplement their learning and problem-solving. The study aims to understand students' metacognitive strategies when engaging with resources like solution sets, supplemental videos, and AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Through a mixed-methods approach...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has awarded a 1-year, $383,391 Project Grant to the University of Cincinnati to establish the "CENTER TO ADVANCE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FOR MARGINALIZED LEARNERS (CAFE)" under the Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.326). This grant will fund the development and implementation of technical...

This $289,497 National Science Foundation project grant supports the organization of a 2022 Faculty Early Career Development Program proposal writing workshop for the NSF Directorate for Engineering. The three-day virtual workshop in spring 2022 aims to prepare approximately 600 early-career faculty, with an emphasis on women and underrepresented minorities in engineering, for careers in education and research. Workshop sessions will provide tools and skills for successful proposal writing to...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop new statistical estimation procedures and software tools for conducting small-to-moderate sample size studies of teaching and learning in STEM fields. The $515,428 award to the University of Cincinnati will: Derive a new statistical framework and estimators for cross-classified structural equation models that can accommodate smaller sample sizes often...

This $349,936 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate will fund research at the University of Cincinnati to study undergraduate curricular complexity and its relationship to engineering student success and outcomes for diverse student subgroups. Specifically, the grant will apply the emerging framework of "curricular analytics" to a large longitudinal dataset containing nearly two million student records from 21 U.S. universities in...