Project Grant P031A180070

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to develop and evaluate an empirically-defensible model for increasing STEM persistence and graduation rates among underrepresented students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the $500,000 award made to Our Lady of the Lake University on January 1, 2023 will support redesigning the institution's College Algebra course into three...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $418,180 to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to deliver collaborative research and student support services from July 2022 to June 2025. The award aims to improve outcomes for 1,900+ African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four North Carolina institutions through culturally relevant advising, mentoring,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support faculty and student learning of equity-minded and student-centered pedagogy through iterative curricular co-design. The $399,896 award to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, will implement a professional development model that provides STEM faculty the knowledge, time, and support to design instructional innovations...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Reinhardt University a $147,880 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to support the initiative "BUILDING STUDENT SUCCESS: INCREASING OVERALL FIRST-SECOND YEAR RETENTION AND FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATES FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY HIGH AT-RISK STUDENTS". The grant aims to strengthen Reinhardt University's capacity to improve overall student retention and four-year...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund Auburn University at Montgomery to implement and assess a multi-tiered mentoring model within introductory undergraduate biology courses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The $598,786 award will support the development of instructional supports and incentives for faculty to redesign courses incorporating multi-tiered mentoring involving upper division student leaders and paid alumni mentors....

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Bakersfield Auxiliary For Sponsored Programs Administration California State University a $1,253,296 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support the Pathways of Possibilities for Transforming Higher Education Curriculum Alignment Program (POP THE CAP) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The FIPSE program aims to support institutional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers award, under the Engineering CFDA program (47.041), will provide $294,345 from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to the University of Washington (UW) to create research-based practical support to help teams of change leaders implement and sustain academic change in undergraduate STEM education. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: Academic Change and the RED Community of Practice: Sustaining a...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education provides $745,379 to support the Aligning Career and Campus Experiences for Student Success (ACCESS) project at Pennsylvania Western University from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2028. The funding is provided through the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to recruit, enroll, retain and graduate 12 low-income, academically talented students in computer engineering technology, electrical...

This three-year, $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development and evaluation of peer-led learning activities and a training curriculum to support non-traditional students in online engineering courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Through the introduction of peer leaders and synchronous recitation sessions, the awardee aims to provide additional academic and social support to help improve persistence and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $366,027 to the CAL Poly Corporation, a non-profit organization serving as the auxiliary for California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The project, titled "AGENTS OF CHANGE: INVESTIGATING HOW PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FACULTY AND LEARNING ASSISTANTS ENABLE PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL AND CLASSROOM...