Project Grant P031A210154

This $1,450,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, will support Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in developing and deploying virtual reality and other engaging technologies to enhance student learning and patient care services. The 3-year project aims to leverage innovative digital technologies to meet students and patients where they are,...

This Project Grant award of $259,855 from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) supports a collaborative research project between Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the University of Texas at El Paso. The project, titled "ALGEVERSE: Learning College Algebra with Virtual Reality", seeks to investigate the impact of a virtual reality (VR) environment on learning college algebra among students at Prairie View A&M...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Allendale, Michigan. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support GVSU's "BLUE DOT Center for Talent, Technology and Transformation" initiative. Through this project, GVSU will develop innovative educational...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $967,059 to Clemson University to develop and implement visualization and virtual/augmented reality (AR/VR) education modules for Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) courses. The goal is to improve student engagement, self-efficacy, diversity awareness, and retention in these programs. The project will create three education modules, including an introductory...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,482 Project Grant to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA #47.083). This 3-year project, starting on September 1, 2023, will focus on increasing engineering education research at PVAMU, an HBCU that graduates a high number of Black engineers, using mixed reality (MR) technology as an active learning tool. The project aims to create MR-based instructional environments that provide...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) supports the development of advanced virtual reality (VR)-assisted learning for STEM education, with a focus on enhancing opportunities for Hispanic students through adaptive technologies. The award recipient, the Dominguez Hills Foundation at California State University, Dominguez Hills (a Hispanic-Serving Institution), will leverage the funding from...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $100,000 to Iowa State University to build partnerships and redesign their Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. The key goals are to: 1) Increase the number and diversity of applicants to the 12-month MAT program that prepares STEM graduates to become secondary math and science teachers, 2) Redesign the MAT curriculum to strengthen teacher candidates' cultural competency and...

The Partnership For Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc. (PREP-KC) was awarded a $4.32 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The five-year project grant will support PREP-KC's work to create and implement evidence-based innovations designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need K-12 students in Kansas City, Missouri....

This six-year, $748,577 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund Delaware Valley University's Foundations for Success project. The project aims to increase retention, graduation, and career readiness of 21 low-income, high-achieving transfer students pursuing bachelor's degrees in various STEM fields through scholarships and targeted support services. Students will receive two-year scholarships and participate in new student orientation,...

This federal Project Grant award of $706,684 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.428 - Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program) supports Southwestern Adventist University's initiative to recruit, retain, graduate, and employ historically minoritized and linguistically diverse teachers in hard-to-staff fields. The grant aims to strengthen the teacher preparation pipeline by enhancing recruitment,...