Project Grant P031A230178

This $394,696 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to enhance students' sense of belonging through interactive online interventions (IOIs). The University of Cincinnati will lead this 3-year project to develop four 15-minute IOIs designed to promote a stronger sense of belonging among students in introductory physics courses, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. The research plan will evaluate the...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $990,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Communities In Schools Of Central Texas. The award, titled "PROVIDING ACCESS TO HOLISTIC SUPPORT (PATHS) TO POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS", will support initiatives to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of postsecondary education over a 3-year period from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2028. As a non-profit...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $221,003 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on student interactions in small groups within belonging-oriented undergraduate mathematics classrooms that employ active learning approaches. The project aims to explore the experiences of students from non-dominant identity groups and their instructors during these group activities, analyzing their interactions,...

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....

This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...

This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...

This Project Grant award of $679,917 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of a culturally responsive community of practice to build equitable pathways to graduate STEM education. The project, led by the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in collaboration with Bowie State University (BSU) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), aims to: Conduct four trainings in culturally relevant pedagogy for STEM faculty...

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 $1.1 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will support efforts to strengthen pathways for Native youth in Wisconsin to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields related to agriculture and natural resource management. Funded under the New Beginnings for Tribal Students program, key partners Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College, College of Menominee Nation, and University of...