Project Grant P031C210036

This $198,956 National Science Foundation project grant supports San Diego Mesa College in developing and testing collaborative learning opportunities to strengthen STEM identity and increase degree and career pathway selection among students. Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions program, the college will revise curricula and compare three models for providing classroom- and field-based research experiences across biology, physical geology, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $289,578 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOPATHS:GO: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS)" project. The goal of this 4-year project is to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and careers in the geosciences by providing undergraduate students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, with...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning program will support Cast Inc. in developing STEM identity and career pathways for rural youth through outdoor recreation. Cast and partners will engage 30 high school-aged youth and 10 adults in two New Hampshire communities to collect moments of outdoor recreation engagement using experience sampling and photovoice methods. Researchers will also interview 20 additional youth and 30 community...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, located in Bloomsburg, PA, to improve student success in first-year STEM courses. The project aims to implement two proven approaches - the co-requisite model and the Learning Assistant (LA) model - to increase college completion and retention, particularly for disadvantaged students, in STEM degree programs. Through the co-requisite model, students with...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $229,075 Project Grant to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to develop an instructional design framework called the Learning Map (LMAP) process. The goal is to improve academic outcomes for undergraduate engineering students by aligning learning outcomes, assessments, and instructional materials across STEM course sequences. Key products of this 3-year project include: A publicly available...

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a collaborative planning effort to establish STEM pathways and increase degree completion for low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students at four institutions in northeastern and south-central Pennsylvania. The planning project aims to develop educational and career pathways in high-demand STEM fields like engineering, computer science, and information technology....

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $500,000 project grant to California Baptist University (CBU) on May 15, 2024. The "3 PASOS (3 STEPS) PROGRAM" aims to improve recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in STEM fields at CBU through research opportunities, mentorship, and hands-on learning. The program seeks to strengthen STEM education and broaden participation by supporting students from diverse backgrounds,...

This five-year, $750,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Ball State University's Pathways to STEM Degrees Through Integrated Academic Support, Career Enhancement, and Personal Development program. The program aims to increase degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing bachelor's degrees in chemistry and biology through integrated academic support, career development, and personal...

This Project Grant award of $1,730,730, provided by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support the "Cultivating Culturally Responsive STEM Pathways Using a Near-Peer Role Model Intervention" project at Arizona State University (ASU). The project aims to revise ASU's existing "Science is Fun" (SIF) program to be more culturally responsive for Hispanic students. Facilitated by Hispanic near-peer mentors, the revised afterschool...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,278 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Regents of the University of California, operating as the University of California, Berkeley. The "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOPATHS:GO: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS)" project aims to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and careers in the geosciences. The project will provide short...