Project Grant P031C210056

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to design, implement, and evaluate a new engineering education pedagogy called Scaffolded Ethics Autobiography (SEA). The $399,998 grant awarded to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) will fund research to promote engineering students' professional identity development and connections between their ethical perspectives and career choices. The...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $657,616 project grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the project "Integrating Self-Regulated Learning into STEM Courses: Maximizing Learning Outcomes with the STSRL Framework." This 3-year effort aims to improve postsecondary students' academic success and retention in STEM disciplines by embedding effective self-regulated learning...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award of $397,750 to Marquette University is intended to improve the retention of Black, Indigenous, and Latine STEM majors during the critical transition from beginning to advanced coursework. The project will employ interventions such as courses, peer mentoring, and professional development to help students explore positionality - how their values, views, social position, and power shape their identity and access...

This $599,868 National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program will support research and training to create more inclusive undergraduate research experiences for low socioeconomic students in life sciences. Over a two-year period from September 2022 through August 2024, the awardee Arizona State University will conduct interviews and a nationwide survey to identify factors impacting low-SES student researchers. This research aims to understand...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $499,920 to New Mexico State University to design, implement, and evaluate a new introductory chemistry curriculum that encourages students to navigate between their cultural identity and STEM research. The project aims to create a more inclusive and empowering learning environment in chemistry classrooms, focusing on empowering students' success and sense of belonging in STEM education. It...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $280,806 will fund Vanderbilt University to deliver products and services aimed at improving equity in STEM education through 2026. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development and implementation of promising STEM education practices, the university will pursue three specific aims. The first is to assess impacts of incorporating Learning Assistants on sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and identity across...

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 $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 award of $298,779 from the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports efforts by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) to examine student attitudes, identities, and motivations toward engineering, and develop contextualized entrepreneurial design learning modules to foster these qualities. The project, conducted by CSUF's Auxiliary Services Corporation Division of Sponsored Programs, aims to create learning experiences that value the diverse...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant for $350,000 aims to expand the principal investigator's capacity to conduct impactful STEM education research and execute a pilot study to elevate the voices and perspectives of Black youth in understanding their STEM identity development. The project will involve comprehensive professional development activities for the principal investigator to strengthen their expertise in STEM identity and engagement, as...