Project Grant P031C210077

Purdue University was awarded a $295,816 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the TRANSFORMING UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING TO ENHANCE INNOVATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD project. The two-year project, awarded January 15, 2021 and set to be completed by December 31, 2023, will develop and evaluate new approaches to integrate innovation and design thinking into undergraduate STEM courses to better prepare students for an...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,381 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to integrate entrepreneurial education modules into an introductory engineering technology course. The project aims to provide critical entrepreneurial skills to undergraduate engineering technology students, allowing them to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and bring a translational perspective to their STEM degree programs and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $200,000 to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology to create an "Early Career Exploration Community for Biology and Chemistry Students" (EXPLOREBCC). The project aims to empower first-year students to investigate career pathways, assess their interests, and connect their academic plans to career aspirations in fields like agriculture, biotechnology, energy,...

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 awarded a $743,728 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Purdue University to develop and evaluate the "Scalable Inquiry-Based STEM Instruction: A Blended Virtual-Physical Lab Concept for Large Lab Courses" framework. This project aims to address challenges in scaling inquiry-based learning in large STEM laboratory courses by integrating virtual and physical lab experiences. The research will explore methods for providing...

The National Science Foundation awarded $299,984 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop the Change Leadership Development Program. The two-year project will equip graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with change leadership skills to advance inclusive, evidence-based teaching in STEM fields. Through online courses and institutes, participants will learn to influence colleagues,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award of $645,959 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) aims to enhance situated cognition in product design and manufacturing education through visual experiential learning. The primary objective is to gain a fundamental understanding of situated and embodied cognition within manufacturing contexts, specifically product design and manufacturing (PD&M), to improve knowledge acquisition and workforce...

This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance engineering design education through the integration of artistic practice, specifically in the context of additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing. The project, led by Penn State University, seeks to establish new paradigms for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) education to improve learning outcomes for engineering students in design for...

Northern Virginia Community College will use a $1.3 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program to develop a Product Design Incubator. The incubator aims to foster entrepreneurial and collaboration skills for 60 information and engineering technology students annually through experiential product design training. Key components include entrepreneurship workshops, a summer internship prototyping student product ideas, an industry pitch event, and academic...