Project Grant P031C210167

This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Circle of Champions" initiative at Gavilan Joint Community College District, a Hispanic Serving Institution in California. The project aims to close the academic completion gap for Latina/o STEM students by leveraging their social capital and community cultural wealth. Key activities include implementing the Circle of Champions framework to organize...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to examine the impacts of culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy (CRESP) in undergraduate STEM courses. The $484,615 project, awarded to Northern Arizona University, will establish best practices for CRESP implementation and measure its effects on student outcomes, including identity, cultural competence, and critical consciousness. The four-year project will study both CRESP-based and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $396,210 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Bowie State University (BSU), and the University of Maryland (UMD) to develop a culturally responsive community of practice. The goal is to adapt culturally relevant teaching and mentoring practices to improve equity and inclusion in STEM graduate education for historically underrepresented populations. Key activities...

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 $334,155 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to explore how family involvement in everyday activities like cooking can spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with a focus on Latino families. The project will evaluate the effects of culturally affirming, at-home, co-cooking activities on children's STEM identity, career aspirations, and diet quality over a 5-week period....

This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of departmental change efforts that can transform undergraduate STEM education. The $136,024 award to National Louis University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, and Western Michigan University, will conduct a two-pronged project: (1) a landscape study on methods for supporting STEM departmental...

This Project Grant award of $188,167 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to address racial inequities in STEM teacher education. The project will be led by Washington State University (WSU) and involve a consortium of STEM teacher preparation programs in Washington state. The key objectives are to: (1) identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from underrepresented populations; (2) develop...

This $1,730,730 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund Arizona State University's efforts to develop a culturally responsive, near-peer STEM role model program for Hispanic 4th grade students. The project will revise the existing "Science is Fun" afterschool program to incorporate cultural themes and language into science activities focused on light and energy. A co-design process involving teachers, mentors,...