Project Grant P031S220012

This two-year, $299,984 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to strengthen data science education and workforce development opportunities in Chicago. Loyola University of Chicago's Institute for Racial Justice will partner with Arrupe College and the Chicago Youth Learning Organization to design a data science pathway for underrepresented scholars. Undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) in the amount of $499,867 aims to transform undergraduate mathematics education by embedding computation, programming, and data science into foundational and advanced courses. The project will build a seamless pathway from Pasadena City College to California State University, Los Angeles for students pursuing data science and AI-related careers. Key products include developing and...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $699,068 Project Grant to Los Angeles Harbor College under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to develop data science education and workforce pathways. The college will create two stackable Data Analyst certificates designed to provide technician-level skills for entry-level "big data" employment. Educational pathways integrating established STEM degrees will be developed to provide students a...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to gain deeper insights into how undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics approach and comprehend fundamental discrete mathematics concepts. The $175,000 award to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation will span one academic year from August 2024 to July 2025. The project will utilize a novel analytical approach combining the frameworks of...

This $596,954 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to establish a new data science pathway at a Hispanic-serving two-year college. The key goals are to: 1) increase dual-enrollment data science offerings at local high schools, 2) provide professional development for faculty to integrate industry-level data into math courses, and 3) facilitate collaborations with industry partners. The project will initiate...

This $199,998 National Science Foundation award through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) funds a pilot project at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley to build math capacity and enhance undergraduate STEM education. The project develops and analyzes a summer bridge math experience for newly admitted students requiring math/statistics courses. The four-day program includes math workshops and campus life/career orientation field trips to assist students' math preparation and...

This $2,500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning" project at California State University - San Bernardino. Over 5 years, the project will provide 150 scholarships to support 30 high-achieving, low-income students annually pursuing computing degrees. The project aims to increase retention and graduation of these students,...

This $266,986 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of educational modules and a content hub for hands-on, exploration-based learning in data systems. The University of Chicago will create a collection of "courselets" - scaffolded educational modules executable on open cloud testbeds - covering topics such as data acquisition, networking, storage, machine learning, analytics, and...

The National Science Foundation awarded DePaul University a $186,192 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The grant will fund the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CAFECS: DEVELOPING EQUITABLE COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAYS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to develop equitable computer science pathways between high schools and colleges in Chicago, Illinois through collaborative research efforts....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to increase undergraduate students' mathematical creativity and conceptual understanding in linear algebra courses through the integration of computation. The $399,693 project, awarded to the Regents of the University of Idaho and running from January 2026 to December 2028, will develop a set of open-source computational learning modules to position computing as a mediator of mathematical...