Project Grant R25RR026032

This $559,342 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to foster a STEM + medicine learning ecosystem that brings together secondary teachers in historically under-resourced schools and local STEM professionals to co-design and allocate STEM-based resources for youth. The research team will employ an ethnographic design to understand how integrating STEM lessons in under-resourced schools can advance equitable learning...

This $906,792 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program aims to develop an interactive digital media (IDM) product called "ModelIT!" for afterschool programming that teaches computational modeling and simulation skills to 5th-8th grade students. The project will build on previous work to adapt a research-grade computational modeling and simulation technology called "Cell...

This Project Grant award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (CFDA Program 93.172 - Human Genome Research) provides $202,058 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to investigate the ethical challenges and perspectives of disability communities towards emerging precision medicine research focused on cerebral palsy. The key objectives are to: 1) Assess the values and priorities of precision medicine researchers, adults with cerebral palsy, their caregivers, and clinicians; 2)...

This three-year, $750,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research into the genetic architecture of exploration behavior in Drosophila. The grantee, University of Mississippi, will use novel arena exploration assays and integrated genetic approaches to identify genes and neurons responsible for neophilia, or attraction to novel stimuli. Researchers will determine dopamine signaling requirements for exploratory behavior...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, totaling $750,000, supports the development of educational outreach tools and experiences to introduce youth to careers in agricultural biotechnology through 2025. The University of Connecticut leads efforts to provide transformative STEM experiences for high school students in Connecticut and the surrounding...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote awareness and hands-on experience in biotechnology and biomanufacturing career pathways for diverse, underrepresented community college and high school students. The $649,986 award to MiraCosta Community College District will fund the BIOSCOPE (Bioscience Supply Chain Operations Projects for Education) model, which provides students with project-based activities to learn...

This $733,043 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to engage Latinx families as design partners to develop equitable informal engineering learning opportunities for young children. The project, titled "From Stories to Solutions", is a collaboration between community leaders at Palenque LSNA, educators at the Chicago Children's Museum, and researchers at Loyola University Chicago. Over 90 Latinx caregivers and their 5- to...

The Discovery Children's Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada will expand its Discovery on Wheels program through a $117,150 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. The program will deliver an innovative, immersive STEM learning experience on health science topics to approximately 18,000 pre-K through 5th grade students in classrooms and childcare locations across the Las Vegas Valley between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022. Using medical...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $271,544 to San Francisco State University (SFSU) from September 13, 2024 through August 31, 2029. The award aims to expand the successful Scientist Spotlights initiative by engaging high school students nationwide as authors of curriculum supplements that highlight diverse biomedical science role models. The project will...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $108,384 to Emory University to support an interdisciplinary, pre-doctoral training program focused on the development, assessment, and commercialization of point-of-care and home diagnostic technologies. The 5-year program, beginning June 1, 2025, aims to train the...