This federal Project Grant award of $421,575.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant funding will be used by the University of California Irvine to harness artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to train mindsets for mathematical higher order thinking skills. The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative educational interventions...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $310,958 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on August 1, 2024. This grant supports statistical innovations for balancing weight methods in education research, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The grant involves sub-awards to two prestigious research universities, The Regents of...
This $2,014,185 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) will support the "AMPLIFYLEARN" initiative. This national research and development project aims to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance K-12 mathematics instruction. The prime awardee is the University of Washington, which has a track record of securing federal grants and contracts,...
This $300,841 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Carnegie Mellon University to develop and research an artificial intelligence (AI) across the curriculum program for high school students. Over three years, the university team will create introductory and advanced AI modules for mathematics, English language arts, and history. They will also design $60k in professional development for 12 teachers to implement the modules across...
This $377,501.42 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) is supporting research conducted by MDRC, a nonprofit research organization, on high-quality and efficient postsecondary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and open science practices. The award runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 and is focused on generating evidence-based strategies to enhance...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,083,321.00 was made on September 1, 2024 by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The funding supports the "THE USING GENERATIVE AI FOR READING R & D CENTER" project, which is aimed at advancing educational outcomes through research and development of generative AI technologies for reading instruction. The prime awardee, Digital Promise Global, will lead the...
The National Science Foundation awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $648,696 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and research "Intelligent Science Stations" - a new genre of interactive, mixed-reality science learning experiences for students in grades K-4. The project aims to create four Intelligent Science Stations that incorporate scientific apparatuses like earthquake tables and balance scales, with an intelligent AI agent that provides...
This $426,842 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The award will fund research to study the heterogeneous impacts of merit-based financial aid receipt and loss on academic and labor market outcomes. The award was made to the Regents of the University of Michigan, which has a track record of conducting high-quality research for federal...
This $169,152 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the CFDA 84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination program is intended to expand the functionality and accessibility of software for diagnostic measurement. The grant was awarded to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit research organization, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The key product or...
This $280,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project team, led by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State University, will create...