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...
This $733,692.00 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant supports comprehensive research activities designed to improve educational outcomes across all learning stages. The primary awardee, Carnegie Mellon University, will conduct research and development efforts focused on areas such as artificial intelligence in education,...
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York received a $1,943,249 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). The grant, titled "CENTER FOR EARLY LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE AI (CELARAI): INNOVATING BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION FOR CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS", is focused on improving early literacy instruction for diverse...
The University of Memphis received a $1,171,855 project grant from the Institute of Education Sciences under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct research on scenario-based assessment approaches in the age of generative AI. This 1-year project, which runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, aims to make space in the education market for alternative assessment paradigms that leverage emerging AI technologies. As the prime awardee, the University...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded Arizona State University a $1,250,000 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct the "Active Learning at Scale: Transforming Teaching and Learning via Large-Scale Learning Science and Generative AI" project. The grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will support research activities to improve educational outcomes and expand knowledge across all levels of...
The Regents of the University of Michigan was awarded an $850,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a teacher-AI collaborative system for personalized reading comprehension instruction and assessment for students in kindergarten through second grade. The University will create innovative AI models to automatically generate question-answer pairs based on selected reading materials and tailor the...
This $177,306 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support "RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL, AND EFFECTIVE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF GENERATIVE AI IN US SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BEYOND". The project will convene a Generative AI (GenAI) Working Group comprised of diverse school and district leaders to: Write, adapt, and share sample GenAI Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) for a range of district contexts. Work with their...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded Digital Promise Global, a non-profit organization, a $251,621.52 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324). This grant, awarded on November 6, 2023, supports scientifically rigorous research aimed at expanding knowledge and understanding of developmental, educational, and transitional outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities. Through this funding, Digital Promise Global will...
This $550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products that enable humans to interact and converse with books and other documents. The key products being developed include: Technology to represent the informational content of books and document discussions as a knowledge graph, which will then be used to ground large...
This $299,997 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), is supporting the development of an AI-powered, app-based platform to deliver targeted instructional feedback and professional development to early childhood educators. The research team at the University of Notre Dame, the grant recipient, is collaborating with early education teachers to co-design the platform, which aims to provide timely feedback on teachers' shared book...