Project Grant R305L180016

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,444,433 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to Urban Arts Partnership, a non-profit organization, to deliver the "CREATIVE CODERS: MIDDLE SCHOOL CS PATHWAYS THROUGH GAME DESIGN" project. This grant will fund the development and implementation of innovative game design curricula and programs to enhance computer science education for underserved...

Georgia Tech Research Corporation was awarded a $2,124,522 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an accessible digital learning environment for teaching computer science to blind and visually impaired youth through music programming. The awardee will co-design and evaluate EarSketch, an online platform for coding through music, to ensure accessibility for learners with visual impairments. Participatory design studies and mixed...

This five-year, $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of the Experiments as a Service Infrastructure (EASI). EASI aims to lower barriers for conducting randomized experiments comparing alternative digital learning experiences and analyzing resulting data to improve future student outcomes. Specifically, the University of Alabama will develop an infrastructure supporting...

EXCEL Thru Arts Integration Project Grant Summary Artsnow, Inc. received a $3.99M project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Arts in Education program (CFDA 84.351), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2026. The Expanding Creativity, Engagement and Literacy (EXCEL) Thru Arts Integration project will deliver arts-integrated educational programming and support designed to enhance student literacy,...

CS for Oregon: Supporting and Sustaining Evidence-Based Computer Science Education Oregon State University, in collaboration with the University of Oregon and Portland State University, received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports the development and...

This $4,697,075 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports an alliance focused on developing multi-modal, immersive experiential learning programs at a leading-edge semiconductor fabrication facility. The Educational Alliance for Semiconductor Experiential Learning (EASEL) will engage community colleges, including Columbus State Community College, Onondaga Community College, LaGuardia Community College, and Madison Area...

The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $5 million to the Computing Research Association Inc. on April 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to establish and operate the Expanding Undergraduate Research Experiences in Computing (EUREC) initiative. EUREC is a pilot program that recruits and places domestic undergraduate students into research positions within existing NSF-funded CISE projects. The initiative...

This three-year, $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, operating under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will develop tools to analyze process data from computer-based educational assessments and adaptive designs for testing and learning. The Columbia University researchers will focus on statistical learning methods to understand students' cognitive processes using log file data...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities awarded $500,000 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the University of California, San Diego to develop a Large Language Model (LLM)-Based Smart Learning Hub for computing education. The project, which commenced on October 1, 2025, and will conclude on September 30, 2028, aims to create an integrated pedagogical tool that leverages artificial...

This $370,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to implement and study evidence-based teaching practices that promote equitable collaboration in undergraduate data science courses at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and California State University, Monterey Bay. The project will investigate students' experiences when collaborating on pair programming tasks in the data science classroom, with a focus...