This $451,398 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) supports a study examining the efficacy of integrating anxiety management practices with reading intervention for students with reading disabilities. The research will be conducted by the University of Texas at Austin over a one-year period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to generate actionable insights that can enhance...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $471,881 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant, titled "LEADERS IN ADVANCING DATA DECISIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIVENESS (LADDER)", aims to enhance the preparation of personnel who work with infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. This initiative aligns with the program's...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) provides $409,221 to the University of Texas at Austin to conduct a study titled "Disentangling Intervention Practices Aligned with Motivational, Agentic, and Self Theories (MAST): An Integrative Meta-Analysis and Scoping Review." The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The University of Texas at Austin is collaborating with the...
Texas State University was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant by the Department of Education (ED) Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant will support the Texas State University Round Rock STEM-for-All Partnership (RRSAP) and Research Initiative from January 1, 2024...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,368,414 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct research from June 2023 through May 2028. The research aims to improve technological equity by investigating the lack of diverse, representative datasets and insights in technology development. The university will examine how to best engage marginalized groups in data-centric research through culturally relevant and ethically...
The Texas A&M University was awarded a $756,371.00 federal Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The grant, titled "SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH DOCTORAL TRAINING CONSORTIUM (SPARC)", will support the development of a degree program and...
The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $491,242 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "CAREER: Investigating Linguistic and Cognitive Abstractions for Solving Word Problems in Minds and Machines", will: Create a novel dataset of varied linguistic complexity math word problems to study how different language factors impact problem-solving ability in elementary...
The Texas A&M Research Foundation received a $16,283,484 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on December 15, 2021 through the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). The grant will support the Knowledge Acquisition and Transformation Expansion initiative through December 15, 2026. This federally-funded project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through...
This U.S. Department of Education Project Grant award of $2,015,750 to Austin ISD, a local education agency, supports the "Equitable Access to Outdoor Spaces" initiative. The funding is provided under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215), which aims to develop high-quality literacy programs and provide educational...
This $985,069 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve teaching and learning experiences in introductory mathematics courses at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The project, titled "IEP:HSI: FAMILY CENTERED INNOVATIONS", will integrate the expertise of families from the local community into the course curriculum to connect mathematical concepts to students' lives and validate their...