Project Grant R42HD059238

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $175,000 supports research by Calvin University to develop interactive natural language technology to help writers structure and revise documents. The project, funded under NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), aims to create features that can be integrated into word processing applications to assist writers in organizing their thoughts and structuring their writing. The research team will...

This three-year, $621,352 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop novel natural language processing and artificial intelligence tools to augment scientific writing instruction. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will build machine learning models for fact-checking student writing, knowledge tracing to measure concept mastery over time, and generating narrative progressions associated...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop novel natural language processing and artificial intelligence tools to augment scientific writing instruction. Funded at $199,955, the award will support Arizona State University in deploying automated fact-checking, feedback, knowledge tracing, and narrative story arc suggestion technologies within the StoriEdu collaborative story writing platform....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University to lay the groundwork for new paradigms of responsible design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered writing tools. The key products and services to be delivered include: Clear and accessible articulations of the research methods and challenges for design-oriented AI as it applies to writing...

Oklahoma State University was awarded a two-year, $265,955 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084). The grant aims to enhance writing for publication using artificial intelligence and natural language processing technologies. Specifically, the university will develop AI and NLP tools to analyze scholarly writing and provide feedback to authors on structure, flow, clarity, and conformance with...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070), awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University). This 3-year grant supports the development of an intelligent tutoring system called SourceWrite that will automatically track students' writing processes, infer their intentions, and provide real-time, individualized advice and assistance during source-based...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $434,807 will fund the development of an innovative graduate student writing program at Auburn University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Writing System project aims to implement a multifaceted and sustainable approach to discipline-specific writing instruction and intervention for STEM graduate students. The Writing System comprises four main components - workshops, graduate-level writing courses, peer writing groups, and an open...

The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $170,000 Project Grant to The Rand Corporation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. The grant will support the development of natural language processing techniques to improve students' revision of evidence use in argument writing. Specifically, the grantee will 1) develop and validate new measures of...

This $400,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The objective of the award is to leverage and evaluate large language models (LLMs) as "tools for thought" that can support creative, open-ended, and collaborative work across various applications such as scientific writing, text analysis, and design ideation. The key products and services to be developed and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 project grant under the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) program to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (AI) into engineering writing courses. The project aims to develop an engineering writing curriculum, an AI-enabled writing platform, and professional development to help instructors integrate AI writing tools into...