Project Grant R43ES021638

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of an on-demand, research-based innovation to provide help-seeking assistance for learners in virtual and recorded training programs. The $256,000 award made under the NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support Learningclues, LLC from January 2023 through December 2023. The company will build an engine that automatically identifies course disciplines and important learning terms from spoken...

This $400,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and evaluate the T-PRACTISE system, a framework for fostering engaged asynchronous online and hybrid learning among diverse students, such as adult learners. The project plans to: 1) design, implement, and pilot a proof-of-concept T-PRACTISE system to reduce training and engagement disparities in an asynchronous online environment; 2) adapt and extend...

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

This Project Grant award for $413,700.00, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, aims to develop example-based intelligent tutoring systems that can help scale up workforce upskilling and reskilling programs. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating an "Exemplify" platform that allows instructors to gather high-quality examples and build scaffolding exercises with automated...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will support the development of two digital applications to provide immediate feedback and assessment for student-folded protein models using 3D Molecular Designs' Mini-Toobers modeling tool. The $591,842 award will fund the creation of a Student Training App that uses augmented reality to give students real-time feedback on modeling alpha...

This Project Grant award of $271,780.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative digital language learning application by Rootwords Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Park City, UT. The project aims to demonstrate the efficacy of a Latin morpheme-based approach to accelerate vocabulary development, enhance decoding abilities for complex words, and improve long-term...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $286,418 to Academic Web Pages, Inc. for the development and validation of an innovative integration of large language models and retrieval-augmented generation technology to enhance peer mentoring effectiveness. The project aims to create an AI-assisted mentoring platform that will integrate data-driven insights with affordably scaled peer mentoring...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $515,838 to Georgia Tech Research Corp to develop an intelligent extended reality (XR) tutoring system to accelerate skill acquisition in complex psychomotor tasks. The project aims to leverage XR, artificial intelligence, and Internet-of-Things technologies to create personalized, context-aware training and assessment solutions for skills...