Project Grant S215K220125

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $143,130 to the University of Delaware to implement a STEM education project that will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in six Title I middle and high schools in Delaware. Key activities include: 1) educating 360...

The National Science Foundation awarded $299,984 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop the Change Leadership Development Program. The two-year project will equip graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with change leadership skills to advance inclusive, evidence-based teaching in STEM fields. Through online courses and institutes, participants will learn to influence colleagues,...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $12.35 million Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant (CFDA 84.424) to the Delaware Department of Education for the period of July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The grant aims to improve student academic achievement by increasing the capacity of local educational agencies, schools, and communities to provide students access to a well-rounded education; improve school conditions for learning; and...

This six-year, $748,577 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund Delaware Valley University's Foundations for Success project. The project aims to increase retention, graduation, and career readiness of 21 low-income, high-achieving transfer students pursuing bachelor's degrees in various STEM fields through scholarships and targeted support services. Students will receive two-year scholarships and participate in new student orientation,...

The University City Science Center was awarded a $492,358 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Challenge Program (CFDA 11.023). The grant will support the BUILDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF LAB BASICS (BULB) project from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. The BULB project aims to deliver hands-on lab experiences and skills training to students in Philadelphia, PA to further...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...

Drexel University was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year grant will support Drexel's "CATALYZING STEM GENDER EQUITY AT DREXEL: BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION" project. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. This project aligns with those goals by working to build a...

This $299,989 National Science Foundation project grant supports the Culturally Sustaining Mathematics Education Project at Delaware State University to improve mathematics pre-service teacher preparation. The project aims to connect students' personal and cultural identities to mathematics understanding through culturally sustaining pedagogies and inquiry-based instruction. It will revise mathematics for teachers courses serving elementary and middle grades majors. Secondary math education...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the Collaborative Research: HDR DSC: Delaware and Mid-Atlantic Data Science Corps. Led by the University of Delaware as the primary awardee, the project will establish a data science corps through September 2024 to provide data resources, training programs, and research opportunities. Delaware State University and Lincoln University will receive sub-awards...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support faculty and student learning of equity-minded and student-centered pedagogy through iterative curricular co-design. The $399,896 award to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, will implement a professional development model that provides STEM faculty the knowledge, time, and support to design instructional innovations...