Project Grant S282E230010

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund Auburn University at Montgomery to implement and assess a multi-tiered mentoring model within introductory undergraduate biology courses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The $598,786 award will support the development of instructional supports and incentives for faculty to redesign courses incorporating multi-tiered mentoring involving upper division student leaders and paid alumni mentors....

This $1,808,065 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) to the University of Houston System aims to develop STEM teacher leaders in the areas of culturally responsive classroom management, engineering design, and induction. Key goals include: Recruiting and providing 5-year, $20,000 annual salary supplements to 15 Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs) to receive intensive training in culturally responsive classroom management (CRCM) and engineering design....

This $120,244 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance the ability of peer mentors to facilitate student learning in university engineering makerspaces. The University of Central Arkansas will design, implement, and investigate the impact of a peer mentor teaching preparation course that leverages high-impact practices such as role-playing, observation, reflection, and shadowing. The research intends to evaluate the impact on...

The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $277,328 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MENTORING YOU IS LEARNING FOR ME: PEER MENTOR PREPARATION AND MENTORING OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES." This 3-year project aims to enhance the capacity of peer mentors to facilitate student learning in makerspace environments through a specialized...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $200,000 to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology to create an "Early Career Exploration Community for Biology and Chemistry Students" (EXPLOREBCC). The project aims to empower first-year students to investigate career pathways, assess their interests, and connect their academic plans to career aspirations in fields like agriculture, biotechnology, energy,...

This $100,000 one-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) through two key activities. First, it will provide competitive on-campus STEM employment and mentorship opportunities for undergraduate students at five HSIs. This will enhance students' academic and social engagement, as well as provide culturally-relevant mentorship to develop their STEM skills and knowledge. Second, the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) provides $384,092 to Northern Illinois University (NIU) to develop and assess a peer mentorship program to accompany a first-year biology seminar. The project aims to improve student success and well-being, with a focus on supporting underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Specifically, the project will (a) create a peer mentorship program for the "Introduction to the Biology Major" seminar, and...

This $198,956 National Science Foundation project grant supports San Diego Mesa College in developing and testing collaborative learning opportunities to strengthen STEM identity and increase degree and career pathway selection among students. Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions program, the college will revise curricula and compare three models for providing classroom- and field-based research experiences across biology, physical geology, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and evaluate a novel co-curricular mentoring program to enhance the career readiness and persistence of undergraduate engineering students. The $399,787 project, awarded on September 1, 2025, seeks to integrate community-based professional mentors into the undergraduate engineering curriculum to help students develop critical workplace competencies such as professionalism,...

This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Circle of Champions" initiative at Gavilan Joint Community College District, a Hispanic Serving Institution in California. The project aims to close the academic completion gap for Latina/o STEM students by leveraging their social capital and community cultural wealth. Key activities include implementing the Circle of Champions framework to organize...