The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $11,017,875 Project Grant to Michigan State University to scale a project-based curriculum that uses multiple literacies to transform science learning in elementary schools in the Deep South. This grant, funded through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), aims to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative educational intervention focused on improving student achievement and...
This $4,399,735 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) supports the development and implementation of the ENGAGING SCIENCE LEARNING WITH OPENSCIED initiative by BSCS Science Learning, a non-profit organization experienced in science education research, curriculum development, and professional learning. The project aims to create innovative...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under CFDA 47.076, STEM Education, will provide $1,798,726 to San Jose State University (SJSU) Research Foundation from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2031. The project aims to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates in two geology bachelor's degree programs at SJSU, a minority-serving institution, through financial aid and student support activities. It will fund scholarships for 30 SJSU students and engage 60 high school...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded Arizona State University a $1,250,000 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct the "Active Learning at Scale: Transforming Teaching and Learning via Large-Scale Learning Science and Generative AI" project. The grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will support research activities to improve educational outcomes and expand knowledge across all levels of...
The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) a $4,437,320 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to implement "DATA ADVENTURES: A MOBILE MAKERSPACE TO PROMOTE DATA LITERACY, DIGITAL STORYTELLING, AND INTEREST IN DATA SCIENCE". This 5-year project, beginning on January 1, 2024 and running through December 31, 2028, will create a mobile makerspace to...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,400,000 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to the MK Level Playing Field Institute in Oakland, CA. The grant, titled "SMASH 3.0: INNOVATIONS IN PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE EQUITY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAYS FOR HISTORICALLY-EXCLUDED STUDENTS," will support the creation, development, implementation, replication, and scaling of...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,999,814 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant funds the "Center for Advancing Elementary Science through Assessment, Research and Technology (CAESART)" project, which aims to develop and validate game-based performance tasks to assess K-2 students' physical and life science learning. As part of this...
The U.S. Department of Education, through its Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), awarded a $10,964,184 Project Grant to The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, a non-profit organization based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The funding, with a performance period from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2029, will support the development and implementation of innovative standards-based grading practices aimed at improving student achievement, particularly for high-need students....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,499,411 Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Empowering Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science," aims to increase the attraction, retention, and graduation of low-income, academically talented, undergraduate students in software engineering, computer engineering, and computer science at San Jose State...
This federal Project Grant award of $421,575.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant funding will be used by the University of California Irvine to harness artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to train mindsets for mathematical higher order thinking skills. The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative educational interventions...