Project Grant SAG10025GR0007

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441) to the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum. The one-year program will feature 30 interactive STEM workshops focused on robotics, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and artificial intelligence, to be delivered in India from September 30, 2025 to September 30, 2026. The program aims to provide educational and professional...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to the Center For The Innovative Training Of Youth, Inc. (doing business as STEM NOLA), a minority-owned non-profit organization. The "STEM LOUISIANA: CREATING...

The Cooperative Agreement award of $183,443 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), is intended to support programs that highlight American excellence in education, innovation, entrepreneurship, and democratic values, while reinforcing U.S. strength in STEM fields. The award, with a performance period from September 30, 2025 to February 1, 2027, will be executed by the non-profit organization...

This $1,894,664 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Expressive STEM Centers (ESC) Project" led by Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The project aims to transform informal STEM learning by positioning libraries and community centers as hubs for intergenerational innovation and creative confidence development. Over a 3-year period, the project will conduct approximately 160 formal events (e.g.,...

This $499,586 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is aimed at fostering intergenerational STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning through making and innovation activities within a network of science centers and community hubs. The key goals of the project are to develop and research a network coordinated by a science center, which will collaborate with other STEM learning hubs such as a Boys and...

This $1,299,797 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will engage up to 100 youth aged 13-18 in the co-design of interactive artificial intelligence (AI) exhibits for a public science museum. Led by the Lawrence Hall of Science in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro, the project aims to build AI literacy and STEM skills among the participating youth, who will collaboratively create the exhibits to showcase AI...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $200,000 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to engage high school youth in Philadelphia in learning about algorithmic justice through audits of machine learning applications. The one-year study involves high school students designing everyday machine learning apps and collaboratively conducting algorithm audits to understand issues of fairness, accountability, and justice....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $249,316 to Alabama State University to build capacity for supporting STEM educators in the Alabama Black Belt region. The university will strengthen partnerships with Trenholm State Community College and the Lowndes County Public School System to establish a pathway for STEM students to enter the regional teaching workforce. Curriculum and test...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,270,294 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Alabama for the "Sensing for Data Science (SENSDS)" project. This interdisciplinary initiative aims to develop a web-based, interactive learning platform focused on using cyber-physical human systems and machine learning to introduce 260 students and teachers in Alabama to data science concepts and processes. The project will create curricular...

This $113,905 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the development and dissemination of "Accessible Learning Labs" - experiential computing education modules focused on inclusive software development practices. The 5-year project, led by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, aims to expand the body of knowledge on effective implementation of experiential, inclusivity-focused computing education. Key objectives...