Project Grant SEC30024GR0001

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076) will fund the development of an informal learning program and associated research study aimed at increasing interest in STEM careers among Black girls aged 10-12. The University of Georgia Research Foundation will receive funding to design and implement a summer camp exploring engineering, math, and physical science concepts. Participants will make connections between hands-on science...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $154,754 project grant to the University of Illinois under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop empathy-driven hands-on projects teaching high school students about cybersecurity and artificial intelligence ethics. The two-year grant running from July 2021 to June 2023 will support collaborative research between the University and local high schools to design and implement curriculum integrating ethical discussions with practical...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $156,000 to Northwestern University to rapidly develop and research a set of "unplugged" hands-on learning activities for teaching middle-school students about artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to create an open-source repository of up to 15 hands-on, low-cost AI literacy activities that can be led by educators...

This $348,706 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and implement a curricular program for middle-school students in community-based settings. The program will focus on building data visualization skills to help students become critical consumers and interpreters of data. The research goals are to provide empirical evidence of middle school students building data visualization practices through learning technologies and to...

The National Science Foundation awarded Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) a $147,945 Project Grant under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program. The grant will fund EDC to develop curricular resources and tools with middle school teachers to support critical data literacy skills among students. Specifically, EDC will work with 10 cross-domain teachers in 4 schools over three years to co-design curricula and remixing technology that leverages students' media practices....

The University of Michigan will receive $465,425 over two years from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to build a learning model of youths' community-based critical data practices. The project aims to develop an understanding of how young people engage with and critically analyze data in community settings. It will examine youth participation in data-focused community programs and organizations in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Insights from the research...

The National Science Foundation awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $648,696 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and research "Intelligent Science Stations" - a new genre of interactive, mixed-reality science learning experiences for students in grades K-4. The project aims to create four Intelligent Science Stations that incorporate scientific apparatuses like earthquake tables and balance scales, with an intelligent AI agent that provides...

This Project Grant award of $342,906 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's Newark campus. The project aims to explore how children's early media experiences shape their expectations for learning from digital media devices, and how those expectations impact their STEM learning outcomes. Using a combination of behavioral, physiological, and computational approaches, the research will examine...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a $942,765 project titled "EXPLORATIONS: ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND MICROELECTRONICS TO EMPOWER YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE". The effort, led by the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida TECH), a private university and non-profit organization, aims to provide foster youth aging out of the system with technical skills and career guidance in...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate how neurodivergent youth can stimulate community-centered learning of electronic circuits through playful arts-based practices in underserved public spaces. The $296,239 award will be used by Arizona State University (ASU) to train 12 neurodivergent youth community educators on electronic circuits and facilitate workshops on circuit bending at two community pop-up...