Project Grant SNEAAP15GR004

This $298,351 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will fund the development of a data sensing learning environment called DASLET to enhance middle school students' computational thinking skills. Over the four-year period from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2027, the Rochester Institute of Technology will create an immersive virtual reality environment allowing...

This $334,245 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings will support the development of a Data Sensing Learning Environment (DASLET) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. DASLET aims to enhance middle school students' computational thinking skills and engagement with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers related to the construction industry through embodied interaction with data...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $299,906 to Florida International University to develop and implement the Deep Teaching Residency, a year-long faculty development program. The program aims to build a community of scholar-educators committed to developing and evaluating inclusive teaching practices in undergraduate STEM courses. Over two years, two cohorts of 24 STEM instructors each will participate in a preparatory summer workshop and...

This $667,156 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings will fund the development of a Data Sensing Learning Environment (DASLET) to advance middle school students' computational thinking skills and engagement with STEM careers in the construction industry. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which supports the development of the Nation's STEM education enterprise, Texas A&M University will...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc. received a $109,060 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal grant program (CFDA 84.021). The grant will fund the development of a short-term curriculum for American educators focused on building cultural and linguistic understanding of daily life in Tanzania. Specifically, the institute will design and deliver a seminar program...

This $143,130 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides funding to the University of Delaware to implement a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) project. The project aims to 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...

This $300,000 Federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a series of workshops from September 2023 to August 2025 to mentor junior economists from diverse groups. The goal is to broaden participation in economics research by providing feedback on their work in progress and support for professional development plans. Duke University will administer the program, known as the Diversity...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $153,400 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Washington to develop youth data literacies through a visual programming environment. The one-year project will investigate using blocks-based programming with everyday information to teach secondary school students data science skills. A data-focused visual block-based programming toolkit will be created for students to manipulate...

The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) was awarded a $4,401,887 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). IDRA will implement its Youth Leadership Now initiative in San Antonio, TX from December 2021 through December 2026. The Education Innovation and Research program supports the creation, development, and scaling of evidence-based innovations to improve...

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...