Project Grant U411C180223

This $1,188,628 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports research and development efforts to enhance middle school students' learning of science and engineering content and practices. The project will co-design, implement, and refine two integrated STEM curriculum units with community-based service-learning projects focused on environmental justice. Nearly 2,000 students will participate, with a focus on increasing the...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $299,980 will fund the integration of inquiry-based and project-based learning into the pre-service STEM teacher curriculum at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to train pre-service STEM teachers to effectively utilize hands-on teaching methods through applied research experiences, professional development in...

The University of Southern California was awarded a three-year, $1,042,809 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop early childhood STEM education resources. The university will create a play-based computer science and pre-engineering education program for pre-K children, an online early childhood teacher professional development program, and accompanying child and teacher assessments. A randomized controlled trial will test the...

Purdue University was awarded a $210,311 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds a collaborative research project titled "Rethinking Circle Time: Integrating Computational Thinking into K-2 Literacy." As part of its mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, the NSF STEM Education program supports the development of innovative...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award to Louisiana State University (LSU) in the amount of $138,601 aims to increase the use of project-based learning in undergraduate software engineering courses. The project will design, develop, and evaluate a reference software engineering course with a repository of 12 ready-to-use projects and associated active learning activities. These resources are intended to enable instructors to more easily...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $113,370 to the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) to transform introductory engineering courses at a Hispanic-serving two-year college. The project aims to improve student success and interest in pursuing STEM degrees by developing classroom-based, project-based learning materials and curriculum. Advanced engineering students will work with faculty to create these...

The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $325,009 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to characterize how teachers design engaging learning environments in STEM education. The grant will fund research from September 2021 to August 2023 examining teachers' and students' conceptualizations of integrated STEM. As part of the NSF's efforts to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to provide insights into effective...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to establish and study a new research practice partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, and the Aurora Public Schools. The $242,667 award, which runs from September 2024 to August 2026, will support the co-design and implementation of computing education curricula and programming for over 1,000 upper elementary students in the Aurora, CO school...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $320,915 to Vanderbilt University from August 2024 to July 2028. The project aims to support middle school teachers in customizing an integrated science, engineering, and computational thinking curriculum unit called the Water Resource Challenge (WRC). Through a participatory design approach, the project will investigate the supports teachers need to adapt STEM+CS (science,...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, located in Bloomsburg, PA, to improve student success in first-year STEM courses. The project aims to implement two proven approaches - the co-requisite model and the Learning Assistant (LA) model - to increase college completion and retention, particularly for disadvantaged students, in STEM degree programs. Through the co-requisite model, students with...