Project Grant U411C190169

This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...

This $550,786 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to improve computer science (CS) education in high schools in Western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota. The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will deliver a 7-week intensive summer research program for 30 STEM teachers over 3 years, focusing on integrating interdisciplinary CS research experiences in K-12 education. The program will...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $889,785 to Cornell University from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023 to integrate computational thinking into English language arts and math curricula for grades K-5. The goal is to build an onramp to computer science education for younger students. Cornell will support research design, analysis, and project management. Additionally, $50,000 of the award will...

This two-year, $299,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to expand access to computer science education across rural Kansas through the Cyber Pipeline Initiative led by Kansas State University's Department of Computer Science. The initiative currently provides computer science curriculum, teacher professional development and support to seven schools. This demonstration project will modify the Computing Core...

The University of California, San Diego will research the impact of low prerequisite proficiency on student success in computer science under a $265,927 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The three-year award will fund a collaborative research effort to understand how deficiencies in foundational math and science skills influence undergraduate outcomes in computer science courses and majors. Insights gained from this work could help shape...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $161,827 to a collaborative effort between the Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of Rochester. The goal is to enhance high school computing education by adapting and evaluating a suite of experiential educational computing modules, known as Accessible Learning Labs (ALL), for grades 9-12. The project aims...

This $997,575 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program aims to strengthen elementary computer science (CS) education pathways in rural school districts in the Pacific Northwest. The research-practice partnership between the American Institutes for Research (AIR), BootUp Professional Development, the Idaho STEM Action Center, Oregon Department of Education, and Washington Office of the...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program awarded a $1,299,990 Project Grant to Hofstra University to develop and test innovations in computer science education through engineering design in New York. The 4-year project, starting June 1, 2024, aims to address the shortage of computer science teachers by training middle and high school technology and engineering teachers to teach computer science courses. Key project components include implementing a statewide...

The Rochester Institute of Technology was awarded a $671,070 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop online laboratories for computer science students. The three-year grant, awarded October 1, 2021 and set to be completed by September 30, 2024, will support the collaborative research project titled "Developing Online Laboratories for Computer Science Students to Learn How to Build Accessible Software and to Use...

The National Science Foundation awarded DePaul University a $186,192 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The grant will fund the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CAFECS: DEVELOPING EQUITABLE COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAYS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to develop equitable computer science pathways between high schools and colleges in Chicago, Illinois through collaborative research efforts....