Office of Educational Research Submitted Projects for January 2022

Submitted Projects for January 2022

February 4, 2022

Best wishes to Pavlo “Pasha” AntonenkoSwarup Bhunia, and Jeremy Wasiome for their proposal to NSF; Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko and Kara Dawson for their proposal to NSF; Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko for his two subcontract NSF Flow Through proposals to the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; Anthony Botelho for his proposal to NSF and his subcontract IES Flow Through proposal to Graspable Math, Inc.; Catherine Cavanaugh for her subcontract DHHS Flow Through proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Elif Akcali and Elayne Colon for their proposal to NSF; Frank Fernandez for his proposal to the American Education Research Association; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his subcontract ACF Flow Through proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Mostafa Reisi GahrooeiDavid MillerIoannis Ampatzidis, and Ute Albrecht for their proposal to NSF; Paige Pullen for her proposal to United Way Suncoast; Matthew Schmidt for his proposal to NSF and his subcontract NIH Flow Through proposal to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Carla Schmidt for her subcontract IES Flow Through proposal to Behavioral Technologies Consulting Organization; Idalis Villanueva Alarcon and Linda Searby for their proposal to NSF; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin for her proposal to the American Education Research Association; Tina Smith-Bonahue for her subcontract NSF Flow Through proposal to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Wanli Xing for his proposal to NSF.

College of Education
Submitted Projects January 2022
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: Swarup Bhunia (Electrical and Computer Engineering) & Jeremy Waisome (Engineering Education Admin)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: QuEST: Quantum Explorations for Self-Efficacy and Skills in Next-Generation Computing and Technology
Requested Amount: $1,201,960
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: Kara Dawson (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: CyberComics: Informal learning adventures in digital forensics to promote cyber security interest, career awareness, and character development
Requested Amount: $1,197,403
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Illinois Institute of Technology (NSF Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: i-Scene: Enabling Scene Context Awareness in Immersive Environments for Learners in Civil Engineering
Requested Amount: $165,838
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa (NSF Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Cultivating STEM+C identity in young learners with a physiology-infused computing curriculum
Requested Amount: $103,249
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting Assessment and Feedback in Introductory Computer Programming Courses
Requested Amount: $169,932
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Graspable Math, Inc. (IES Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Grasping Structure: Mastering the Building Blocks of Algebra
Requested Amount: $41,832
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida’s Office of Early Learning (DHHS Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Early Childhood Educator Stipends
Requested Amount: $1,060,000
Principal Investigator: Elif Akcali (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Co-PI: Elayne Colon (Dean’s Office)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Using Poetry-writing and Poetry-analysis to Enhance Student Learning in Engineering Education
Requested Amount: $16,757
Principal Investigator: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: American Education Research Association
Proposal Title: Beyond Representation: Examining the Influence of Student-Teacher Gender Match and Teaching Practices on Girl’s Math and Postsecondary Aspirations
Requested Amount: $35,000
Principal Investigator: Ashley Pennypacker Hill (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, K-12 and Pre-K American Rescue Plan (ARP) Supplemental Funds
Requested Amount: $56,013
Principal Investigator: Herman Knopf (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida’s Office of Early Learning (ACF Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Career Ladder Identifier and Financial Forecaster (CLIFF) Dashboard Pilot Evaluation
Requested Amount: $19,902
Principal Investigator: Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
Co-PI: David Miller (SHDOSE), Ioannis Ampatzidis & Ute Albrecht (SW FL Research & Education Center – Immokalee)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: CPS: Medium: Connected Federated Farms: Privacy-Preserving Cyber Infrastructure for Collaborative Smart Farming
Requested Amount: $38,930
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: United Way Suncoast
Proposal Title: Young Children Learning Through Literacy
Requested Amount: $55,000
Principal Investigator: Matthew Schmidt (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Disability DCL: Promoting Computational Thinking and STEAM Identity for Individuals with Disabilities Using Game Builder Garage
Requested Amount: $1,357,990
Principal Investigator: Matthew Schmidt (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (NIH Subcontract)
Proposal Title: A Phase 3 clinical trial of an e-health behavioral intervention to improve executive functioning in adolescents with epilepsy
Requested Amount: $237,572
Principal Investigator: Carla Schmidt (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Behavioral Technologies Consulting Organization (IES Subcontract)
Proposal Title: OASIS for Schools (OASIS-S) Learning Management System (LMS) for the delivery of School-based Training, Support, and Supervision Experiences
Requested Amount: $25,339
Principal Investigator: Idalis Villanueva Alarcon (Engineering Education Admin)
Co-PI: Linda Searby (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: BPE Track 3 Inclusive Mentoring Hub: Raices Institute for Transformative Advocacy (RITA)
Requested Amount: $17,160
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: American Education Research Association
Proposal Title: Balancing Equity and Fairness in Online Learning: A Self-Regulation Approach to Improve STEM Education
Requested Amount: $34,307
Principal Investigator: Tina Smith-Bonahue (Student Services)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (NSF Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Math Partners: Collaborations to Support Early Math at Home
Requested Amount: $352,473
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Project iChemistry: Improving Chemistry Learning Through Explicit Use of Deductive Reasoning
Requested Amount: $71,362