Office of Educational Research Submitted Projects for February 2023

Submitted Projects for February 2023

February 6, 2023

Best wishes to Zandra de Araujo for her proposal to the U.S. Department of Defense DARPA; Maya Israel for her proposal to the National Science Foundation; Sharon Chuyew Yee, Walter Leite, and Wanli Xing for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Brian Marchman for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Hannah Matthews for her proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Marcus McDonald for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Robert Moore, Kent Crippen, and Swapna Kumar for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Hyo Kang, Robert Moore, and Navid Asadi Zanjani for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Justin Ortagus, Frank Fernandez, and Lindsay Lynch for their NSF flow through proposal to South Florida State College; Philip Poekert for his Jim Moran Foundation flow through proposal to the UF Foundation; Paige Pullen for her proposals to the Louisiana Department of Education and National Institutes of Health; Seyedahmad Rahimi, Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, and Do Koh for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Christopher Redding for his Spencer Foundation flow through proposal to Kansas State University; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Walter Leite, and Anthony Botelho for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Ross van Boven for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; and Wanli Xing and Sandip Ray for their proposal to the National Science Foundation.

College of Education
Submitted Projects February 2023
Principal Investigator: Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense DARPA
Proposal Title: Linking Instructional Needs with Knowledge and Skills (LINKS)
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Universal Design for Computer Science Elementary Education (UDL4CS)
Requested Amount: $992,061
Principal Investigator: Sharon Chuyew Yee (Computer Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE); Wanli Xing (STL)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Investigating Interest-based Learning at Scale for Web Platforms
Requested Amount: $78,463
Principal Investigator: Brian Marchman (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Summer Learning Camps
Requested Amount: $3,634
Principal Investigator: Hannah Mathews (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Project SERSE: Supporting Effective Roles for Special Educators
Requested Amount: $498,949
Principal Investigator: Marcus McDonald (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Safety and Security of School Buildings
Requested Amount: $42,000
Principal Investigator: Robert Moore (STL)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL); Swapna Kumar (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: BCSER: The Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research Institute: enVisioning the Possibilibites (LASER Vision)
Requested Amount: $999,558
Principal Investigator: Hyo Kang (Digital Worlds)
Co-PI: Robert Moore (STL); Navid Asadi Zanjani  (Electrical and Computer Engineering0
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Designing Next Generation Training Using VR for Microelectronics Physical Assurance (VR MiPA
Requested Amount: $500,000
Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE); Lindsay Lynch (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: South Florida State College (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: HSI Pilot Project: Amplifying Community College Experiences in STEM Settings (ACCESS) at a Rural, Hispanic-Serving Institution
Requested Amount: $139,550
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: UF Foundation (Subcontract – Jim Moran Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Moran Spanish Preschool CDA Pathway Completion
Requested Amount: $1,183,698
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Louisiana Department of Education
Proposal Title: Louisiana Pathways (FELLA) 2023
Requested Amount: $155,200
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/S
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Proposal Title: Project Connect: Using Technology to Leverage English Learners’ First Language to Increase Second Language Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Skills
Requested Amount: $152,500
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Co-PI: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL); Do Koh (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Towards Augmenting Human Creativity: Exploring Relationships Among Creativity Domains and the Role of Cognitive and Affective Processes in Creative Performance
Requested Amount: $761,291
Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Kansas State University (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: The Measures of Effective Coaching (MEC) Project
Requested Amount: $67,260
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE); Anthony Botelho (STL)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Design Elements in E-learning Mathematics Learning Environment
Requested Amount: $399,250
Principal Investigator: Ross van Boven (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Title IV Student Support & Academic Enrichment, Fiscal Year 2023 Roll Forward Funds
Requested Amount: $3,136
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Sandip Ray (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education
Requested Amount: $999,027