Submitted Projects for February 2021

Best wishes to Amor Menezes and Pasha Antonenko for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Mary Bratsch-Hines for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of North Carolina; Catherine Cavanaugh, Paige Pullen, and Jose De León Alejandro for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Catherine Cavanaugh, Philip Poekert, Jose De León Alejandro, and Jinnie Shin for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Arizona State University; Ester de Jong, Mark Pacheco, and Timothy Vetere for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Hannah Mathews for her proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the National Institutes of Health; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Louisiana Department of Education; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Florida Children’s Council; Jacqueline Swank, Sondra Smith, and Caronne Rush for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Wanli Xing and Walter Leite for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of San Diego; Wanli Xing and Zhihui Fang for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; and Wanli Xing for his proposals to the National Science Foundation.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

College of Education
Submitted Projects February 2021
Principal Investigator: Amor Menezes (Mechanical & Aerospace Engingeering)
Co-PI: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: GCR: A Flexible and Sustainable Biotechnology System for Food and Nutritional Products in Resource-Limited Environments
Requested Amount: $520,271
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Early Education in Rural North Carolina (Early Learning Network, ELN)
Requested Amount: $20,008
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning), Jose De León Alejandro (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: The Flamingo Nation Data Lagoon: Platform for Digital Practice, Research, and Learning in Literacy and Mathematics
Requested Amount: $2,998,867
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning), Jose De León Alejandro (Lastinger Center for Learning), Jinnie Shin (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Arizona State University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: MaT-Coach: A Personalized Communication Coach for Math Educators
Requested Amount: $1,426,522
Principal Investigator: Ester de Jong (STL)
Co-PI: Mark Pacheco (STL), Timothy Vetere (STL)
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Linguistic Equity for Emergent Bilinguals: Preparing Mainstream Teacher Candidates to Take a Multilingual Stance
Requested Amount: $49,973
Principal Investigator: Hannah Mathews (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Project SERSE: Supporting Effective Roles for Special Educators
Requested Amount: $494,319
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Flamingo Literacy Matrix Professional Development 2020-2021
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Proposal Title: Massachusetts Online Literacy Course
Requested Amount: $210,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Proposal Title: The Effects of Virtual Small Group Reading Instruction on Student’s Decoding Skills
Requested Amount: $76,250
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Louisiana Department of Education
Proposal Title: Louisiana Real-Time Early Access to Literacy (REAL)
Requested Amount: $70,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Children’s Council
Proposal Title: Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign – Sound Beginnings Spanish Content
Requested Amount: $6,000
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Swank (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Sondra Smith (SHDOSE), Caronne Rush (Office of Interprofessional Education)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Proposal Title: Project Recognition, Empowerment, and Action for Child mental Health (REACH)
Requested Amount: $624,966
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: University of San Diego (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: ART-Math: Curiosity-Driven Spatial Inquiry and Open Creation System Powered by AI
Requested Amount: $750,000
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Zhihui Fang (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Project CALL: Computing for All through Literacy
Requested Amount: $238,594
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: M-Flow: Investigating a Flow-Based Music Programming Language to Engage Children in CS
Requested Amount: $194,135
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Project iChemistry: AI Augmented Learning of Chemistry
Requested Amount: $70,044