Submitted Projects for May 2021

Best wishes to Frank Fernandez for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Ashley MacSuga-Gage and Nicholas Gage for their subcontract proposal OSEP Flow Through from the University of Oklahoma; Philip Poekert, Taryrn Brown, and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Bright From the Start Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the Stranahan Foundation; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from Episcopal Children’s Services; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Christopher Redding for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Christopher Redding for his proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Joni Splett for her proposal to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; Wanli Xing for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Hitomi Greenslet, Kent Crippen, Shinsuke Agehara, and Jonathan Scheffe for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; and Kimberly Driscoll and Matthew Schmidt for their proposal to the National Institutes of Health.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

College of Education
Submitted Projects May 2021
Principal Investigator: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: A National Mixed-Methods Study of Disaster Resilience in Higher Education
Requested Amount: $49,777
Principal Investigator: Ashley MacSuga-Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: University of Oklahoma (Subcontract – OSEP Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Project BRIDGES Building Rural Intervention Development to Greater Equity in Special Education (BRIDGES)
Requested Amount: $1,077,498
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Taryrn Brown (STL), Chonika Coleman King (STL)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Proposal Title: Enhancing Access through Algebra Nation
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida’s Office of Early Learning
Proposal Title: OEL Health and Safety Modules 2021 – 2022
Requested Amount: $894,500
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Bright From the Start Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning
Proposal Title: GA DECAL 2021-2022
Requested Amount: $461,743
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Stranahan Foundation
Proposal Title: Stranahan Foundation EC Education Grant
Requested Amount: $300,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Episcopal Children’s Services (Subcontract – Administration for Children and Families Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Episcopal Children’s Service’s (ECS) Head Start 2022
Requested Amount: $30,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Seminole County
Proposal Title: Seminole Instructional Coaching Professional Development Year 9 Support
Requested Amount: $18,150
Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: How Can Teachers Be Prepared to Advocate for Their Profession? A Case Study of the Teacher of the Year Program
Requested Amount: $42,751
Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Proposal Title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Elementary School Grade Skipping on Science and Mathematics Achievement
Requested Amount: $24,969
Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Proposal Title: Patient-Centered Equity Enhancements to Reduce Disproportionate Unmet Mental Health Need of African American Children
Requested Amount: $5,845,316
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: SaTC: EDU-CyberStoryNet: Exploring Real-world Stories to Learn Emerging Cybersecurity Topics Through Gaming
Requested Amount: $59,809
Principal Investigator: Hitomi Greenslet (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL), Shinsuke Agehara (Gulf Coast Research & Education Center), Jonathan Scheffe (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: FMRG: Eco: Recyclable/Reusable Nature-Inspired Solar Concentrators
Requested Amount: $409,999
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Driscoll (Clinical and Health Psychology)
Co-PI: Matthew Schmidt (STL)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Proposal Title: Diabetes Journey: From Systematic Screening to Intervention
Requested Amount: $10,506