Awarded Projects for September 2021

Congratulations to Pasha Antonenko for his National Science Foundation award; Mary Bartsch-Hines for her award from Take Stock in Children; Jing Du, Kent Crippen, Xiao Yu, and Jonathan Adams for their National Science Foundation award; Lynda Hayes for her two awards from the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert, Taryrn Brown, Chonika Coleman King, and Hyunyi Jung for their award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Philip Poekert for his award from Bright from the Start Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning; Philip Poekert for an award from Orange County Public Schools; and Joni Splett for her subcontract IES Flow Through award from East Carolina University.

College of Education
Awarded Projects September 2021
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PIs: Kara Dawson (STL), Albert Ritzhaupt (STL), Ellen Martin (Geology)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Project Title: Collaborative Research: GeoGaze: Gaze-Driven Adaptive Multimedia to Augment Geoscience Learning for Neurodiverse Learners
Project Period: 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2024
Award Amount: $774,654
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Take Stock in Children
Project Title: Take Stock in Children Evaluation
Project Period: 8/1/2021 – 7/31/2022
Award Amount: $55,000
Principal Investigator: Jing Du (Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment)
Co-PIs: Kent Crippen (STL), Xiao Yu (Eng. School of SI&E), Jonathan Adams (Economics)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Project Title: FW-HTF-R: Collaborative Research: Participatory Subsea Engineering via Human-Robot Sensory Transfer
Project Period: 12/1/2021 – 11/30/2025
Award Amount: $180,758
Principal Investigator: Lynda Hayes (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER II) Fund under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation (CRRSA) Act, 2021 – ACADEMIC ACCELERATION
Project Period: 7/1/2021 – 9/30/2023
Award Amount: $94,091
Principal Investigator: Lynda Hayes (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Project Period: 8/1/2021 – 7/31/2022
Award Amount: $10,698
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PIs: Taryn Brown (STL), Chonika Coleman King (STL), Hyunyi Jung (STL)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Title: Enhancing Access through Algebra Nation
Project Period: 8/6/2021 – 7/31/2023
Award Amount: $1,000,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Bright from the Start Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning
Project Title: GA Decal 2021-2022
Project Period: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
Award Amount: $461,743
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Orange County Public Schools
Project Title: Orange Instructional Coaching Professional Development Support 2021-22
Project Period: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
Award Amount: $22,275
Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: East Carolina University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Project Title: Improving Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Functioning of Elementary School Students through the Interconnected Systems Framework
Project Period: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2025
Award Amount: $184,283