Submitted Projects for January 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