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Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – August 2025

Submitted Proposals – August 2025

September 11, 2025

Principal Investigator: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Funding Agency: Duval County School Board

Proposal Title: Accelerating Literacy Outcomes in DCPS 25-26

Requested Amount: $276,500


Principal Investigator: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County

Proposal Title: Manatee SOR Paraprofessionals 2025

Requested Amount: $5,500


Principal Investigator: Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: Phil Poekert (Lastinger Center)

Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Proposal Title: Gates Math Advocacy Renewal

Requested Amount: $420,000


Principal Investigator: Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: School Board of Seminole County

Proposal Title: SCPS K-12 Coaching 2025-26

Requested Amount: $6,250


Principal Investigator: Daryn Dever (STL)

Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Understanding the Mechanisms of Motivated Learning with AI: Investigating Value Construction of STEM Career Pathways with Pedagogical Conversational Agents

Requested Amount: $911,667


Principal Investigator: Elyse Hambacher (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Claremont University (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Who’s Teaching the Teachers? Critical and Transformative Teacher Educator Agency in the U.S.

Requested Amount: $121,877


Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (AZCEECS/SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Ohio State University (Subcontract — National Institutes of Health Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Influence of Peers on Early Language Development

Requested Amount: $1,258,340


Principal Investigator: Sooji Kim (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of Maryland – College Park (Subcontract – William T. Grant Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Universal FAFSA as a Policy Lever to Reduce Financial Barriers to Higher Education

Requested Amount: $138,631


Principal Investigator: Sandip Ray

Co-PI: Wanli Xing (STL)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: REU Site: Smart, Accessible, and Secure Transportation

Requested Amount: $479,999


Principal Investigator: Jusuk Song (SHDOSE), Mentor: Sondra Smith (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

Proposal Title: Identifying Core Program Components of Bias-Based Bullying Prevention

Requested Amount: $2,000


Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SESPECS)

Co-PI: Catherine Corbin (SESPECS), Carla Fisher, Tennisha Riley

Funding Agency: Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Proposal Title: Patient-Centered Equity Enhancements to Reduce Disproportionate Unmet Mental Health Needs of African American Children

Requested Amount: $418,482