Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – September 2025

Submitted Proposals – September 2025

October 10, 2025

Principal Investigator: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)

Co-PI: Baibhab Chatterjee, Andrea Ramirez Salgado, Sandip Ray

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Community Colleges, High Schools, and Workforce Agencies Networked for Edge Computing and Technology Education (CONNECTED)

Requested Amount: $999,373


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Missouri University of Science and Technology (Subcontract — National Science Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Advancing Feedback Research in STEM Education: A Mixed-Methods Study of AI-Enhanced Approaches in Introductory Physics

Requested Amount: $119,660


Principal Investigator: Taryrn Brown (STL)

Co-PI: Kakali Battacharya (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

Proposal Title: Partnering for Impact: Youth-Led Research and University Community Collaboration for Research Literacies and Educational Development

Requested Amount: $649,999


Principal Investigator: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (Lastinger)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County

Proposal Title: Manatee SOR PL for Elementary Educators 2025

Requested Amount: $5,500


Principal Investigator: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (Lastinger)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Pasco County Schools

Proposal Title: Pasco Lit Coach Endorsement Program 2025-26

Requested Amount: $32,500


Principal Investigator: Avery Closser (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences

Proposal Title: IES Supplemental Funds–Now I See It

Requested Amount: $228,456


Principal Investigator: Chonika Coleman King (STL)

Co-PI: Melissa Soto (STL)

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Making Montessori Count in Mathematics Learning (M2CML)

Requested Amount: $374,960


Principal Investigator: Catherine Corbin (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Multilevel Adaptive Strategies to Promote the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Behavioral Support in Schools

Requested Amount: $324,469


Principal Investigator: Shaunte Duggins (Lastinger)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: UF Foundation (Subcontract — Helios Education Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Florida Tutoring Advantage Accelerate Grant Match

Requested Amount: $99,999


Principal Investigator: Elizabth Huffaker (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Carnegie Mellon University (Subcontract — University of Colorado at Boulder Flow Through)

Proposal Title: It Takes a Village (Plus AI): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Hybrid Human-AI Math Tutoring at Scale

Requested Amount: $18,019


Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (AZCEECS)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Promoting Early Engagement, Relationships, and Socialization (PEERS)

Requested Amount: $1,234,526


Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Computer Science Teachers Association (Subcontract — Spencer Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: UDL4AI+CSPD: A Systems-Level Approach to Teaching Artificial Intelligence to All K-12 Learners in Indiana including Students with Disabilities

Requested Amount: $10,038


Principal Investigator: Swapna Kumar (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Boise State University (Subcontract — Spencer Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: From Assessment to Action: Strengthening Mentoring in Online Doctoral Education

Requested Amount: $65,823


Principal Investigator: Robert Moore (STL)

Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL), Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: The C3 Credential Quality Framework and MERIT Scorecard: Building Trust

Requested Amount: $500,002


Principal Investigator: Robert Moore (STL)

Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL), Jue Wu (SHDOSE), Melinda Leko (SESPECS)

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Envisioning Cross-Institutional Partnerships for Enabling STEM

Requested Amount: $75,000


Principal Investigator: Nigel Newbutt (STL)

Co-PI: Navid Asadi Zanjani, Hyo Kang

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: NEXTGEN SEMICONDUCTOR WORKFORCE: Supporting America’s Untapped Talent

Requested Amount: $1,481,833


Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Christopher Thomas (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

Proposal Title: Evaluating Civil Rights Enforcement: Does the Office for Civil Rights Complaint and Resolution Agreement Process Address Racial Discrimination in Schools

Requested Amount: $234,107


Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of South Florida (Subcontract — U.S. Department of Education Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Florida Connect: Interconnecting School Mental Health and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports to Improve Middle School Students’ Academic, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes

Requested Amount: $5,155


Principal Investigator: Richard Velasco (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Rooted in Culture, Ready for the World : A Needs Assessment of AI in STEM and Literacy Instruction and Decolonial Pedagogies in a Guåhan Charter School

Requested Amount: $75,000


Principal Investigator: Richard Velasco (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: National Academy of Education (Subcontract – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Amplifying Indigenous Micronesian Intelligence for Data Science (MINDS) with Culturally Relevant Data

Requested Amount: $65,574


Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: GEARS: Gesture-Engineered AI for Reasoning in STEM Learning through Extended Reality

Requested Amount: $231,705