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Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – October 2025

Submitted Proposals – October 2025

November 14, 2025

Principal Investigator: Christopher Anthony (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Urban Institute

Proposal Title: Competencies in Context: Linking Skills, Settings, and Economic Mobility to Promote Student Success

Requested Amount: $349,841


 Principal Investigator: Pavlo Antonenko (STL), Bruce McFadden

Co-PI: Jeremy Waisome

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Integrating AI Machine Learning into the Teaching of Paleontology Using Fossil Shark Teeth in Middle Schools

Requested Amount: $254,637


Principal Investigator: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)

Co-PI: Angelos Barmpoutis, Jemmie Robertson, Markus Santoso

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: SONATA: STEM Opportunities through Novel Augmented Trombone Applications

Requested Amount: $894,027


Principal Investigator: Taryrn Brown (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Proposal Title: Institutional Infrastructures and Mental Health Equity: Centering the Experiences of Female Students in Postsecondary Contexts

Requested Amount: $279,716


Principal Investigator: Taryrn Brown (STL)

Co-PI: Anthony Botelho (STL), Kakali Bhattacharya (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Developing an AI Resource Hub to Strengthen Literacy Across Formal & Informal Learning Spaces (AI-LEARN: AI Literacy in Education Across Resource Networks)

Requested Amount: $686,217


Principal Investigator: Katherine Byron (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: Urban Institute

Proposal Title: The Calculus Calculation: A Comparison of the Merit Aid Implications of Advanced Placement vs. Dual Enrollment Calculus Course Options

Requested Amount: $352,557


Principal Investigator: Frank Curran (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice

Proposal Title: Improving School Safety through Application of Artificial Intelligence to Broaden Understanding of School Safety Data

Requested Amount: $1,999,942


Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)

Co-PI: Anthony Botelho (STL), Avery Closser (STL), Daryn Dever (STL), Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)

Funding Agency: Google

Proposal Title: An Integrated Efficacy Evaluation of AI in Education: Teacher, Student, and Administrator Impact

Requested Amount: $549,636


Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of Michigan

Proposal Title: Digital Twins to Promote Learning in Early Childhood Special Education

Requested Amount: $102,268


Principal Investigator: Sooji Kim (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: American Education Research Association

Proposal Title: High School Calculus and the Engineering Pipeline: Evidence from Michigan’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System

Requested Amount: $34,991


Principal Investigator: Herman Knopf (AZCEECS)

Co-PI: Phillip Sherlock (AZCEECS)

Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County

Proposal Title: Technical Assistance: The Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County

Requested Amount: $93,341


Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of South Carolina

Proposal Title: Impact of Disability Anti-bullying Training for Elementary Special and General Education Teachers (PROJECT DIAL): Impact on Teacher Awareness and Self-Efficacy and Student Outcomes

Requested Amount: $381,907


Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Elizabeth Huffaker (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Teacher Turnover and the Quality of Students  Secondary Math and Science Education

Requested Amount: $499,256


Principal Investigator: Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of Texas – Austin

Proposal Title: The Effectiveness of State Postsecondary Funding Approaches

Requested Amount: $31,742


Principal Investigator: Jue Wu (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: American Education Research Association

Proposal Title: A National Study of STEM Joiners: Characterizing and Predicting Entry into STEM from Non-Traditional Pathways

Requested Amount: $35,000.00


Principal Investigator: Jue Wu (STL)

Co-PI: Vivian Wong

Funding Agency: UF Foundation

Proposal Title: ClearPath: Sensing and Shaping Accessible Work Environment

Requested Amount: $150,957


Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)

Co-PI: Swarup Bhunia, Sandip Ray

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Hardware Security Advancement for Workforce Keyskills in Cybersecurity (HAWK)

Requested Amount: $999,998