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Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – December 2025

Submitted Proposals – December 2025

January 7, 2026

Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Huffaker (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Access Reimagined: Opportunity and Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Following a Graduation Pathway Reform

Requested Amount: $48,533


Principal Investigator: Ruogu Fang (Engineering)

Co-PI: Wanli Xing (STL), Mingzhou Ding (Engineering), Andreas Keil (Psychology)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Brain AI 101: A Neuroscience-AI Curriculum Toolkit for High School AI Education

Requested Amount: $195,000


Principal Investigator: Yusen Zhai (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: OpenAI Group

Proposal Title: BRIDGE: Bidirectional Recognition and Interpretation in Digital Guidance for Engagement among Autistic People

Requested Amount: $99,775


Principal Investigator: Angela Kohnen (STL)

Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL), Andrea Ramirez Salgado (Engineering)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Project HIVE: Hackable Interactive Virtual Environment for AI Literacy

Requested Amount: $525,988


Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki (SESPECS)

Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL), Walter Leite (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Math Anxiety and Performance in Students: Environmental and Individual Pathways (Project MAPS)

Requested Amount: $749,900


Principal Investigator: Yusen Zhai (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Laura Shannonhouse (SHDOSE), Melissa Mariani (SHDOSE), Wei Li (SHDOSE), Benjamin Lok (Engineering)

Funding Agency: OpenAI Group

Proposal Title: SAFE-LINE: Suicidal ideation and Affect Framework for Empathetic LLM Interpretation of Nuanced Expressions

Requested Amount: $99,977


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)

Co-PI: Avery Closser (STL), Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE), Borui Zhang (UF Libraries)

Funding Agency: US Department of Education

Proposal Title: Scaffolding Undergraduate Student Learning through Vetted AI Feedback: A Multi-Course Implementation and Evaluation Approach to Improve Educational Outcomes

Requested Amount: $1,727,328


Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Engineering)

Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Supplement for Fostering Computer Science and AI Learning through Youth-Led Conversational App Development Experiences

Requested Amount: $297,390


Principal Investigator: Hyo Kang (Digital Worlds Institute)

Co-PI: Nigel Newbutt (STL), Navid Asadi Zanjani (Engineering), Ann-Marie Orlando (Medicine)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Supplement to Beginning Track: Preparing Autistic individuals for Transition to become Semiconductor quality engineers (PATHS) 

Requested Amount: $122,206


Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Using AI-Based Automated Speech Recognition and Data Dashboards to Improve Kindergarten Teacher Language Interactions

Requested Amount: $19,714