Submitted Projects for February 2023

Best wishes to Zandra de Araujo for her proposal to the U.S. Department of Defense DARPA; Maya Israel for her proposal to the National Science Foundation; Sharon Chuyew Yee, Walter Leite, and Wanli Xing for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Brian Marchman for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Hannah Matthews for her proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Marcus McDonald for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Robert Moore, Kent Crippen, and Swapna Kumar for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Hyo Kang, Robert Moore, and Navid Asadi Zanjani for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Justin Ortagus, Frank Fernandez, and Lindsay Lynch for their NSF flow through proposal to South Florida State College; Philip Poekert for his Jim Moran Foundation flow through proposal to the UF Foundation; Paige Pullen for her proposals to the Louisiana Department of Education and National Institutes of Health; Seyedahmad Rahimi, Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, and Do Koh for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Christopher Redding for his Spencer Foundation flow through proposal to Kansas State University; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Walter Leite, and Anthony Botelho for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Ross van Boven for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; and Wanli Xing and Sandip Ray for their proposal to the National Science Foundation.

College of Education
Submitted Projects February 2023
Principal Investigator: Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense DARPA
Proposal Title: Linking Instructional Needs with Knowledge and Skills (LINKS)
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Universal Design for Computer Science Elementary Education (UDL4CS)
Requested Amount: $992,061
Principal Investigator: Sharon Chuyew Yee (Computer Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE); Wanli Xing (STL)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Investigating Interest-based Learning at Scale for Web Platforms
Requested Amount: $78,463
Principal Investigator: Brian Marchman (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Summer Learning Camps
Requested Amount: $3,634
Principal Investigator: Hannah Mathews (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Project SERSE: Supporting Effective Roles for Special Educators
Requested Amount: $498,949
Principal Investigator: Marcus McDonald (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Safety and Security of School Buildings
Requested Amount: $42,000
Principal Investigator: Robert Moore (STL)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL); Swapna Kumar (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: BCSER: The Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research Institute: enVisioning the Possibilibites (LASER Vision)
Requested Amount: $999,558
Principal Investigator: Hyo Kang (Digital Worlds)
Co-PI: Robert Moore (STL); Navid Asadi Zanjani  (Electrical and Computer Engineering0
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Designing Next Generation Training Using VR for Microelectronics Physical Assurance (VR MiPA
Requested Amount: $500,000
Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE); Lindsay Lynch (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: South Florida State College (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: HSI Pilot Project: Amplifying Community College Experiences in STEM Settings (ACCESS) at a Rural, Hispanic-Serving Institution
Requested Amount: $139,550
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: UF Foundation (Subcontract – Jim Moran Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Moran Spanish Preschool CDA Pathway Completion
Requested Amount: $1,183,698
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Louisiana Department of Education
Proposal Title: Louisiana Pathways (FELLA) 2023
Requested Amount: $155,200
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/S
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Proposal Title: Project Connect: Using Technology to Leverage English Learners’ First Language to Increase Second Language Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Skills
Requested Amount: $152,500
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Co-PI: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL); Do Koh (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Towards Augmenting Human Creativity: Exploring Relationships Among Creativity Domains and the Role of Cognitive and Affective Processes in Creative Performance
Requested Amount: $761,291
Principal Investigator: Christopher Redding (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Kansas State University (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: The Measures of Effective Coaching (MEC) Project
Requested Amount: $67,260
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE); Anthony Botelho (STL)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Design Elements in E-learning Mathematics Learning Environment
Requested Amount: $399,250
Principal Investigator: Ross van Boven (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Title IV Student Support & Academic Enrichment, Fiscal Year 2023 Roll Forward Funds
Requested Amount: $3,136
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Sandip Ray (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education
Requested Amount: $999,027