Submitted Proposals – May 2023
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Orchestrating Productive Collaboration Among Students in Mathematics with Multimodal Machine Learning
Requested Amount: $299,623
Principal Investigator: Kent Crippen (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Georgia (Subcontract- NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Applying AI to Achieve High-Quality Science Education for All (AAAS)
Requested Amount: $70,985
Principal Investigator: F. Chris Curran (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice
Proposal Title: Educators Effectively Working with School Safety Personnel
Requested Amount: $1,998,963
Principal Investigator: F. Chris Curran (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Herman Knopf (AZCEECS); Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SESPECS); Kathryn Chapman (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: Columbia University (Subcontract – Heising-Simons Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Early Childhood Policy in Institutes of Higher Education – Core Center Proposal
Requested Amount: $200,000
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Greenbush S.E. Kansas Education Service Center (Subcontract – US Department of Justice/NIJ Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Kansas SRO Modules License 2024-27
Requested Amount: $100,000
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Division of Early Learning (Subcontract – DHHS Flow Through)
Proposal Title: DEL PDG-R CCR&R Year 4 2023-24
Requested Amount: $44,000
Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Ohio State University (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Longitudinal Peer Social Networks and Early Language Development: Transforming Understanding of Critical Features of Young Children’s Classroom Experiences
Requested Amount: $112,326
Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: CSL-MultiAD: Assessing Collaborative STEM Learning through Rich Information Flow based on Multi-Sensor Audio Diarization
Requested Amount: $112,255
Principal Investigator: Wei Li (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: A Statistical Framework for the Optimal Design of Multilevel Cost-Effectiveness Studies
Requested Amount: $374,546
Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Pennsylvania State University (Subcontract – Lumina Foundation for Education Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Building Capacity for More Equitable State Higher Education Funding Policies
Requested Amount: $35,535
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center); Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education (Subcontract – US Department of Education Flow Through):
Proposal Title: New World Reading Initiative – Additional Funds
Requested Amount: $22,824,541
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo
Funding Agency: State of Arizona
Proposal Title: Arizona Math Nation 2023-24
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Proposal Title: Gates Mathematics Advocacy Grant
Requested Amount: $450,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Division of Early Learning
Proposal Title: OEL Health and Safety Modules SR 976
Requested Amount: $27,500
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: B’nai Israel Community Day School
Proposal Title: B’nai Israel Early Language and Literacy Program 2023-24
Requested Amount: $99,000
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Society for Learning Analytics Research
Proposal Title: Evaluating the Bias in Automated Scoring of Students’ Science Assessment using Large Language Models
Requested Amount: $7,200
Principal Investigator: Tina Smith-Bonahue (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Brigid Treverton-Strenges (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Proposal Title: Early Head Start as a Protective Factor to the Social-Emotional Development of Children
Requested Amount: $25,000
Principal Investigator: Tina Smith-Bonahue (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Brigid Treverton-Strenges (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Dissertation Grants
Proposal Title: Early Head Start as a Protective Factor to the Social-Emotional Development of Children
Requested Amount: $25,000
