Newly Funded Awards – August 2023
Principal Investigator: Zandra de Araujo – Lastinger Center for Learning
Co-PI: Philip Poekert – Lastinger Center for Learning
Funding Agency: Helios Education Foundation
Project Title: Math Exploration and Summit Series
Project Period: 8/1/2023 – 2/1/2025
Award Amount: $300,000
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines – Lastinger Center for Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Take Stock in Children
Project Title: Take Stock in Children 2023-24
Project Period: 9/1/2023 – 8/31/2024
Award Amount: $85,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert – Lastinger Center for Learning
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo – Lastinger Center for Learning
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Title: Gates Mathematics Advocacy Grant
Project Period: 7/30/2023 – 12/31/2024
Award Amount: $425,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center for Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Palm Beach County School Board
Project Title: Palm Beach Accelerating Literacy Momentum (PALM)
Project Period: 7/31/2023 – 6/30/2024
Award Amount: $540,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Lee County Public School Board
Project Title: Lee County ALO 2023-24
Project Period: 8/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Award Amount: $795,000
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder – AZCEECS/SESPECS
Co-PI: Crystal Bishop – AZCEECS
Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County
Project Title: Manatee County – Accelerating Literacy Outcomes
Project Period: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Award Amount: $329,000
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder – AZCEECS/SESPECS
Co-PI: Crystal Bishop – AZCEECS
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Health Children’s Medical Services
Project Title: Florida Embedded Intervention and Practices with Caregivers: Early Steps Professional Development Project (FL-EPIC ESPD) – Supplement 23-26
Project Period: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026
Award Amount: $2,136,000
Principal Investigator: Ross van Boven – P.K. Yonge
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education (Subcontract – U.S. Department of Education Flow through)
Project Title: Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction
Project Period: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Award Amount: $78,698
