Submitted Proposals – November 2023

Principal Investigator: Tiffany Aaron – SHDOSE

Funding Agency: National Academy of Education

Proposal Title: Education Under Austerity: How Black Women Are Navigating Leadership, Work Stress, and Career Perception and Satisfaction

Requested Amount: $70,000


Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Swarup Bhunia – Electrical and Computer Engineering

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: AHA! AI Hardware Adventures for High Schoolers

Requested Amount: $1,487,350


Principal Investigator: Stephen Flory – Agronomy

Co-PIs: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko – School of Teaching and Learning, Sadie Ryan – Geography

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: MRA: Interactive effects of plant invasions and climate change on tick-borne disease risk

Requested Amount: $306,003


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Walter Leite – SHDOSE, Seyedahmad “Ahmad” Rahimi – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting Teacher Practice through the use of AI-Powered Orchestration to Improve Mathematical Problem Solving and Discourse

Requested Amount: $999,863


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting Teacher Instructional Decisions through Automated Screening of Instructional Materials

Requested Amount: $112,315


Principal Investigator: Julie Brown – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Magdalena Castaneda – School of Teaching and Learning, Mark Pacheco – School of Teaching and Learning, Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin – SHDOSE

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: RIEL Biology 2.0: Responsive Instruction for Emergent Bilingual Learners in Biology Classrooms

Requested Amount: $1,994,143


Principal Investigator: Julie Brown – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Innovating Transformative and Culturally Responsive Science Education (TCRSE)

Requested Amount: $451,359


Principal Investigator: Taryrn Brown – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: American Association of University Women

Proposal Title: The State of Black Girls in Alternative Education:

A Delphi Study to Determine the Academic and Well-Being Needs of Black Girls in Alternative Learning Environments

Requested Amount: $7,974


Principal Investigator: Lindsey Franklin – P.K. Yonge

Funding Agency: National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation

Proposal Title: National Council of Teachers of English 2023 Research Foundation Teacher Research Grant Program

Requested Amount: $2,926


Principal Investigator: Maya Israel – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Joanne Barrett – Dean’s Area

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Teaching All Cs through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS)

Requested Amount: $1,521,807


Principal Investigator: Maya Israel – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Kristy Boyer – Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Guiding Effective Collaborative

Learning Processes in Upper Elementary Computer Science with Adaptive Scaffolding

Requested Amount: $1,091,540


Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki – SESPECS

Co-PIs: Matthew Burns – SESPECS

Funding Agency: University of Houston (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)

Proposal Title: A Longitudinal Investigation of Predictors and Outcomes of Specific Learning Disabilities Identification – Univ. of Houston IES Supplement

Requested Amount: $438,455


 Principal Investigator: Elliot Douglas – Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment

Co-PIs: Erica McCray – Dean’s Area

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Anti-Racist Professionalism in Engineering Internships

Requested Amount: $575,690


Principal Investigator: Christie McElroy – P.K. Yonge

Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education (Subcontract – U.S. Department of Education Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, (Perkins V) University Developmental Research Schools, Secondary Career and Technical Education Programs

Requested Amount:  $57,270


Principal Investigator: Robert Moore – School of Teaching and Learning

Co-PIs: Catherine Cavanaugh – Lastinger Center for Learning, Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center for Learning

Funding Agency:  National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: Generative AI Micro-Credential Assessment (GAMA) System: Scaling Instructor Feedback for a Competency-Based Micro-Credential

Requested Amount:  $3,000,000


Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center for Learning

Funding Agency: Martin County School District

Proposal Title: Martin County Schools ALO

Requested Amount: $192,999


Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center for Learning

Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties

Proposal Title: Flagler/Volusia Early Language and Literacy PL

Requested Amount: $8,750


Principal Investigator:  Christopher Redding – SHDOSE

Funding Agency:  Boston University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Special Education Research and Development Center Program

Requested Amount:  $74,966


Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin – SHDOSE

Co-PIs: Anthony Botelho – School of Teaching and Learning, Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley – SHDOSE, Mark Pacheco – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: Duolingo

Proposal Title: Arguing Fairness for the Use of DuoLingo in Admissions at US Higher Education Institutions

Requested Amount: $119,351


Principal Investigator: Sara Smith – School of Teaching and Learning

Funding Agency: XR Solutions (Subcontract – U.S. Air Force Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Mixed Reality Software for Language Instruction at the Defense Language Institute

Requested Amount: $540,000