Newly Funded Awards – August 2024
Principal Investigator: Briana Bivens (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Project Title: Caring for the Whole Community: Child and Youth Work at Highlander, 1932-present
Project Period: 8/16/2024 – 4/30/2025
Award Amount: $1,000
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Project Title: Collaborative Research: Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS)
Project Period: 8/15/2024 – 7/31/2028
Award Amount: $595,375
Principal Investigator: Sara Smith (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of South Florida (Subcontract – Institute of Education Sciences Flow Through)
Project Title: Effect of Bilingual vs. Monolingual Methods
Project Period: 5/1/2024 – 12/31/2025
Award Amount: $15,958
Principal Investigator: Navid Asadi Zanjani
Co-PI: Robert Moore (STL), Hyo Kang
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Project Title: SaTC:EDU:Designing Next Generation Training Using VR for Microelectronics Physical Assurance (VR MiPA)
Project Period: 8/15/2024 – 7/31/2026
Award Amount: $74,365
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Swarup Bhunia, Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center), Rui Guo
Funding Agency: US Navy Office of Naval Research
Project Title: STEM ML4Math: Integrating Machine Learning and Mathematics Education Using a Concreteness Fading Approach
Project Period: 8/01/2024 – 7/31/2027
Award Amount: $52,895.33
Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Title: The Effectiveness of State Postsecondary Funding Approaches
Project Period: 8/12/2024 – 7/31/2026
Award Amount: $527,420
Principal Investigator: Dwight Irvin (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Kansas Center for Research (Subcontract – Institute of Education Sciences Flow Through)
Project Title: The Effects of Promoting Engaging Early Literacy Interactions in Preschool Environments: Literacy 3D
Project Period: 8/16/2023 – 6/30/2025
Award Amount: $58,635
Principal Investigator: Ross Van Boven (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title I, Part A – Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (TIPA)
Project Period: 7/01/2024 – 6/30/2025
Award Amount: $130,255
Principal Investigator: Ross Van Boven (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction
Project Period: 7/01/2024 – 6/30/2025
Award Amount: $25,680
Principal Investigator: Ross Van Boven (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction – Supplemental Funds for Lab Schools, Special and Charter Local Educational Agencies
Project Period: 7/01/2023 – 6/30/2024
Award Amount: $51,322.57
Principal Investigator: Ross Van Boven (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE)
Project Period: 7/01/2024 – 6/30/2025
Award Amount: $10,000
