Submitted Proposals – November 2024
Principal Investigator: Kakali Bhattacharya (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Tennessee (Subcontract – American Council of Learned Societies Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Digital Justice for Queer Appalachian Youth: Preserving Identity and Accessing Education Post-Hurricane Helene
Requested Amount: $14,719
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Engineering)
Co-PI: Nicole Hutchins (STL), Maya Israel (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Advancing Students Collaboration Skills in Upper Elementary Computer Science with Intelligent Conversational Agents
Requested Amount: $2,398,000
Principal Investigator: Julie Brown (STL)
Co-PI: Magdalena Castaneda (STL), Mark Pacheco (STL), Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: RIEL 2.0: Responsive Education in Biology for Multilingual Learners
Requested Amount: $2,883,094
Principal Investigator: Yuheng Bu
Co-PI: Yiqin Pan (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: RITEL: Advancing Computerized Adaptive Testing with Artificial Intelligence Tools
Requested Amount: $600,003
Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Sarasota County (Subcontract – Florida Department of Education Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Sarasota Coaching + SOR for ESOL Liaisons
Requested Amount: $70,000
Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County
Proposal Title: Manatee 2025 – Materials Only
Requested Amount: $9,450
Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Proposal Title: JPEF for Literacy Assessment Consultation Services
Requested Amount: $6,800
Principal Investigator: Chonika Coleman King (STL)
Co-PI: Melissa Soto (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Project COME HOME: Culturally Oriented Mathematics Engagement with Hands-On Montessori Education
Requested Amount: $1,099,610
Principal Investigator: Daryn Dever (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Using AI-Powered Collaborators to Inspire High School Students to Pursue STEM Careers
Requested Amount: $899,861
Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (PKY)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant
Requested Amount: $471,700
Principal Investigator: Nicole Hutchins (STL)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Navigating AI’s Role in Pedagogical Growth: Teacher Professional Development to Enhance Project-Based Learning
Requested Amount: $2,884,287
Principal Investigator: Zhihui Fang (STL)
Co-PI: Gayle Evans (STL), Wei Li (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: TEANOS: Teaching Nature of Science in Fourth and Fifth Grades Through Scientists Biography Picture Books
Requested Amount: $2,412,599
Principal Investigator: Zhihui Fang (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Language and Meaning Making: Rural Ninth-Grade Students’ Discursive Competence in Analytical Writing
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Hyo Kang (Digital Worlds)
Co-PI: Nigel Newbutt (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Broadening Participation for Future Semiconductor Workforce: Remote Work-Based Learning for Autistic Engineers through Digital Twins
Requested Amount: $899,576
Principal Investigator: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Stephanie Snidarich (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: ORF-TECH: Oral Reading Fluency Technology and Enhancement for Children
Requested Amount: $898,966
Principal Investigator: Hannah Mathews (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Melinda Leko (SESPECS), Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education; Special Education and Rehab Services
Proposal Title: Project WISE: Workforce Issues in Special Education
Requested Amount: $3,748,686
Principal Investigator: Stuart McDaniel (Biology)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: The Genomic Basis and Demographic Consequences of Male-Biased Local Adaptation in a Moss
Requested Amount: $2,267,331
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Co-PI: Anthony Botelho (STL), Avery Closser (STL), Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Learning from fAIlure: Fostering K-12 Students’ Math Learning, Creativity, and Collaboration through AI-Powered Productive Failure
Requested Amount: $2,347,238
Principal Investigator: Christopher Thomas (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Academy of Education (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: The Nurseries of Democracy: Education for Citizenship and the First Amendment Rights of Young Students
Requested Amount: $70,000
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center), Kristy Boyer (Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Transforming Middle School Math Learning with Teachable Agents Powered by Multimodal Generative AI
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
