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Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – June 2025

Submitted Proposals – June 2025

July 11, 2025

Principal Investigator: Kakali Bhattacharya (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Rewriting the Codes: A Think Tank on AI and Qualitative Inquiry

Requested Amount: $375,001


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)

Co-PI: Avery Closser (STL), Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center), Christopher Engledowl (Lastinger Center), Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: Accelerate National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning

Proposal Title: Misconception-focused Question Generation for Individualized Formative Assessment

Requested Amount: $247,522


Principal Investigator: Taryrn Brown (STL)

Co-PI: Erica Odera

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Rewiring the South: Community-Engaged Research for Equity, Accessibility, and Technoliteracy in Education (CREATE)

Requested Amount: $420,052


Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Palm Beach County School Board

Proposal Title: Palm Beach SG 2025

Requested Amount: $19,500


Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Florida Children’s Council

Proposal Title: FACCT & FGLRC Sound Beginnings Refresh 2025

Requested Amount: $24,025


Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Palm Beach County School Board

Proposal Title: Palm Beach SOR PL Materials Only 2025

Requested Amount: $96,000


Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County

Proposal Title: Manatee SOR Primary Educators 2025

Requested Amount: $23,675


Principal Investigator: Frank Curran (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Kathryn Chapman (SESPECS)

Funding Agency: Columbia University

Proposal Title: Early Childhood Policy in Institutes of Higher Education – Core Center Proposal – Round 3

Requested Amount: $149,971


Principal Investigator: Frank Curran (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Kathryn Chapman (SESPECS)

Funding Agency: Columbia University

Proposal Title: Fellowships for Early Childhood Policy Students – Round 3

Requested Amount: $89,760


Principal Investigator: Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: School Board of Seminole County

Proposal Title: SCPS K-12 Instructional Coaching 2024-25

Requested Amount: $1,133


Principal Investigator: Kimberly Dotts-Hoehnle (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Individuals with Disabilities Education

Requested Amount: $258,435


Principal Investigator: Alice Emery (SESPECS)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Working with the Experts – University of Florida (Gainesville) 2025-2026

Requested Amount: $251,999


Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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, Schools and Other Secondary Career and Technical Education Programs

Requested Amount: $50,314


Principal Investigator: Yi Guo, Carol Mathews, Yonghui Wu

Co-PI: Herman Knopf (AZSEECS), Stefanie Bodison, Christopher Cogle, Ann-Marie Orlando, Kerri Peters, Elizabeth Shenkman, Takahiro Soda, Jie Xu, Brandon Zielinski

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Proposal Title: Leveraging real-world data and AI for longitudinal outcomes and care pathway analysis in autism spectrum disorders

Requested Amount: $5,000,000


Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Huffaker (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: RAND Corporation (Subcontract – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: Nudging towards Excellence: Quantifying the Achievement Impacts of Automatic Enrollment in Middle School Advanced Math

Requested Amount: $245,491


Principal Investigator: Swapna Kumar (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Boise State University (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)

Proposal Title: From Assessment to Action: Strengthening Mentoring in Online Doctoral Education

Requested Amount: $62,631


Principal Investigator: Lindsay Lynch (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Panther TRACS to Success: Enhancing Technology, Resources, and Career Services at Florida’s only Rural HSI

Requested Amount: $1,042,123


Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki (SESPECS)

Co-PI: Valentina Contesse (SESPECS), Vivian Gonsalves (SESPECS), Holly Lane (SESPECS)

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education – Special Education and Rehabilitation Services

Proposal Title: Project DECODE: Developing Expertise and Collaborative Opportunities for Dyslexia Educators 2.0

Requested Amount: $1,215,168


Principal Investigator: Robert Moore (STL)

Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL), Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Building Trust and Establishing Value in STEM Microcredentials: Developing the HIP Microcredential Framework and TRUST Scorecard

Requested Amount: $500,000


Principal Investigator: Nigel Newbutt (STL)

Co-PI: Hyo Kang

Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation

Proposal Title: Design Your College: Exploring Institutional Barriers within Computer Science through Co-Design of a Virtual Reality Experience with Autistic Undergraduates

Requested Amount: $497,989


Principal Investigator: Eunjin Shin (SHDOSE)

Co-PI: Anne Manley (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Proposal Title: Investigating the Effect of Transformer Encoder Architecture to Improve Reliability of Classroom Observation Ratings on High-Inference Discourse

Requested Amount: $117,234


Principal Investigator: Dicy Watson (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Title I, Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies Improving (TIPA)

Requested Amount: $130,254


Principal Investigator: Dicy Watson (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Title II, Part A: Supporting Effective Instruction

Requested Amount: $25,876


Principal Investigator: Dicy Watson (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Proposal Title: Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment

Requested Amount: $10,250