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Office of Educational Research Newly Funded Awards – August 2025

Newly Funded Awards – August 2025

September 11, 2025

Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Palm Beach County School Board

Project Title: Palm Beach SOR PL Materials Only 2025

Project Period: 7/8/2025–7/31/2025

Award Amount: $96,000


Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education

Project Title: Improving Student Outcomes in Math

Project Period: 7/1/2024–8/29/2025

Award Amount: $1507.31


Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

Project 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

Project Period: 7/1/2025–6/30/2026

Award Amount: $50,314


Principal Investigator: Hyo Kang

Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL), Navid Asadi Zanjani

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Project Title: Adaptive Contextual Learning in Microelectronics through Immersive Virtual Reality

Project Period: 9/1/2025–8/31/2028

Award Amount: $70,133


Principal Investigator: Sindia Rivera-Jimenez

Co-PI: Kakali Bhattacharya (SHDOSE), Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Project Title: Track 2 Persisting Beyond the Transfer Shock: An Exploration of Barriers and Self-Adjustment Experiences of Underserved Vertical Transfer Students in Engineering

Project Period: 8/1/2025–7/31/2028

Award Amount: $32,770


Principal Investigator: Dicy Watson (PKY)

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: 7/1/2025–6/30/2026

Award Amount: $27,597


Principal Investigator: Dicy Watson (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

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

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

Project Period: 7/1/2025–6/30/2026

Award Amount: $10,000