Office of Educational Research Submitted Proposals – August 2026

Submitted Proposals – August 2026

September 3, 2026

Principal Investigator: Daryn Dever (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: University of Idaho

Proposal Title: Advancing Medimon as a State-Aware AI Digital Platform for Health Science Literacy

Requested Amount: $66,123


Principal Investigator: Shan Zhang (STL)

Co-PI: Daryn Dever (STL)

Funding Agency: Digital Promise Global

Proposal Title: Calibrate, Reflect, and Diagnose: Learning from Mathematical Errors in RightOn!

Requested Amount: $49,970


Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)

Co-PI: Zhongtian Huang (Graduate Studies)

Funding Agency: Digital Promise Global

Proposal Title: Evaluating Feedback for Student-Created Math Models in Teachley

Requested Amount: $49,999


Principal Investigator: Carrie Geiger (PKY)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education

Proposal Title: Live Healthy – University Lab School Health Care Programs

Requested Amount: $500,000


Principal Investigator: Brady Nash (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: Oklahoma State University

Proposal Title: Technology-Enhanced Literacy: Game-Based Learning as a Means of Integrating STEM and Literacy Skills and Knowledge

Requested Amount: $59,655


Principal Investigator: Fnu Idris Jeelani (Design, Construction, and Planning)

Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL); Masoud Gheisari (Design, Construction, and Planning)

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Proposal Title: VirtuAI Story: Integrating VR and LLM to provide Personalized Situated Learning

Requested Amount: $79,632


Principal Investigator: Brady Nash (STL)

Co-PI: N/A

Funding Agency: National Council of Teachers of English

Proposal Title: Who Counts as a Neighbor?: Critically Analyzing Immigration-Focused Picturebooks

Requested Amount: $1,000