New Grants

Matthew Hora (PI) was awarded $25,000 from the University of Wisconsin System for the study of college internships on student outcomes. More.


David Williamson Shaffer (PI) was awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation for the project Local Environmental Modeling: A Toolkit for Incorporating Place-Based Learning into Virtual Internships - A Scalable, Informal STEM Learning Environment through August 2021. More.


Erica Halverson (PI) was awarded $1.1 million from the National Science Foundation for the project EI: Making + Mentoring: Integrating Computational Thinking into Informal 6-12 STEM Education, through July 2020. More.


David Gagnon (PI) was awarded $59,102 by the National Science Foundation for the project "Exploring the Universe from Antarctica" through 2018.


David Shaffer (PI) was awarded $973,173 from the National Science Foundation for the project "ECR: Assessing Complex Collaborative STEM Learning at Scale with Epistemic Network Analysis" through 2022.


Ana Stephens (PI) received $27,297 from the University of Texas-Austin for the project "Identifying Effective Instructional Practices that Foster the Development of Algebraic Thinking in Elementary Schools" through 2021.


Eric Knuth (PI) and Ana Stephens received funding (TBA) from the Technical Education Research Center (TERC) for the project, “Project Leap: Extending a Grades 3-5 Early Algebra Learning Progression into Grades K-2,” through June 2018.


Nancy Kendall (PI) received $10,276 from Education International for the project, “Researching the ‘Partnership Schools for Liberia’ Pilot,” through July 2017.