New Grants

Sadhana Puntambekar received $23,261 from the National Science Foundation through 2017 for the project, "Transforming learning, empowering learners: Doctoral consortium and early career workshops."


Matthew Berland (PI) received $68,000 from the National Science Foundation through 2018 for the project, "An ecological approach to understanding the rollout of student-centered computer science education in New York City."


Eric Camburn received $333,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project, “The Day Reconstruction Method: A New Tool for Measuring Teachers Work and Work Contexts,” which will develop a measure of teachers' workplaces and how teachers spend their workday, through July 2020. 


Haley Vlach received $530,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project, “The Role of Timing in Children’s Science Learning,” which will contribute to understanding how science concepts are learned, through August 2019.


Eric Grodsky, Rich Halverson, and Steve Kimball received $2 million from the U.S. Dept. of Education for the project Connecting Educators and Evidence through Data, through September 2019. 


Matt Hora and Ross Benbow received $782,000 of a $2.2 million National Science Foundation grant running through April, 2020. UW-Madison's portion totals $1,589,057 and the Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $647,103 for the project, Collaborative Research: Exploring Factors that Shape Education and Workplace Training on Essential 21st Century Competencies: A Translational Study in Four High-STEM Job Regions.


Mitchell Nathan and Peter Steiner received $339,000 from the U.S. Dept. or Education for the project, How Dynamic Gestures and Directed Actions Contribute to Mathematical Proof Practices, through June 2020. 


Sara Goldrick-Rab received $25,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation for the project #RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates, through May 2016.