Current Grants

Current Grants in the College of Education

Our College of Education faculty, professional staff, and graduate students have been awarded millions of dollars in funding to support their research, engagement and other academic projects. Funding comes from the federal government, state governments, private foundations, professional organizations, and internal college and university programs.

The following are current active grants with College of Education faculty, professional staff, and graduate students as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PI). Amounts shown are the total funds awarded for the grant, and do not specify the portion awarded directly to the college and the portion awarded to collaborators outside of the College of Education or outside of Purdue University.

The Role of Indigenous Scholars in AERA and ASEE

  • $124,969
  • Sloan Foundation
  • PI: Stephanie Zywicki Masta
  • 10/2023-9/2024

Developing and Optimizing Reflection-Informed STEM Learning and Instruction by Integrating Learning Technologies with Natural Language Processing

  • $300,000
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Muhsin Menekse, Co-PIs: Dominic Kao and Diane Litman
  • 10/2023-9/2024

Fostering Black and Latinx student STEM efficacy, interests, and identity: A participatory study of STEM programming and practices at one community-based organization

  • $1,969,708
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Amanda Case; Co-PIs: Signe Kastberg, Nielsen Pereira, and Jessica Hauser, Executive Director of Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit, MI
  • 8/2023-7/2028

Professional Development for Educators: Enhancing Instruction with Extended Reality Experiences for Enhanced Learning Opportunities

  • $50,000
  • Purdue Innovation Hub
  • PI: Victoria Lowell
  • 7/2023-7/2024

Advanced Practices Nurses’ Opioid Use Disorder Education Through a Massive Open Online Course

  • $726,994
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • PI: Karen Foli; Co-PIs: Willie Burgess, Wanju Huang, Nicole Adams, and Susan Kersey
  • 6/2023-6/2026

Purdue Freedom Schools Program

  • $9,993
  • United Way
  • PI: Breanya Hogue
  • 6/2023-5/2024

Science of Reading Implementation Grant

  • $1,500,000
  • Lilly Endowment, Inc.
  • PI: Jenna Rickus, Co-Leads: Christy Wessel-Powell and Cammie McBride
  • 4/2023-7/2026

GEERS II: The Online and Blended Teaching Hub

  • $46,000
  • Indiana Department of Education
  • PI: Timothy Newby, Co-PI: Jennifer Richardson
  • 3/2023-12/2023

Leading Academic Transformation: Enhancing STEM Instructional Methods

  • $24,000
  • U.S.-Kazakhstan University Partnerships Program
  • PI: Paul Asunda
  • 2/2023-2/2024

Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: Cyber Training for Open Science in Climate, Water and Environmental Sustainability

  • $847,844
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Venkatesh Merwade, Co-PIs: WanJu Huang, Jacob Hosen, and Xiaochui Song
  • 1/2023-12/2025

ITELL: Indiana Teachers of English Language Learners

  • $300,000
  • Indiana Department of Education
  • In collaboration with the University of Indianapolis
  • PI: Trish Morita-Mullaney
  • 11/2022-6/2024

ISEAL: Indiana Special Education Assisted Licensure

  • $50,000
  • Indiana Department of Education
  • In collaboration with the University of Indianapolis
  • PI: Kharon Grimmet
  • 11/2022-6/2024

Attracting, Preparing, & Retaining Teachers through a Residency-Based Grow Your Own Program

  • $916,453
  • Indiana Department of Education
  • PI: Kathy Obenchain, Co-PI: Jenn Barce
  • 9/2022-9/2024

Retrieval Practice Scaffolded Argumentation to Facilitate Problem Solving on Structured and Semi-Structured Tasks in Introductory Undergraduate Physics

  • $600,000
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Carina Rebello, Co-PI: Sanjay Rebello
  • 8/2022-7/2025

Centering Trauma-informed Practices (TIP) to Sustain TIP Knowledge and Reduce Secondary Traumatic Stress in Novice Teachers: An Interdisciplinary Research-Practice Partnership

  • $398,000
  • Spencer Foundation
  • Co-PI: Ofelia Schepers, in collaboration with MSU-Denver
  • 8/1/22-7/31/24

Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence: Developing Scholar Identities Among Underserved Youth with Gifts and Talents

  • $3,537,136
  • Javits/Department of Education
  • PI: Marcia Gentry, Co-PIs: Jennifer Richardson, Yukiko Maeda, Kristen Seward, Nielsen Pereira
  • 7/2022-6/2027

Underrepresented Students in Gifted & Talented Education: Positive Psychology Identification & Service

  • $2,808,090
  • Javits/Department of Education
  • PI: Rick Olenchak, Co-PIs: Kristen Seward, Anne Traynor, with Valdosta State University
  • 7/2022-6/2027

Project RISE

  • $2,268,626
  • Department of Education
  • PI: Chrystal Johnson, Co-PIs: Selcen Guzey, Cornelius Bynum, with North Carolina State University
  • 7/2022-6/2027

Collaborative Research: Individualizing Instruction and Improving Research using Adaptive Testing (i3RAT)

  • $158,416
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Jason Morphew, Co-PI: Hua Hua Chang
  • 2/2022-1/2025

Project HOPE+ 2022-2024

  • $150,000
  • Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  • PI: Marcia Gentry
  • 1/2022-12/2024

Interprofessional Education Supporting the High Intensity Needs of Exceptional Students (IPE-SHINES)

  • $1,135,870
  • U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education Programs
  • PI: Rose Mason, Co-PIs: Mandy Rispoli and Jasmine Begeske
    • In collaboration with C. Loudermill, C. Greenwell, and C. Masters in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS)
  • 11/2021-10/2026

Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC)

  • $2,788,584
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • PI: Mushin Menekse
    • In collaboration with Mahdi Hosseni and Erica Carlson
  • 9/2021-8/2024

The Alliance of Persons with Disabilities and Intersectionality for Inclusion, Networking, and Transition Opportunities in STEM (TAPDINTO-STEM)

  • $143,949
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Denise Whitford, Co-PIs: Bradley Duerstock; In collaboration with Ohio State University
  • 8/2021-7/2026

PECAS Mediator: Productive Online Teamwork Engagement Through Intelligent Mediation

  • $850,000
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Alejandra Magana Deleon, Co-PIs: Jennifer Richardson, Bedrich Benes, James Dworkin, Dominic Kao, and Soren Matei
  • 8/2021-7/2024

Expanding Accessibility of Learning through Blended Synchronous Instruction of F2F and Remote Students

  • $599,980
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Nathan Mentzer, Co-PIs: Adrie Koehler-Blair, Shawn Farrington, and Lakshmy Mohandas
  • 7/2021-6/2024

Strengthening Indiana’s Future through the 21st Century STEM Teaching Scholarship

  • $563,750
  • Indiana Commission for Higher Education
  • PI: Lynn Bryan, Co-PIs: Selcen Guzey, Mushin Menekse, Jill Newton, Paul Asunda, Nathan Mentzer, William Walker
  • 7/2021-6/2023

Hoosier STEM Academy Program

  • $150,000
  • Indiana Commission for Higher Education
  • PI: Tara Johnson, In collaboration with Ball State University
  • 7/2021-6/2023

Developing an Effective “Systems Think” Evaluation Tool for RR Job Candidates

  • $64,651
  • Rolls Royce Corporation
  • PI: Sorin Matei, Co-PIs: William Watson and Joel Rasmus
  • 7/2021-7/2023

Characterizing How Teachers Design Engaging Learning Environments in STEM Education: Examining Teachers’ and Students’ Conceptualizations of Integrated STEM

  • $325,009
  • National Science Foundation: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (BCSER)
  • PI: Paul Asunda
  • 7/2021-6/2023

Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship (BFTF)

  • $750,000
  • U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • PI: Anatoli Rapoport
  • 9/2021-12/2024

Collaborative Research: A Data-Driven Employer-Academia Partnership for Continual Computing Curricular Change

  • $3,000,000
  • National Science Foundation: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)
  • Co-PI: Marisa Exter
    • In collaboration with University of Alabama, Rochester Institute of Technology, Tuskegee University, George Washington University, University of New Hampshire, Mississippi State University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 8/2021-7/2024

Parental Inclusion in Language and Research (Project PILAR)

  • $2,903,764
  • U.S. Department of Education: National Professional Development
  • PI: Trish Morita-Mullaney, Co-PIs: Jenn Renn and Wayne Wright
  • 7/2021-6/2026

Learning by Evaluating: Engaging students in evaluation as a pedagogical strategy to improve design thinking

  • $1,257,321
  • National Science Foundation: Discovery Research K-12
  • PI: Nathan Mentzer, Co-PIs: Scott Bartholomew, Andrew Jackson, and Ryan Novitski
  • 6/2021-12/2023

Growing the Workforce for Digital Agriculture

  • $297,861
  • National Inst of Food & Agriculture
  • PI: Bruce Erickson, Co-PI; Sarah LaRose
  • 1/2021-12/2023

See Us-Be Us: Inspiring future veterinarians using a Veterinary STEM Ecosystem

  • $1,350,000
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Co-PIs: Wilella Burgess, Martha McDavid, Loran Parker
    • In collaboration with Sandra SanMiguel (PI) and Micha Simons
  • 5/2020-4/2025

Project LEAD: Leaders in Evidence-based Practices, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Diversity

  • $3,750,000
  • U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education Programs
  • PI: Dr. Mandy Rispoli
    • In collaboration with the University of Oregon and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 1/2020-12/2024

STEM Teacher Residency in Indianapolis Public Schools

  • $5,177,290
  • U.S. Department of Education: Teacher Quality Partnership
  • PI: Lynn Bryan, Co-PI: Selcen Guzey
  • 10/2019-9/2024

Closing Excellence and Opportunity Gaps for Students from Traditionally Underserved Populations in Gifted Education: A Multi-Tier Systems of Support Approach

  • $2,172,719
  • U.S. Department of Education: Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program
  • PI: Nielsen Pereira, Co- PIs: Hua-Hua Chang, Marcia Gentry, Ronald Martella, Ophélie Desmet
  • 9/2019-8/2024

Cultivating a National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy and Water Education

  • $374,982
  • National Science Foundation: Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems, RCN
  • Co-PI: Hui-Hui Wang
    • In Collaboration with the University of Nebraska
  • 9/2019-8/2024

Creating Place: The Experiences of Indigenous Graduate Students in STEM

  • $49,945
  • Spencer Foundation
  • PI: Stephanie Zywicki
  • 7/2019-6/2023

LASER Partners for University-led Solutions Engine (PULSE)

  • $20,000,000
  • S. Agency for International Development
  • Co-PI: Willie Burgess
    • In Collaboration with PI: A Raman, and Co-PIs: J Sinfield, Y Yuehwern
  • 6/2018-6/2023

Professional Development for K-12 Teachers in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

  • $847,245
  • National Science Foundation, Discovery Research in K-12 Education
  • PI: Minjung Ryu [now at University of Illinois Chicago], Co-PI: Wayne E. Wright
  • 9/2018-8/2023*

Enhancing Undergraduate STEM Education by Integrating Mobile Learning Technologies

  • $1,398,642
  • Institute of Education Sciences
  • PI: Muhsin Menekse, Co- PI: Ala Samarapungavan
  • 8/2018-8/2023*

Project Einstein: Excellence in STEM Teaching in Indiana

  • $1,415,500
  • National Science Foundation: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
  • PI: Lynn Bryan, Co-PIs: Selcen Guzey, Jill Newton, Paul Asunda, Muhsin Menekse
  • 7/2018-6/2023*

Exploring Biological Evidence (EBE): Helping Students Understand the Richness and Complexity of Evidentiary Constructs in Biology

  • $1,270,154 (+ $65,909 supplement)
  • National Science Foundation: Discovery Research K-12
  • PI: Ala Samarapungavan
    • In collaboration with Co- PI: K. Clase, S. Gardner and N. Palaez
  • 1/2017-12/2022

Project PUEDE: Parent and Professional Understanding for Equity in Dual Language Education

  • $1,892,481
  • S. Department of Education: National Professional Development Program
  • PI: Trish Morita-Mullaney, Co- PI: Wayne E. Wright
  • 9/2017-8/2023*

Leveraging the Lectura y Lenguaje: A Collaborative Scale up of Literacy and Language in Indiana Schools

  • $1,840,319
  • S. Department of Education: National Professional Development Program
  • PI: Trish Morita-Mullaney, Co- PI: Wayne E. Wright
  • 9/2017-8/2023*

Indiana’s GEAR UP Program

  • $24,500,000
  • S. Department of Education
  • PI: Carla Johnson [now at North Carolina State University], Co-PI: Virginia Bolshakova
  • 9/2016-8/2023

Sensing Science through Modeling Matter: Kindergarten Students’ Development of Understanding Matter and it Changes

  • $2,641,415 ($875,045 Purdue)
  • National Science Foundation & Concord Consortium
  • Co- PIs: Lynn Bryan and Ala Samarapungavan
    • In collaboration with PI: C. Staudt
  • 10/2016-12/2022

Recent Past Grants

Becoming an Online Teacher Even When I Didn’t Sign Up For It

  • $1,548,822
  • IN Department of Education
  • PI: Tim Newby, Co-PIs: Kharon Grimmet, Adrie Koehler-Blair, Trish Morita-Mullaney, Jennifer Richardson
  • 10/2020-9/2022

Grants House Mural

  • $4,950
  • Indiana Arts Commission
  • PI: Jennifer Smith, Co-PI: Jasmine Begekse
  • 11/2022-6/2023

Purdue’s Literacy and Language Development Clinic

  • $1,123,774
  • Indiana Department of Education
  • PI: Christy Wessel-Powell, Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Bentley, Dr. Virak Chan, Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney, and Dr. Laura Bofferding, and Dr. Jenn Barce and Edward Wiercioch
  • 1/2022-6/2023

Engaging Middle School Science Student in Taxonomy with Augmented Reality (AR) Technology-Assisted Learning

  • $25,000
  • College of Education Launch the Future Award
  • PI: Victoria Lowell, with graduate students Stuart White, Anthony IIobinso, and Kevin Jones, and consultants Lynn Bryan, Timothy Gibb, Daniel Triplett and George Takahashi.
  • 4/2022-4/2023

Development, Validation, and Implementation of the Pre-Service Teachers Online Teaching Motivation Scale (PST-OTMS): Examining Motivational Constructs in Online Teaching and Learning

  • $22,986
  • College of Education Launch the Future Award
  • PI: Luke Bennett, Co-PIs: Yukiko Maeda and Adrie Koehler
  • 4/2022-4/2023

Innovation and Impact: Fostering Preservice Teachers’ Engagement with Rural Community Partners

  • $24,380
  • College of Education Launch the Future Award
  • PI: Stephanie Oudghiri, Co-PIs: Helen Bentley and Laura Bofferding 
  • 4/2022-4/2023

Video-Based Innovative Teaching and Learning (VITAL) Mobile Studio for Online Instruction and Educational Videos in the College of Education

  • $98,787
  • Purdue Instructional Equipment Grant
  • PI: Christy Wessel-Powell, Co-PIs: Jasmine Begeske, Luke Bennett, Helen Bentley, Virak Chan, Diane Gunstra, Adrie Koehler-Blair, Trish Morita-Mullaney, Anne Murphy-Kline, David Premont, Jennifer Renn, Bill Watson, Sunny Watson, and Wayne E. Wright
  • 11/2021-10/2022

Empowering Pre-service Teaching with Emerging Technologies and In-depth Faculty Feedback – Innovative Initiative (I2)

  • $99,393
  • Purdue Instructional Equipment Program
  • Co-PIs: Rose Mason, Christy Wessel-Powell, Wanju Huang, David Sears, Adrie Koehler, and Bill Watson
  • 1/2021-12/2022

Creative Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology Solutions (CARTS)

  • $99,907
  • Purdue Instructional Equipment Program
  • Co-PIs: Jasmine Begeske and Jennifer Smith
  • 1/2021-12/2022

Addressing special education teachers’ implementation fidelity of functional communication training: A preliminary evaluation of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Schools

  • $1,300
  • Association for Positive Behavioral Support
  • PI: Mandy Rispoli
  • 9/2021-4/2022

Small But Mighty Mural Project

  • $5,000
  • Indiana Arts Commission
  • Co-PIs: Jasmine Begeske and Jennifer Smith
  • 7/2021-6/2022

Identifying Marginalization and Allying Tendencies to Transform Engineering Relationships

  • $630,386
  • National Science Foundations: Broadening Participation in Engineering
  • Co-PI: Stephanie Zywiki
    • In collaboration with PI: A. Pawley, and Co- PIs: D. Dickerson, and M. Ohland
  • 8/2019-7/2022

Participatory Action Research of Higher Education Connected Learning in Emergencies

  • $50,000
  • Spencer Foundation
  • Co-PI: Brenda Capobianco
    • In collaboration with PI Jennifer DeBoer
  • 6/2021-5/2022

Integrating STEM Through Food Systems Incubation Design Challenges

  • $20,000
  • College of Education, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships: Purdue Polytechnic High School Collaborative Research Grant
  • Co-PI: Hui Hui Wang
    • In collaboration with Lisa Bowman and Neil Knobloch
  • 6/2021-5/2022

Foregrounding High School Mathematics in Project-Based Learning

  • $20,000
  • College of Education, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships: Purdue Polytechnic High School Collaborative Research Grant
  • Co-PIs: Rachael Kenney, Signe Kastberg, Elizabeth Suazo-Flores
    • In collaboration with Sarah Leach, Fay Barber-Dansby, and Jeff de Verona
  • 6/2021-5/2022

Building and Supporting Critique Environments Across Project-Based Disciplinary Contexts

  • $32,172
  • Purdue Best Practices in Higher Education
  • Co-PIs: Marisa Exter and Wanju Huang
    • In collaboration with Colin Gray (PI) and Davin Huston, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  • 11/2020-10/2021

Hyflex as a model for actively engaging face to face and remote students in discussion and small group project-based learning

  • $45,393
  • Purdue Best Practices in Higher Education
  • PI: Nathan Mentzer
  • 11/2020-10/2021

Determining the Effectiveness of the Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) for Transforming Online Teaching Practices

  • $46,792
  • Purdue Best Practices in Higher Education
  • PI: Jennifer Richardson, Co-PIs: Daniela Castellanos-Reyes, Mohammad Shams Ud Duha
  • 11/2020-10/2021

Virtual Instruction: Research and Literacy Learning; Online Literacy-Cast Faculty Professional Development in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • $49,996
  • Purdue Best Practices in Higher Education
  • PI: Christy Wessel-Powell, Co-PIs: Virak Chan, Adrie Koehler-Blair, Marjorie Sprunger
    • In collaboration with Tamar Greenwell and Chenell Loudermill (SLHS), Appalachian State University and University of Northern Iowa
  • 11/2020-10/2021

ACCESS Purdue – Early College Program Proposal: Expanding College Access and Turning High School Partnerships into College Enrollment

  • $39,000
  • College of Education, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships: Purdue Polytechnic High School Collaborative Research Grant
  • Co-PIs: David Sears and Nathan Mentzer
    • In collaboration with PI Greg Strimel and Co-PI S. Bartholomew, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  • 12/2020-11/2021

Holistic Talent Development for Underserved Youth: Cybercrime, Internet Safety, and Achievement Motivation

  • $33,000
  • College of Education, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships: Purdue Polytechnic High School Collaborative Research Grant
  • PI: Marcia Gentry, Co-PI: O Desmet, D Crimmins, 12/2020-11/2021
    • In collaboration with PI: K. Seigfried-Spellar and Co-PI D. Crimmins, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  • 12/2020-11/2021

A Personalized Project-Based Approach to STEM Learning: How Does The PPHS Model Serve Students At-Risk?

  • $28,000
  • College of Education, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships: Purdue Polytechnic High School Collaborative Research Grant
  • PI: Sunnie L. Watson, Co-PIs: Denise K. Whitford, Lisa Lambert Snodgrass
    • In collaboration with PI Tahir M. Khan and Co-PI L.B. Bosman, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  • 12/2020-11/2021

Vet Up! The National HCOP Academy for Veterinary Medicine

  • $3,179,007
  • Health Resources & Services Administration
  • Co-PI: Willie Burgess
    • In collaboration with PI: S SanMiguel, and Co-PIs: H Green, W Reed, B Zenor
  • 9/2019-8/2020

Strengthening Indiana’s Future through the 21st Century STEM Teaching Scholarship

  • $498,000
  • Indiana Commission for Higher Education
  • PI: Lynn Bryan, Co-PIs: Selcen Guzey, Muhsin Meneske, Jill Newton
  • 9/2019-6/2021

Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research

  • $19,000
  • American Education Research Association
  • Co-PI: Jairo Funez, doctoral candidate (under supervision of PI JoAnn Phillion)
  • 8/2019-6/2020

Evaluating the Methods and Effectiveness of Community-based Organizations in Supporting Lower-income Students of Color Through College

  • $50,000
  • Spencer Foundation
  • PI: Amanda Case
  • 8/2019-1/2021

Evaluating the Effects of Service Dogs on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • $30,000
  • Nestle Purina
  • PI: Mandy Rispoli
    • In collaboration with Co-PI: M. O’Haire
  • 8/2019-7/2021

Collaborative Research: Co-Developing a Curriculum Coherence Toolkit with Teachers

  • $445,251
  • National Science Foundation
  • Co-PI: Jill Newton
    • In collaboration with Michigan State University (PI: C. Drake)
  • 7/2019-6/2021

Supporting the Stem Interests, Efficacy, and Career Expectations of Lower-income Black and Latinx Students through Community-based, Out-of-school Programming

  • $15,500
  • College of Education: Launch the Future
  • PI: Amanda Case, Co-PI: Nielson Pereira
  • 5/2019-12/2020

Catchment Zone Interviews: Addressing Inequality in a Segregated School District

  • $15,500
  • College of Education: Launch the Future
  • PI: Christy Wessel-Powell
  • 5/2019-12/2020

Harnessing Parental Support to Improve College Enrollment and Persistence of Lower-income Students of Color

  • $20,000
  • Kinley Trust
  • PI: Amanda Case
  • 5/2019-4/2020

Creating a Connected Classroom

  • $4,400
  • Wiley Education Services
  • PI: Victoria Walker
  • 3/2019-1/2020

Project Hope+

  • $150,000
  • Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  • PI: Marcia Gentry
  • 2/2019-1/2-21

Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute

  • $750,000
  • S. State Department
  • PI: Anatoli Rapoport
  • 1/2019-12/2021

Making Challenging Text Accessible: Increasing Academic Achievement for Struggling Readers

  • $50,000
  • Spencer Foundation
  • PI: Melanie Kuhn
  • 1/2019-2/2020

LASER Buy-in: Building the Evidence Base on Effective Private Sector Engagement

  • $2,687,578
  • S. Agency for International Development
  • Co-PI: Willie Burgess
    • In collaboration with PI: Y Yuehwern, and Co-PI: J Sinfield
  • 10/2018-12/2020

Para-Impact: Professional Development with Teacher-as-Coach for Paraeducators of Elementary Students with Moderate-to-Severe Developmental Disabilities

  • $1,393,765
  • Institute of Education Sciences
  • PI: Rose Mason, Co-PI: Mandy Rispoli, Jennifer Richardson, Yukiko Maeda
  • 8/2018-8/2021

How Gifted Underachievement Develops According to Gifted Underachievers and their Parents

  • $46,730
  • American Psychological Association
  • PI: Nielsen Pereira, Co-PI: Ophélie Desmet
  • 8/2018-7/2020

Exploratory: Promoting Commenting and Debugging in Early Years Programming

  • $397,606
  • National Science Foundation: Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
  • PI: Laura Bofferding
  • 8/2018-8/2020

Virtual Reality Augmented Hands-on Cryo-EM Training

  • $367,647
  • National Institute of Health: Eye Institute
  • Co- PI: William Watson
    • In collaboration with PI: Y Chen
  • 5/2018-4/2021

The Integration of Engineering Design and Life Science: Investigating the Influence

  • $1,838,015
  • National Science Foundation: Discovery Research K-12
  • PI: Selcen Guzey
  • 9/2017-8/2021

Collaborative Research: Theoretical and Methodological Tools for Studying Group Productive Disciplinary Engagement

  • $1,082,294
  • National Science Foundation: EHR Core
  • PI: Toni Rogat, Co- PI: Anne Traynor
    • In Collaboration with PI C. Hmelo-Silver and Co-PI B. Cheng, Indiana University
  • 9/2017-8/2020

ARISE – Augmentation Infused Scale-up Environment

  • $299,846
  • National Science Foundation: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
  • Co-PI: L. Bryan
    • In collaboration with PI: C. Rebello, Co-PIs: Haugan, Hirsch
  • 8/2017-7/2020

Collaborative Research: Identity Development Evaluation of African American Students: A Longitudinal Investigation

  • $589,574
  • National Science Foundation: EHR Core
  • PI: Eric Deemer
    • In collaboration with PI Aryn Dotterer and Co-PI Derosa, Utah State University
  • 6/2017-5/2020

UPDATE: Using Principles of Design to Advance Teacher Education

  • $2,018,951
  • National Science Foundation
  • PI: Brenda Capobianco, Co-PIs: David Eichinger, Selcen Guzey, Sanjay Rebello, and Minjung Ryu [now at University of Illinois Chicago]
    • In collaboration with Co-PI: Kendra Erk, College of Engineering
  • 7/2016-6/2021

This is How We Role: Inspiring Future Researchers through Veterinary Medicine

  • $240,356
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Co-PI: Willie Burgess
    • In collaboration with PI: S Sanmiguel, and Co-PI: L Carlton
  • 6/2015-4/2020