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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Creating Place: The Experiences of Indigenous Graduate Students in STEM
- $49,945
- Spencer Foundation
- PI: Stephanie Zywicki
- 7/2019-6/2023
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 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
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
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
- 9/2018-8/2022
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
Enhancing Undergraduate STEM Education by Integrating Mobile Learning Technologies
- $1,398,642
- Institute of Education Sciences
- PI: Muhsin Menekse, Co- PI: Ala Samarapungavan
- 8/2018-8/2022
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
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
- 7/2018-6/2022
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
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
- 9/2017-8/2022
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
- 9/2017-8/2022
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
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
- 1/2017-8/2020
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
- 10/2016-9/2020
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 Mingjung Ryu [now at University of Illinois Chicago]
- In collaboration with Co-PI: Kendra Erk, College of Engineering
- 7/2016-6/2021
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
- 9/2014-8/2021
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