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| Name | Award amount | Award start date Sort ascending | Award end date | Sponsors | Principal investigator | Link to edit Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Education Workforce and Michigan Educators Workforce Initiative | $716,100 | August 26, 2024 | August 26, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative | Brent Maddin | |
| Next Education Workforce Evaluation Study | $600,000 | July 01, 2024 | June 30, 2026 | Direct sponsor: Overdeck Family Foundation | Mary Laski | |
| Poetry in America for High Schools | $10,000 | July 01, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Direct sponsor: The Sidney E. Frank Foundation | Elisa New | |
| Using visual computing to deepen mathematical learning | $750,000 | July 01, 2024 | June 03, 2027 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Terri Kurz | |
| CRPE: AI research and convening plan | $200,000 | April 01, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Overdeck Family Foundation | Brianna Dusseault | |
| Next Education Workforce - Joyce Family Foundation | $50,000 | April 01, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Joyce Family Foundation | Brent Maddin | |
| 2023 Yidan Prize for Education Research | $1,920,665 | January 01, 2024 | January 01, 2026 | Michelene Chi | ||
| Evaluating the integration of DEI elements into STEM educational program design | $340,613 | January 01, 2024 | December 31, 2028 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: Western Michigan University |
Ayesha Boyce | |
| Assessing racial inequities in the education of bilingual and multilingual Iranian-American students | $74,876 | January 01, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Spencer Foundation | Yalda (Marzieh) Kaveh | |
| Project aims to identify how African universities foster equitable learning experiences for women | $70,000 | January 01, 2024 | December 31, 2024 | Originating sponsor: National Academy of Education Direct sponsor: Spencer Foundation |
Meseret Hailu | |
| Adapting EYEplay’s approaches for preschoolers | $3,999,999 | January 01, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Scott Marley | ||
| Improving reading literacy and math through small group tutoring | $129,000 | December 01, 2023 | August 31, 2024 | Direct sponsor: Arizona Department of Education | Pamela Kulinna | |
| A further look into the pandemic’s impact on classroom learning | $1,994,447 | October 03, 2023 | October 02, 2028 | Originating sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Direct sponsor: RAND Corporation |
Robin Lake | |
| Documenting innovative schools through the Canopy Project (Carnegie Corporation of New York) | $111,000 | October 01, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York Direct sponsor: Transcend |
Chelsea Waite | |
| Documenting innovative schools through the Canopy Project (Overdeck Family Foundation) | $37,000 | October 01, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Overdeck Family Foundation Direct sponsor: Transcend |
Chelsea Waite | |
| Strengthening computer science pathways for Native American communities | $74,000 | October 01, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Janice Mak | ||
| Strengthening reading comprehension through the arts | $60,492 | October 01, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Arizona Office of Governor Direct sponsor: Childsplay |
Lauren Van Huisstede | |
| Improving civics education in K–12 schools | $1,608,264 | October 01, 2023 | September 30, 2026 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Lauren Harris | |
| Documenting innovative schools through the Canopy Project (Barr Foundation) | $220,000 | October 01, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Barr Foundation Direct sponsor: Transcend |
Chelsea Waite | |
| Black girls as creators in the field of AI | $3,206,383 | October 01, 2023 | September 20, 2028 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Tara Nkrumah | |
| Establishing a women’s leadership council in Lebanon | $77,954 | September 01, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | Tanya Pinkerton | ||
| Supporting inclusive practices within STEM education through an arts and theater-based methodology | $171,482 | September 01, 2023 | August 31, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Consortium /Department of Defense Direct sponsor: RTI International |
Tara Nkrumah | |
| Quality First Academy Evaluation 2023-2024 | $100,000 | September 01, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Southwest Human Development Direct sponsor: First Things First |
Jeanne Wilcox | |
| Assessing efforts to diversify the marine sciences | $300,000 | September 01, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: Hampton University |
Ayesha Boyce | |
| Drama-based literacy program expands to focus on the learning outcomes of students with diverse abilities | $399,388 | September 01, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Spencer Foundattion | Katie Bernstein, Scott Marley, Erin Rotheram-Fuller, Lauren van Huisstede | |
| Culturally relevant pedagogy as an approach to strengthening STEM pathways for systemically excluded youth | $250,956 | September 01, 2023 | August 31, 2024 | Originating sponsor: Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Consortium /Department of Defense Direct sponsor: RTI International |
Tara Nkrumah | |
| A global futures-oriented research collective on education for advancing sustainability | September 01, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Iveta Silova | ||
| Creating a centralized math hub and surveying teacher preparation programs on AI | $1,499,455 | August 01, 2023 | July 31, 2026 | Direct sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Robin Lake | |
| Professional development program supports K–12 learning through campus-based, outdoor activities | $783,021 | July 22, 2023 | August 24, 2024 | Steve Zuiker | ||
| MLFTC supports teacher preparation in the nation of Georgia | $2,501,292 | July 03, 2023 | April 15, 2028 | Originating sponsor: USAID Direct sponsor: Chemonics International Inc. |
Iveta Silova | |
| Promoting student health and well-being in schools | $101,541 | July 01, 2023 | August 01, 2024 | Pamela Kulinna | ||
| Fostering STEM instruction at HSIs | $91,987 | July 01, 2023 | June 30, 2026 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Antonio Duran | |
| Advancing equity in K–12 computer science education policy | $619,035 | July 01, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Janice Mak | |
| Planning for solar-powered communities | $50,000 | June 01, 2023 | November 30, 2024 | Direct sponsor: EarthShare | Ruth Wylie | |
| Investigating Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ Organizational Commitments to LGBTQ+ Communities: A Multi-Site Case Study at 4-Year HSIs | $3,000 | June 01, 2023 | December 31, 2024 | Direct sponsor: American College Personnel Association | Antonio Duran | |
| Partnership expands access to innovative staffing models in rural Colorado schools | $525,807 | June 01, 2023 | July 01, 0024 | Direct sponsor: Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade | Brent Maddin, Andrea LaRocca | |
| Addressing the global challenge of disability inclusion and education | $299,469 | April 01, 2023 | June 06, 2025 | |||
| Partnership expands access to innovative staffing models in California schools | $250,127 | April 01, 2023 | June 20, 2025 | |||
| School System Innovation Fund advances systemic, student-centered solutions | $5,000,000 | April 01, 2023 | December 31, 2025 | Bree Dusseault | ||
| Natives who code: creating new stories | $6,825 | January 15, 2023 | June 30, 2025 | Direct sponsor: University of Arizona | Janice Mak | |
| The Oakland REACH liberator project | $150,000 | January 01, 2023 | December 31, 2023 | Direct sponsor: Oakland REACH | Robin Lake | |
| New designs to advance learning | $900,000 | January 01, 2023 | December 31, 2025 | Direct sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York | Robin Lake | |
| Arizona data science summit | $35,796 | January 01, 2023 | April 30, 2023 | Direct sponsor: Burton Family Foundation | Janice Mak | |
| ASU and UL Research Institutes partnership | $250,000 | January 01, 2023 | December 31, 2023 | Direct sponsor: UL Research Institutes/Office of Research Experiences and Education | Iveta McGurty Silova | |
| The Special Education Leaders' Study | $43,400 | December 01, 2022 | August 31, 2023 | Lauren Katzman | ||
| MLFTC collaborates on the Teacher Excellence Initiative in Egypt | $2,716,730 | December 01, 2022 | December 03, 2026 | Direct sponsor: United States Agency for International Development | Tanya Pinkerton | |
| Team-based staffing models can make schools work better for both learners and educators | $199,800 | December 01, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | Direct sponsor: The Joyce Foundation | Brent Maddin | |
| Walton Renewal 2022 | $9,263,205 | October 01, 2022 | September 30, 2026 | Direct sponsor: Walton Family Foundation | Robin Lake | |
| Future of K-12 reform book | $161,000 | October 01, 2022 | September 30, 2023 | Direct sponsor: Smith Richardson Foundation | Robin Lake | |
| Training and supporting school-community leadership teams in American Indian communities | $1,000,000 | September 30, 2022 | September 29, 2024 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Jill Koyama | |
| NSF Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture | $150,000 | September 01, 2022 | August 31, 2025 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Pennsylvania |
Ayesha Boyce | |
| Investigating Relationships between STEM Teacher Preparation, Instructional Quality, and Teacher Persistence | $25,227 | August 22, 2022 | July 31, 2023 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: Florida State University |
Andrea Weinberg | |
| The politics of district governance and equity among BIPOC school board members | $50,000 | August 01, 2022 | May 01, 2023 | Originating sponsor: The Ford Foundation Direct sponsor: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine |
Carrie Sampson | |
| Assessing Principled Innovation ™ | $1,674,565 | August 01, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Nicole Thompson | ||
| Local Impact and Social Embeddedness Partnership | $65,000 | August 01, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | Direct sponsor: Valley of the Sun United Way | Alexander Kurz | |
| Strengthening the Teacher Workforce | $300,000 | August 01, 2022 | January 31, 2024 | Bree Dusseault | ||
| Furthering understanding of the Black Muslim college student experience | $59,914 | August 01, 2022 | July 31, 2024 | Direct sponsor: Spencer Foundation | Keon M. McGuire | |
| Race, religion and STEM | $550,000 | July 01, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Keon M. McGuire | ||
| Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion approaches for evaluation professionals | $143,612 | July 01, 2022 | December 31, 2023 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: Western Michigan University |
Ayesha Boyce | |
| Community educators assist in accelerating academic recovery | $7,378,142 | June 01, 2022 | September 30, 2024 | Direct sponsor: Arizona Department of Education | Carole Basile , Brent Maddin, Korbi Adams | |
| Improving childhood health through after-school program | $30,000 | April 01, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | Direct sponsor: Isagenix, ISA Foundation | Pamela Hodges Kulinna | |
| Helping teachers integrate geography and social sciences instruction | $1,189,119 | March 01, 2022 | February 28, 2025 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Karen Guerrero | |
| Advancing solutions-oriented analysis of the K–12 response to COVID-19 | $600,000 | January 01, 2022 | December 13, 2022 | Direct sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Robin Lake | |
| High-quality and equitable experiences for high school students | $1,292,000 | October 15, 2021 | January 14, 2024 | Direct sponsor: Barr Foundation | Chelsea Waite | |
| What do young people need from our education system and are school systems delivering? | $600,000 | October 15, 2021 | October 14, 2024 | Direct sponsor: Oak Foundation | Robin Lake | |
| MLFTC joins $60 million project to improve youth opportunities in Ethiopia | $4,000,000 | October 01, 2021 | September 30, 2026 | Originating sponsor: USAID Ethiopia Direct sponsor: Amref Health Africa |
Molly Ott | |
| Transforming a district’s human resources strategy for the benefit of both learners and educators | $8,206,449 | October 01, 2021 | October 01, 2024 | Brent Maddin | ||
| Diversifying curriculum in elementary science classes | $931,058 | August 15, 2021 | August 14, 2024 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Brian Nelson | |
| Preparing American Indian educators to teach in early childhood classrooms | $1,439,017 | August 01, 2021 | July 31, 2026 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Nicole Thompson | |
| Improving academic outcomes for English language learners | $115,000 | August 01, 2021 | July 31, 2022 | Direct sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | ||
| Investigating Impact of Different Types of Professional Development on What Aspects Mathematics Teachers Take Up And Use in Their Classroom | $1,980,285 | March 01, 2021 | June 30, 2022 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Karen Koellner | |
| Increasing Active Transportation to Schools with "Phoenix Walks" | $2,500 | January 15, 2021 | June 30, 2022 | Direct sponsor: Phoenix Cardinals Charities | Pamela Hodges Kulinna | |
| Nuclear Futures Anthology Project | $64,245 | January 04, 2021 | January 03, 2022 | Direct sponsor: New Venture Fund | Ruth Wylie | |
| Arizona K-8 Consortium: Building CS and CT capacity in rural K-8 education | $299,620 | January 01, 2021 | June 30, 2022 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: SciTech Institute |
Alexander Kurz | |
| STEM and Social Capital: Advancing Families through Learning and Doing | $299,787 | January 01, 2021 | December 31, 2023 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Eugene Judson | |
| Radical Policy Borrowing: An intensive inquiry into the Higher Diploma Program, a radical reform of instruction and assessment methods in Ethiopia | $51,253 | December 01, 2020 | November 30, 2021 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Atota Halkiyo | |
| Implementation of a Technology-Facilitated Data-Driven Instructional Coaching Model | $77,513 | October 01, 2020 | September 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Rutgers University |
Alexander Kurz | |
| Transforming the education profession and workplace | $695,858 | October 01, 2020 | November 01, 2024 | Brent Maddin | ||
| Professional Learning Library and CEEDAR Learning Resource Provider | $40,000 | October 01, 2020 | December 31, 2021 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Florida |
Kathleen Puckett | |
| Integrated Child And Youth Development Activity in Uganda | $1,480,747 | September 11, 2020 | August 11, 2025 | Originating sponsor: USAID Direct sponsor: Education Development Center |
Cyndi Giorgis | |
| Developing Preservice Teachers’ Algebraic Reasoning Through Pattern Generation Activities | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Mi Yeon Lee | ||
| Exploring Active Learning Exercises in Introductory Anatomy and Physiology Courses | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Carla Firetto | ||
| Talent, Ambition, Academic Capital and Luck: Research awards and the construction of influence and merit in education | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Jeongeun Kim | ||
| Evaluating the Efficacy of an Engineering Education Professional Development for High School Guidance Counselors | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Lydia Ross | ||
| An Efficacy Study of the Learning and Teaching Geometry PD Materials: Examining impact and context-based adaptations | $26,429 | September 01, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Colorado |
Karen Koellner | |
| Experiences of Black Immigrant Women in Undergraduate Engineering: A basis for understanding | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Meseret Hailu | ||
| SBP Collaborative Research: Comunidad de Ciencia - Building Latina STEM interest through community cultural wealth and familial problem-based learning | $484,884 | September 01, 2020 | August 31, 2025 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
Peter Rillero | |
| Foresight and Futures Learning Experiences | $27,750 | July 15, 2020 | July 14, 2021 | Direct sponsor: NSquare | Ruth Wylie | |
| Arizona Educare Research Project (2020-2021) | $71,531 | July 01, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | Direct sponsor: Educare Arizona | Jeanne Wilcox | |
| Quality First Academy Evaluation 2020-2021 | $136,000 | July 01, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | Direct sponsor: Southwest Human Development | Jeanne Wilcox | |
| Chandler USD Staff Development and Leadership Training Services | $54,968 | July 01, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | Direct sponsor: Chandler Unified School District | Punya Mishra | |
| Co-Developing Community Energy Engineering After-School Programming with Latinx Youth | $50,000 | June 01, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | Michelle Jordan | ||
| Studying Novice STEM Teachers’ Adaptive Capacities Using the Panarchy Model | May 01, 2020 | April 30, 2021 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: Colorado State University |
Andrea Weinberg | ||
| Supporting parents and children where they live, work and learn | $150,000 | May 01, 2020 | April 30, 2021 | Direct sponsor: Arizona Public Service Foundation | Meredith Toth | |
| The Future Substance of STEM Education | April 01, 2020 | March 31, 2021 | Ariel Anbar | |||
| Resubmission Assistance: Understanding current practices and perspectives | March 01, 2020 | February 28, 2021 | Direct sponsor: National Organization of Research Development Professionals | Sarah Polasky | ||
| Fulbright Awards - Singapore | January 07, 2020 | May 14, 2020 | Originating sponsor: Singapore Ministry of Education Direct sponsor: International Research and Exchanges Board |
Leanna Archambault | ||
| Empowering school districts to explore agile staffing models | January 01, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | Brent Maddin | |||
| The Postwar History of Educational Broadcasting: Archival Research | January 01, 2020 | December 31, 2021 | Originating sponsor: ASU Foundation for a New American University Direct sponsor: Spencer Foundation |
Sherman Dorn | ||
| Designing a New Educator Workforce | October 22, 2019 | October 21, 2021 | Brent Maddin | |||
| INSITE: Integrating STEM Into Transition Education for Incarcerated Learners | October 01, 2019 | September 30, 2022 | Heather Griller Clark | |||
| Higher Education Partnership–Morocco | September 30, 2019 | September 29, 2024 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development | Nicole Thompson, Alex Kurz, Wendy Oakes | ||
| Sustainability in Whole-of-School Health Programming | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Pamela Hodges Kulinna | ||
| Teacher-Student Teams for Community-Based Energy Engineering Projects | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Michelle Jordan | ||
| Stepping Into Interdisciplinary Learning with Dramatic Inquiry and 3D Printing | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Kathleen Farrand | ||
| Applying Translanguaging Theory to Testing: Designing a new technology-enhanced accommodation for English language learners | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Yi Zheng | ||
| MLFTC AmeriCorps Mentoring Program | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service Direct sponsor: Arizona Office of the Governor |
Erica Mitchell | ||
| Democratic Participation Toward Educational Equity in the Era of School Choice | September 01, 2019 | August 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Carrie Sampson | ||
| Improving Online Learning from Tutorial Dialog Videos | August 16, 2019 | August 16, 2020 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Michelene Chi | ||
| The School Gardeners’ Southwest Desert Almanac: A conference for supporting, sustaining and spreading garden-based science teaching | August 15, 2019 | July 31, 2020 | Direct sponsor: National Science Foundation | Steven Zuiker | ||
| Project SCREEN: Validation of a Free-Access Screening Tool for K-12 Educators to Screen Students for Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Patterns | July 01, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of Kansas |
Wendy Oakes | ||
| Project ENHANCE: Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Policy and Practice in Special Education | July 01, 2019 | June 30, 2024 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of Kansas |
Wendy Oakes | ||
| Teacher Candidate Pilot Documentation | May 20, 2019 | April 30, 2020 | Nicole Thompson | |||
| Cultivating Elementary Students’ Interest in Cryptography and Cybersecurity Education and Careers | March 01, 2019 | February 28, 2022 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Florida |
Amber Benedict | ||
| Consortium for Open Active Pathways | March 01, 2019 | February 28, 2022 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Ariel Anbar | ||
| Special Education Leader Scholar Communities (SELSC) | January 01, 2019 | December 31, 2023 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Kathleen Puckett | ||
| Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity (SHEAMA) | $12,859,815 | December 04, 2018 | December 03, 2023 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development | Samuel DiGangi | |
| 2018-2019 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program | December 01, 2018 | June 30, 2019 | Direct sponsor: International Research and Exchanges Board | Ann Nielsen | ||
| Supporting Early Language Development of Preschool Children with Drama Integration | $2,291,598 | October 01, 2018 | September 30, 2022 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Scott Marley | |
| Reimagining the Education Workforce for the 21st Century: Preparing teachers through personalized learning modules and diversified clinical experiences | October 01, 2018 | September 30, 2023 | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Carole Basile (Dean) | ||
| Productive Management of Uncertainty: Supporting science teachers to raise, maintain and reduce uncertainty toward student conceptual development in argumentation | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Ying-Chih Chen | ||
| Teacher Candidate Affordances and Perceptions of Efficacy in Collectively-Taught Elementary and Typical Student Teaching Settings | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Andrea Weinberg | ||
| The Lived Experiences of Black Muslim Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Keon McGuire | ||
| Is Taste for Science Enough? Exploring factors that influence career aspirations of engineering students | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Jeongeun Kim | ||
| Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College AmeriCorps | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service Direct sponsor: Arizona Office of the Governor |
Jacqueline Loonstra | ||
| Building Bridges of Black and Brown Solidarity | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: National Academy of Education | Claudia Cervantes Soon | ||
| Supporting Undergraduate Students’ Construction of an Integrated Understanding of Anatomy and Physiology | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Carla Firetto | ||
| Discourse as Destiny in Dual Language Education? A multi-scalar ethnography of language policy | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Katie Bernstein | ||
| Teacher Beliefs about Multilingual Learners: Understanding language ideologies to inform how we teach about language learning | September 01, 2018 | August 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Kate Anderson | ||
| Exploring Writing Instruction Delivered by Teachers Providing Services to Student | August 01, 2018 | July 31, 2022 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Texas State University |
Steve Graham | ||
| Quality First Academy Evaluation | July 01, 2018 | June 30, 2019 | Direct sponsor: Southwest Human Development | Jeanne Wilcox | ||
| Productive Management of Uncertainty: Supporting science teachers to raise, maintain and reduce uncertainty toward student conceptual development in argumentation | July 01, 2018 | June 30, 2019 | Ying-Chih Chen | |||
| Efficacy of We-Write - A Teacher-Led and Computer-Supported Intervention with Fourth Grade Students | July 01, 2018 | June 30, 2022 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Texas A&M University |
Karen Harris | ||
| Innovations in Global Learning Metrics for Policymakers | June 15, 2018 | December 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: Open Society Foundation | Iveta Silova | ||
| Discourse as Destiny in Dual Language Education? A Multi-scalar Ethnography of Language Policy | June 01, 2018 | November 01, 2018 | Katie Bernstein | |||
| The Lived Experiences of Black Muslim Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution | May 01, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | Keon McGuire | |||
| Is ‘Taste for Science Enough’? Exploring factors that influence career aspirations of engineering students | May 01, 2018 | September 30, 2019 | Jeongeun Kim | |||
| Exchange Program for Brazilian Awarded Principals | January 01, 2018 | February 28, 2018 | Ann Nielsen | |||
| Raising the Bar | January 01, 2018 | December 31, 2020 | Originating sponsor: Australian Research Council Direct sponsor: Australian Catholic University |
Steve Graham | ||
| Explaining the Gender Gap: Are departmental and institutional characteristics linked to labor market outcomes of STEM graduates? | January 01, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | Direct sponsor: American Educational Research Association | Jeongeun Kim | ||
| Character Education in Systems of Teacher and Leader Preparation | November 07, 2017 | October 31, 2021 | Originating sponsor: Kern Family Foundation Direct sponsor: ASU Foundation |
Carole Basile (Dean) | ||
| Innovations in Global Learning Metrics: Focused debate between users, producers and researchers | October 01, 2017 | June 30, 2018 | Gustavo Fischman | |||
| Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion Program | October 01, 2017 | January 31, 2019 | Iveta Silova | |||
| West Bank-Gaza Preservice Teacher Education Project | September 28, 2017 | September 27, 2022 | Originating sponsor: United States Agency for International Development Direct sponsor: International Research and Exchanges Board |
Samuel DiGangi | ||
| Advancing the Understanding of Online Collaborative Learning Experience in Statistical Learning | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Yi-Chun Hong | ||
| Toward Establishing Evidence of External Validity for the Intersectional Competence Measure | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Mildred Boveda | ||
| Braincandy: Providing students authentic, engaging and SAFE spaces to articulate and refine their thinking with others | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Bryan Henderson | ||
| Immigrants, Achievement and Third-Generation Isolation: Insights from PISA 2003-2012 | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Jeanne Powers | ||
| Teachers’ Perceptions of Instructional Significance for History | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Lauren Harris | ||
| Induction Experiences for Early Childhood Special Educators: Using dramatic inquiry to increase student engagement and positive social interactions (DIPSI) | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Wendy Oakes | ||
| Public High School Physical Activity Facility Use During Non-School Hours | September 01, 2017 | August 31, 2018 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Hans Van Der Mars | ||
| 2017 Argentina Educators Training Program | August 21, 2017 | December 31, 2017 | Originating sponsor: Argentina Ministry of Education Direct sponsor: American Councils for International Education |
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| An Efficacy Study of Strategies and Interactive Writing Instruction | August 01, 2017 | July 31, 2017 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of Tennessee |
Steve Graham | ||
| Cultivating Life in the Sonoran Desert | August 01, 2017 | July 31, 2019 | Molina Walters | |||
| Girls Collaborating in STEM through Virtual Exchanges | $108,278 | July 07, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: The Aspen Institute |
Peter Rillero | |
| Project Coordinate | July 01, 2017 | June 30, 2022 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of Florida |
Amber Benedict | ||
| Keys to Writing Smarter: An Online UDL Writing Workbench for Students with High Incidence Disabilities | July 01, 2017 | June 30, 2020 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Center for Applied Special Technology |
Karen Harris | ||
| SRSD+: Development of a Powerful Writing Program for Children in Grades 1 and 2 | July 01, 2017 | June 30, 2018 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of California, Irvine |
Karen Harris | ||
| YouLead — Youth Employment and Business Start Up Program | June 06, 2017 | April 30, 2021 | Ann Nielsen | |||
| Sonoran Desert Citizen Science: Building Nature Stewards | May 01, 2017 | April 30, 2018 | Mo Walters | |||
| Year 2 Navajo Nation | March 01, 2017 | February 28, 2018 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Navajo Nation |
Carole Basile (Dean) | ||
| Stepping into STEM with Dramatic Inquiry | January 19, 2017 | August 18, 2017 | Originating sponsor: 100K in 10 Direct sponsor: ASU Foundation |
Kathleen Farrand | ||
| Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) | January 01, 2017 | December 31, 2020 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Arizona Department of Education |
Kathleen Puckett | ||
| Educational Merit on a Global Stage | October 01, 2016 | June 30, 2017 | Originating sponsor: Spencer Foundation Direct sponsor: Loyola University |
Iveta Silova | ||
| EAGER: MAKER: Play in the Making: Supporting Design Thinking in Maker Spaces and Underrepresented, Underserved, and Minority Students Through Game Design | October 01, 2016 | September 30, 2018 | Elisabeth Gee | |||
| Building Learning Experiences with Design Thinking, Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A study of 3 Day Startup | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Danah Henriksen | ||
| Supporting Preservice Teachers to Implement Argumentation in Science Classrooms | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Ying-Chih Chen | ||
| Improving Preservice Teachers’ Noticing Expertise and Beliefs Through Methods Courses Incorporated Technology | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Mi Yeon Lee | ||
| Harnessing Interdisciplinary Research to Examine the Relationship between Student Voice and School Change toward Equity | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Melanie Bertrand | ||
| Teacher Evaluation Systems as Based upon Growth and Value-Added Models after the Every Student Succeeds Act: A national overview revisited | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Audrey Amrein-Beardsley | ||
| Advancing Computerized Adaptive Testing Through Participant-Based Research and Open-Source Platform Tools | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Yi Zheng | ||
| Long-Term Teacher-School Matching Algorithm | September 01, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Direct sponsor: MLFTC internal grant | Margarita Pivovarova | ||
| Phoenix Union High School District-ASU Principal Professional Development Pilot | September 01, 2016 | May 31, 2018 | Originating sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents Direct sponsor: Phoenix Union School District |
Carl Hermanns | ||
| Strengthening Instructional Leadership in Mathematics in Pinal County | August 16, 2016 | September 30, 2017 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents |
Mari Koerner | ||
| Strengthening Institutional Linkages — ASU and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana | August 01, 2016 | July 31, 2022 | Carole Basile | |||
| Improving Teacher Capacity to Implement High Quality Service-Learning in Elementary Science Classrooms | August 01, 2016 | June 30, 2018 | Originating sponsor: University of Virginia Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education |
Eileen Merritt | ||
| Impact of ST Math Professional Development on Teachers' Implementation of Fraction Instruction | July 01, 2016 | June 30, 2018 | Originating sponsor: APS Foundation Direct sponsor: MIND Research Institute |
Barbara Kinach | ||
| EYEPlay for Dual Language Learners: Focus on Orange County Public Preschools, Orlando Florida | July 01, 2016 | June 15, 2020 | Originating sponsor: Helios Education Foundation Direct sponsor: The Orlando Repertory Theatre |
Michael Kelley | ||
| HealthWorks Fitness for Life Project (Year 4) | July 01, 2016 | June 30, 2017 | Pamela Hodges Kulinna | |||
| The Desirability and Feasibility of Global Learning Metrics-Symposium | June 01, 2016 | December 31, 2016 | Originating sponsor: Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation Direct sponsor: ASU Foundation |
Iveta Silova | ||
| Professional Development of Educators | May 01, 2016 | April 30, 2019 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Navajo Nation, Division of Diné Education |
Connie Pangrazi | ||
| Psychometric Advisory for Maricopa Community Colleges Math Diagnostic Assessment Project | March 01, 2016 | June 30, 2016 | Yi Zheng | |||
| An Analysis of Teachers' Career Paths in Arizona: Retention, Mobility, and Attrition | March 01, 2016 | May 31, 2017 | Originating sponsor: American Educational Research Association Direct sponsor: ASU Foundation |
Jeanne Powers | ||
| EYEPlay for Dual Language Learners | $721,000 | November 01, 2015 | September 30, 2019 | Michael Kelley | ||
| West Comprehensive Center Year 4 | October 01, 2015 | May 31, 2016 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: WestEd |
Jeanne Powers | ||
| NEXT TQP Evaluation Extension | October 01, 2015 | September 30, 2018 | Nancy Perry | |||
| RISE-IT (Reentry Intervention and Support for Engagement by Integrating Technology) | October 01, 2015 | September 30, 2018 | Sarup Mathur | |||
| State Personnel Development Grants | October 01, 2015 | September 30, 2020 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Arizona Department of Education |
Pamela Hodges Kulinna | ||
| International Leaders in Education Program | September 01, 2015 | June 15, 2016 | Originating sponsor: International Research and Exchanges Board Direct sponsor: US Department Of State – Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs |
Kyle Messner | ||
| Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College AmeriCorps Project | September 01, 2015 | August 31, 2016 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service Direct sponsor: Arizona Office of the Governor |
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| Identifying and Addressing Mathematical Difficulties in Introductory Physics | September 01, 2015 | August 31, 2017 | David Meltzer | |||
| Developing and Revising Instructional Activities to Optimize Cognitive Engagement | August 16, 2015 | August 15, 2019 | Michelene Chi | |||
| Teaching the Crosscutting Concept of Emergent Cause-and-Effect to Overcome Misconceptions | August 16, 2015 | August 15, 2019 | Michelene Chi | |||
| Learning from Dialog versus Monolog Videos | July 13, 2015 | July 12, 2017 | Michelene Chi | |||
| Motivating Bilingual Hispanic Youth Towards STEM and STEM Cognate Study and Careers (MIO STEM) | $1,199,011 | July 01, 2015 | July 30, 2017 | Sasha Barab | ||
| SFY 2016: Learner Outcomes | July 01, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | ||||
| Implementing Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered Models to Meet Students’ Academic, Behavior, and Social Needs: A Research-Practitioner Partnership | July 01, 2015 | June 30, 2017 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: University of Kansas |
Wendy Oakes | ||
| Flipping Into Science: Teachers and Principals Working Together: A Team Approach to Implementing AZCCRS in Science | July 01, 2015 | September 30, 2016 | Dale Baker | |||
| Quality First Coaching Academy - Year 3 | July 01, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | Jeanne Wilcox | |||
| The Ecology and History of the Sonoran Desert | May 21, 2015 | May 20, 2018 | Mo Walters | |||
| Helios Third Grade Reading Project | February 01, 2015 | May 15, 2016 | Originating sponsor: The Helios Foundation Direct sponsor: WestEd Agency |
Jeanne Powers | ||
| iTeachAZ Community Embeddedness | January 01, 2015 | May 31, 2018 | Mari Koerner | |||
| iTeachAZ, Gila Valley | December 01, 2014 | November 30, 2018 | Originating sponsor: Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Direct sponsor: ASU Foundation |
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| Game-Infused Assessment: Cultivating Engaged and Purposeful Test Takers | October 14, 2014 | January 31, 2016 | Sasha Barab | |||
| Innovations for Success@ASU to Improve Learning Outcomes, Increase Affordability, and Reduce Time to Degree Completion | October 01, 2014 | September 30, 2018 | Jeanne Wilcox | |||
| Integrating STEM Literacy and Language to Prepare All Teachers to Teach ELL: iTeachELLs | October 01, 2014 | September 30, 2019 | Mari Koerner | |||
| AISL Pathways: The Role of Story in Games to Teach Computer Science Concepts to Middle School Girls | September 01, 2014 | August 31, 2016 | Elisabeth Gee | |||
| Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners | September 01, 2014 | July 31, 2016 | Eugene Garcia | |||
| For Whom and to What End is Educational Research Ultimately Directed? An Analysis of Knowledge Mobilization Strategies Developed by Schools of Education | September 01, 2014 | December 31, 2016 | Gustavo Fischman | |||
| Intel She Will Connect Initiative | March 04, 2014 | April 30, 2016 | Sasha Barab | |||
| Arizona College and Career Ready Standards (AZCCRS): Strengthening Instructional Leadership in Mathematics – A Collaborative Approach | $250,000 | February 01, 2014 | September 30, 2016 | Originating sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents Direct sponsor: Northern Arizona University |
Carl Hermanns | |
| Planting the Seed: Engaging, Educating, and Advancing Teachers in STEM and Common Core | December 01, 2013 | August 31, 2018 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: National Institute for Excellence in Teaching |
Nancy Perry | ||
| Feedback as an Element of Designed Environments | September 01, 2013 | August 31, 2016 | Sasha Barab | |||
| Preparing Early Childhood Special Educators for Arizona | August 01, 2013 | July 31, 2018 | Wendy Oakes | |||
| Development of a Web-Based Writing Partner (We-Write Persuasively) To Improve Writing Persuasive Essays for 5th Grade Students | July 01, 2013 | June 30, 2016 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of Education Direct sponsor: Texas A & M University |
Karen Harris | ||
| In-STEP (Shikshak Quest Arizona State) | June 28, 2013 | April 30, 2016 | Samuel DiGangi | |||
| E.W. Gordon MacArthur Foundation for 21st Century Learning and Assessment | February 01, 2013 | January 31, 2016 | James Gee | |||
| Project RISE: Re-Entry Intervention and Support for Engagement | December 19, 2012 | December 31, 2016 | Sarup Mathur | |||
| WIDER: EAGER: Recognizing, Assessing and Enhancing Evidence-Based Practices in STEM at Arizona State University | September 15, 2012 | August 31, 2016 | David Meltzer | |||
| Verde Health Initiative: Fitness for Life | May 16, 2012 | December 31, 2015 | Pamela Hodges Kulinna | |||
| Implementing Guided Inquiry in Diverse Institutions | January 01, 2012 | December 31, 2015 | Originating sponsor: National Science Foundation Direct sponsor: University of Florida |
Mirka Koro-Ljungberg | ||
| Efficacy Trials with a New Early Language and Literacy Curriculum for Preschool Children with Developmental Speech and/or Language Impairment | February 01, 2011 | June 30, 2016 | Jeanne Wilcox | |||
| Arizona Ready-for-Rigor Project | October 01, 2010 | September 30, 2016 | Virginia McElyea | |||
| Evaluation Phase of PDS Next rTEP W TAP | $24,701,116 | December 01, 2009 | September 30, 2018 | Jeanne Wilcox | ||
| Including Brazil in K-12 social studies curricula | Direct sponsor: U.S. Department of Education | Gustavo Fischman, Glen Goodman | ||||
| Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers 2021 | Originating sponsor: U.S. Department of State Direct sponsor: International Research and Exchanges Board |
Alejandra Enriquez Gates, Leanna Archambault |