2518950
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Collaborative research: A cross-institutional study of STEM workforce development.
This collaborative research project investigates the factors that impact variability in STEM training programs across the nation.
The investigators specifically measure the institutional factors that contribute to the development of career-ready science curricula and how successful best practices can be leveraged for translational impact on workforce development for industry.
The investigators also identify strategies for addressing curricular challenges with a goal of strengthening the STEM workforce.
The broader impacts identify strategies for curricular and institutional change in STEM training programs that would support the workforce and career development of students and translate to leveraging partnerships between higher education and industry.
The project has a significant training component in research methods and best practices in STEM translational research for students at the PI and Co-PI institutions.
The study sample represents a range of educational institutions across the nation.
Interview, focus group, and behavioral data will be collected with stakeholders in STEM training and education, and with undergraduate and graduate students and alumni at each institution to understand the factors that impact the development of a career-ready STEM curriculum.
The research is focused on measuring institutional change in STEM training and education, and the training and reskilling/upskilling of the STEM workforce for education and industry.
Broader impacts leverage partnerships with various sectors to enable the translation of STEM education to other sectors of priority in the economy.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Subawards are not planned for this award.
This collaborative research project investigates the factors that impact variability in STEM training programs across the nation.
The investigators specifically measure the institutional factors that contribute to the development of career-ready science curricula and how successful best practices can be leveraged for translational impact on workforce development for industry.
The investigators also identify strategies for addressing curricular challenges with a goal of strengthening the STEM workforce.
The broader impacts identify strategies for curricular and institutional change in STEM training programs that would support the workforce and career development of students and translate to leveraging partnerships between higher education and industry.
The project has a significant training component in research methods and best practices in STEM translational research for students at the PI and Co-PI institutions.
The study sample represents a range of educational institutions across the nation.
Interview, focus group, and behavioral data will be collected with stakeholders in STEM training and education, and with undergraduate and graduate students and alumni at each institution to understand the factors that impact the development of a career-ready STEM curriculum.
The research is focused on measuring institutional change in STEM training and education, and the training and reskilling/upskilling of the STEM workforce for education and industry.
Broader impacts leverage partnerships with various sectors to enable the translation of STEM education to other sectors of priority in the economy.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Subawards are not planned for this award.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE GOAL OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, "CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM SENIOR RESEARCH AWARDS", IS IDENTIFIED IN THE LINK: HTTPS://WWW.NSF.GOV/PUBLICATIONS/PUB_SUMM.JSP?ODS_KEY=NSF25502
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Columbus,
Ohio
43210-1016
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Ohio State University was awarded
Project Grant 2518950
worth $233,715
from the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences in August 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Columbus Ohio United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/21/25
Period of Performance
8/15/25
Start Date
7/31/28
End Date
Funding Split
$233.7K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$233.7K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2518950
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
490404 DIV OF BEHAVIORAL COGNITIVE SCI
Funding Office
490404 DIV OF BEHAVIORAL COGNITIVE SCI
Awardee UEI
DLWBSLWAJWR1
Awardee CAGE
5QH98
Performance District
OH-03
Senators
Sherrod Brown
J.D. (James) Vance
J.D. (James) Vance
Modified: 8/21/25