Faculty and researchers at the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $3,126,324 to support 12 projects from April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Editor’s note: All dollar amounts listed are reflective of the grant funding awarded directly to the College of Education and do not include funding awarded to other collaborators.
This project, funded by $1,300,000 from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, will allow the Friday Institute to serve as the lead institution for a study that examines advanced teacher selection and evaluation in the Advanced Teaching Roles program. Friday Institute Senior Director Shaun Kellogg is the project’s principal investigator. Friday Institute Research Scholar Sarah Bausell, Assistant Professor Lam Pham, and Friday Institute Program Evaluation and Education Research Director Callie Edwards are co-principal investigators. Friday Institute Director of Digital Teaching and Learning Emma Braaten, Associate Professor Tamara Young, and Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education Robin Anderson are Senior Personnel.
Eradicate the Gate: Empowering Learners and Equalizing Assessment in K12 Education
This project, funded by a $650,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant, will address the current assessment gap in engineering education by partnering with teenagers to create innovative and equitable assessments and technology that supports peer assessments. Assistant Professor of STEM Education Tamecia Jones is the project’s principal investigator.
DIT Broadband Infrastructure Programs, Technical Support
This project, funded by $330,326 from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology, will enable the Friday Institute to provide technical support to the Broadband Infrastructure Office and Division of Broadband & Digital Equity for broadband infrastructure programs. Friday Institute Senior Director Ray Zeisz is the project’s principal investigator.
Ecowell
This project, funded by a $204,303 grant from National Institutes of Health, will allow the Program Evaluation and Educational Research (PEER) team at the Friday Institute to lead the evaluation efforts for the Edvotek’s EcoWell grant. PEER Director Callie Edwards is the project’s principal investigator.
Deep Eutectic Solvent Pulping Technology to Reduce Carbon Emission in Pulp and Paper Industry
This project, funded by $192,270 from the U.S. Department of Energy, will facilitate research and development of a solution for reducing carbon emissions from pulping and bleaching processes within the paper industry. Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Science Education Meg Blanchard is a co-principal investigator on the project.
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Scalable Manufacturing of Alternative Proteins
This project, funded by $151,733 from the Bezos Earth Fund, will use a combination of rational and computational-guided engineering strategies with automation at biofoundries – where cells are turned into mini-factories producing useful products – to accelerate the development and scaling up of new bio-based processes. Professor of Counselor Education Sylvia Nassar will serve as additional personnel on the project.
Hearing Each Other’s Voices: Community Models for Professional Learning for Teachers, STEM Coaches and Researchers
This project, funded by $85,000 from the National Science Foundation, aims to provide unique opportunities for researchers and STEM coaches to identify solutions for locally-relevant problems, fostering a nuanced understanding of translating research to practice through reciprocal exchange. Friday Institute Executive Director and Associate Professor for Translational Research Krista Glazewski is the project’s principal investigator.
The Development of a Multidimensional STEM Identity Measure to Increase the Retention of Success of African American Students at an HBCU
This project, funded by $84,935 from the National Science Foundation, aims to build on existing work to develop a multidimensional STEM identity scale that measures the STEM identity of African American college students pursuing STEM degrees at a HBCU. Associate Professor of Educational Psychology Christy Byrd is the principal investigator on the project.
North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network Pre-College Program
This project, funded by $65,000 from the Intuitive Foundation, will allow the North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education (NC-MSEN) Pre-College Program to continue to host clubs, in-school courses, Saturday Academy and summer programming for an additional year. NC-MSEN Director Braska Williams is the project’s principal investigator.
Black Muslim Worldmaking: Race, Religion and Gender in the Lives of Black Muslim College Students
This project, funded by $32,118 from the Spencer Foundation, draws from an assemblage of theories to better understand the ways Black Muslim college students sustain joy, strength and resistance and provide theorizations of Black educational spaces that are affirming, humanizing and loving; understandings of community cultural wealth and spiritual capital in communities of color; and the concept of intersectional microaggressions. Associate Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice Keon McGuire is the project’s principal investigator.
Race, Religion, and STEM: Examining the Intersections for Black Students
This project, funded by a $27,242 grant from the National Science Foundation, will, in partnership with the University of Maryland, College Park, allow Associate Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice Keon McGuire to develop and distribute recruitment flyers, conduct interviews, analyze collected data and write manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals. McGuire is the principal investigator on the project.
Alexander N Charters Adult Education Grant
This project, funded by a $3,397 grant from Syracuse University, will conduct adult education research under the Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Grants-in-Aid Program for the 2024-2025 academic year using archival research that will address gaps in our contemporary knowledge of adult and lifelong education. Associate Professor of Adult and Community College Education Sue Barcinas is the project’s principal investigator.
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