Edington nets $1.6M STEM research grant from the National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation has awarded FAMU a four-year grant for  $1,630,597 for the College of Science and Technology (CST) project, “Implementation Project: Student-Centered Active Learning and Assessment Reform (SCALAR).” Principal investigator Maurice Edington and fellow faculty members Desmond Stephens, Lewis E. Johnson, Charles A. Weatherford and Virginia A. Gottschalk are leading the research initiative.

Once fully implemented, the project will revamp the instructional approaches in FAMU’s undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. It will ultimately help position FAMU as a national model in STEM education.

“I am extremely pleased and excited to have been awarded this grant, particularly given that it coincides with the start of my tenure as dean of the college,” said Edington, CST dean. “I, along with Drs. Weatherford and Johnson, have assembled a team of talented faculty from the various STEM departments to implement the project. This is an ambitious effort on our part to transform how science is taught and I am quite confident that the results of the project will form the cornerstone of future efforts to procure additional funding to support initiatives in the College of Science and Technology.”

Some of the highlights of the program will include a STEM seminar series facilitated by well-known scientists from institutions across the country and the development of a centralized campus-wide STEM student learning center.

“This grant will certainly strengthen and expand the effort of the faculty in making the STEM areas more attractive to FAMU students,” said FAMU Vice President for Research K. Ken Redda. “I salute Dr. Edington and his dynamic team for their hard work and tenacity in attracting such a prestigious grant from NSF to our institution."

The award’s funding begins on August 1 and expires July 31, 2017.

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