New Grants
Chris Pfund (co-PI) was awarded $10 million from the National Institutes for Health to develop a national research mentoring network that will increase diversity among those who study and pursue careers in biomedical sciences, through 2020.
Geoffrey Borman and Martha Alibali (co-PIs) were awarded $4 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences for continuing WCER's Interdisciplinary Training Program for Predoctoral Research in the Education Sciences, through 2020.
Erica Halverson (co-PI) was awarded $456,627 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a maker-focused program, the "Bubbler" that will document how the Madison Public Library takes a production-oriented approach to literacy and learning, through 2016.
WCER's LEAD Center has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes for Health to continue the implementation and evaluation of a program to reduce stereotype bias that impedes advancement in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields for underrepresented students, through February 2020.
