The Bureau of Educational Research and the College Research Committee are pleased to announce the first COVID-19 Seed Grant awards.
Based on CRC review, four awards were made last week.
- The HigherEd COVID-19 Response (HECR) Study Evaluation of Higher Education Institutional Responses during COVID-19 on Student Sociocultural Factors. Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, Educational Psychology, PI; Rodney Hopson, Educational Psychology, Co-PI; Ananya Tiwari, Educational Psychology Graduate Student.
- Student Experiences Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining the Aspirations and Beliefs of Black Males who Play Sports in a K-12 Setting. Adeyemo Adeoye, Educational Policy, Organziation and Leadership, PI; Nathan Castillo, Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership, Co-PI.
- Changes in Undergraduate STEM Motivation Due to COVID-19. Jennifer Cromley, Educational Psychology, PI; Andrea Kunze, Educational Psychology Graduate Student; Elizabeth Zelenka, Educational Psychology Undergraduate.
- COVID-19 Risk Mitigation: Interactive Automatic Counselor. Dan Morrow, Educational Psychology, PI; H. Chad Lane, Educational Psychology, Co-PI; Suma Bhat, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Co-PI; Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Elecrical and Computer Engineering, Co-PI.
Several additional proposals are still under consideration; awards to be announced after proposal revisions are received and reviewed.
Please visit https://go.education.illinois.edu/covid_seed_funding for full details.
