Projects

NISER works with institutions across the country to provide high quality STEM program evaluation. We serve projects funded through several major federal agencies, as well as private foundations and non-profits. *indicates a specific focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion

Current Projects	Lead Institution	Funding Agency	Dates
Oak Ridge Institute Workforce Development Project	University of Tennessee	U.S. Dept. of Energy	10/2020-9/2025
Collaborative Research: PPoSS: Planning: Performance Scalability, Trust, and Reproducibility: A Community Roadmap to Robust Science in High-throughput Applications	University of Tennessee	NSF	10/2020-9/2021
*Expanding Pathways from High School into the Biotechnology	Harford Community College	NSF	10/2020-9/2023
*Shaping Experiential Research for Veteran Education (SERVE)	University of Tennessee	Office of Naval Research
*Growing Access in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (GAMES)	University of Tennessee	One UT Collaboration and Innovation Grants	8/2020-8/2022
*Imagining Possibilities in Postsecondary education and STEMM in Rural Appalachia	University of Tennessee	NIH	8/2020-7/2025
*APLU NSF INCLUDES: A Collective Impact Approach to Broadening Participation in the STEM Professoriate:  IChange Self-Assessment	Assoc. of Public Land Grant Universities	NSF	8/2019-7/2022
*Virginia Tech HHMI Inclusive Excellence Project	Virginia Tech	HHMI	12/2019-8/2022
*CS for Appalachia: A Research-Practice Partnership for Integrating Computer Science into East Tennessee Schools	University of Tennessee	NSF	10/2019-9/2021
NSF-Simons Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology	Georgia Tech	NSF	3/2019-6/2023
REU Site: Advanced Chemistries for Energy and Sensing Applications at the University of Tennessee	University of Tennessee	NSF	5/2018-4/2022
ADVANCE Adaptation – ASCEND: Adaptations for a Sustainable Climate of Excellence and Diversity	University of Tennessee	NSF	9/2018-8/2021
*NRT-HDR: A team-based training paradigm integrating informatics and ecology	Northern Arizona Univ.	NSF	9/2018-8/2023
*VolsTeach for Appalachia: Strengthening the STEM Teacher Pathway from Community College to a Four-Year University	University of Tennessee	NSF	8/2018-7/2023
*REALising Inclusive Science Excellence	Radford Univ.	HHMI	9/2017-8/2022
*Broadening Participation Research Project: Investigating the Integration of Mathematics into Biology by Reciprocal Course Content Exchange	Fisk Univ.	NSF	7/2017-6/2020
*ASPIRE: Appalachian Students Promoting the Integration of Research in Education	University of Tennessee	NSF	9/2016-8/2021
*Multicultural Scholar Program (MSP)	UTIA	USDA	6/2016-5/2021
Past Projects	Lead Institution	Funding Agency	Dates
*Cancer Learning in my Backyard (CLIMB)	UT Health Science Institute	Pyramid Peak Foundation	5/2019-4/2021
*PIPES: Possibilities in Postsecondary Education & Science	University of Tennessee	NIH	6/2017-2/2020
*Harvard Univ. MRSEC REU/STEAMeD	Harvard	NSF	8/2017-7/2018
*Program for Excellence and Equity in Research	University of Tennessee	NIH	6/2017-5/2018
Biology Undergraduate Mathematics Anxiety and Attitudes Program (BioMAAP)	Radford Univ.	NSF	9/2016-8/2019
Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES)	Univ. of Pittsburgh	NSF	9/2016-8/2019
*INCLUDES Conference on Multi-scale Evaluation in STEM Education	University of Tennessee	NSF	9/2016-8/2018
REU Site: Advanced Materials for Energy and Sensing Applications	University of Tennessee	NSF	6/2016-5/2019
International Conference on HRFS, HPS, and Hantavirus	University of Tennessee	NIH	3/2016-2/2017
Math: EAGER: Assessing Impacts on Student Learning in Mathematics from Inclusion of Biological, Real-World Examples	University of Tennessee	NSF	9/2015-8/2018
Blackwell-Tapia Conference	University of Tennessee	Sloan Foundation	10/2015-3/2017
*NIMBioS: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis	University of Tennessee	NSF	7/2008-3/2021