Externally Funded Research
current and ongoing projects
The National Science Foundation has awarded three large grants totaling approximately $6.3 million to Michigan State University and the Concord Consortium to help explore new possibilities for CMP classrooms.
- Enhancing the Teacher-Curriculum Relationship in Problem-Based Mathematics Classrooms by Connecting Teacher and Student Digital Collaborative Environments
- Principal Investigators:
- Elizabeth Phillips (Michigan State University),
- AJ Edson (Michigan State University),
- Kristen Bieda (Michigan State University),
- Joseph Krajcik (Michigan State University),
- Chad Dorsey (Concord Consortium), and
- Nathan Kimball (Concord Consortium).
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award Number: DLR-2007842
- Dates: August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024 (estimated)
- Amount: $1.89 million
- Advisory Board:
- Jinfa Cai (University of Delaware),
- Jeffrey Choppin (University of Rochester),
- Funda Gonulates (Northern Kentucky University),
- Kara Jackson (University of Washington, Seattle),
- Joseph Krajcik (Michigan State University), and
- Margaret Smith (University of Pittsburgh).
- Promoting Productive Disciplinary Engagement and Learning with Open Problems and "Just-in-Time" Supports in Middle School Mathematics
- Principal Investigators:
- Elizabeth Phillips (Michigan State University),
- AJ Edson (Michigan State University),
- Kristen Bieda (Michigan State University),
- Joseph Krajcik (Michigan State University),
- Chad Dorsey (Concord Consortium), and
- Nathan Kimball (Concord Consortium).
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award Number: DRL-1660926
- Dates: April 2017 - March 2021 (estimated)
- Amount: $1.5 million
- Advisory Board:
- Jinfa Cai (University of Delaware),
- Jeffrey Choppin (University of Rochester),
- Susan Friel (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill),
- Valerie Mills (Oakland Schools, MI), and
- Margaret Smith (University of Pittsburgh).
- Collaborative Research: Enhancing Middle Grades Students' Capacity to Develop and Communicate Their Mathematical Understanding of Big Ideas Using Digital Inscriptional Resources
- Principal Investigators:
- Elizabeth Phillips (Michigan State University),
- AJ Edson (Michigan State University),
- Kristen Bieda (Michigan State University),
- Joseph Krajcik (Michigan State University),
- Chad Dorsey (Concord Consortium), and
- Nathan Kimball (Concord Consortium).
- Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Award Number: DRL-1620934 & DRL-1620874
- Dates: September 2016 - August 2021 (estimated)
- Amount: $3 million
- Advisory Board:
- Jinfa Cai (University of Delaware),
- Jeffrey Choppin (University of Rochester),
- Susan Friel (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill),
- Valerie Mills (Oakland Schools, MI), and
- Margaret Smith (University of Pittsburgh).
Announcements

October 21, 2020
College of Natural Sciences: MSU's Connected Math Program awarded NSF grant to develop online learning platform
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTs
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation grants DRL-1660926, DR-1620934, DRL-1660926, and DLR-2007842. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.