# Advancing Resilience: A National Collaborative Research Hub Fostering Resiliency for Academically Talented, Low-income Students in Computing and Engineering Majors

> **NSF 1300PYXXDB H-1B FUND, EDU, NSF** · University of Rochester (NY) · $2,999,766

## Abstract

This S-STEM Net project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. The Advancing Understanding & Resilience Actions (AURA) Research Hub will investigate how whole-student, holistic project interventions for S-STEM computer science and engineering scholars impact their resilience. The AURA Hub will examine factors that facilitate or impede scholars’ development of resilience. The AURA Hub will also strengthen the broader network of S-STEM project teams through the creation of interdisciplinary Professional Learning Communities and Discipline-Based Education Research Fellowships. The Research Fellows will conduct educational research focused on growth and fixed mindset, self-determination, and professional identity development in the context of S-STEM engineering and computer science projects. 

The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. The AURA Research Hub aims to generate new knowledge about programmatic interventions and conditions that foster resilience among academically talented, low-income students supported by S-STEM projects. The proposed mixed-methods, multi-institution AURA Hub investigates the interaction of individual, community and environment for college students’ development of resilience in computer science- and engineering-focused S-STEM projects. The AURA Hub examines institutional issues and structures that support or hinder ‘resilience development’ for students, focusing on STEM professional identity formation, persistence in the major, academic success, and STEM workforce entry. S-STEM project designs/interventions and institutional supports are investigated using a combination of mindset theory, self-determination theory and theories of professional identit

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2547111
- **Awardee organization:** University of Rochester (NY)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** F27KDXZMF9Y8
- **PI:** Kimberly G Fluet
- **Primary program:** 1300PYXXDB H-1B FUND, EDU, NSF
- **All programs:** UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, GRADUATE INVOLVEMENT
- **Estimated total:** $2,999,766
- **Funds obligated:** $2,999,766
- **Transaction type:** Standard Grant
- **Period:** 06/01/2026 → 05/31/2031

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2547111

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2547111, Advancing Resilience: A National Collaborative Research Hub Fostering Resiliency for Academically Talented, Low-income Students in Computing and Engineering Majors. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2547111. Licensed CC0.

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