Education & Human Development

Center for Urban School Partnerships

Securing Competitive External and Local Grants

As noted in the introduction our partners have been awarded over 17 million dollars in grants from the U.S. Department of Education and generated over 100,000 dollars in funding from Foundations and local school contracts to support the activities of CUSP.

Competitive Grants Awarded

  • Wijekumar, K., McKeown, D., Thompson, J., Joshi, R.M. (2018-2021).  Promoting improvements in teacher quality through massively open online professional development. U423A180074 U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. $7.5 million
  • Wijekumar, K., Meyer, B.J.F., Lei, P., & Hernandez,A. (2018-2022).  Efficacy trials for the Web-Based Adaptive Tutoring for Spanish Speaking EL Learners (SWELL). R305A180060 U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, Goal 3 Efficacy, $3.3 million.
  • Wijekumar, K., Harris, K., Graham, S., McKeown, D., Lei, P., & Meyer, B.J.F. (2018-2022).  Efficacy of a web-based writing partner (We-Write Persuasively) to improve writing persuasive essays for 5th grade students. R305A180212  U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, Goal 3 Efficacy, $3.3 Million
  • Wijekumar, K. (2017-2019), Science Literacy in Middle Grades at Urban Schools. Powell Foundation of Houston, $54,000
  • Wijekumar, K., Meyer, B.J.F., & Lei, P. (2015-2019). Efficacy and Replication Trial of the Individualized Adaptive ITSS with 4th– and 5th-Grade Students in High Poverty Schools. R305A150057 U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. $3.5 million
  • Thompson, J.T., Wijekumar, K., Castro-Olivio, S. (2016-17). Technology-Delivered Emergent Literacy Assessment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Texas Grant. $25,000.
  • Wijekumar, K., Harris, K., Graham, S., Meyer, B.J.F., & Lei, P. (2013-2016).  Development of a web-based writing partner (We-Write Persuasively) to improve writing persuasive essays for 5th grade students. $1.5 million. U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
  • Wijekumar, K., Hammer, J., Boettcher, C., Viruru, R., Goldsby, D. Acosta, S., & Padron, Y. (2016), TRANSFORMERS. A Proposal for a catapult grant from the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. $25,000
  • Wijekumar, K., Meyer, B.J.F., Lei, P., Schwarz,A. & August, D. (2012-2015).  Improving Reading Comprehension of Middle Grades English Language Learners by Combining Structure Strategy with Web-Based Adaptive Tutoring for EL Learners (SWELL). U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences $1.5 million.
  • Wijekumar, K. Thompson, J, Sherman, L., Joshi, M. (2018) Promoting Reading and Comprehension with Multi-Modal Science Texts. 2018 Catapult Award funded by the College of Education and Human Development. Funded $30,000. (2018 – 2019).
  • Burke, M. (PI), Hagan-Burke, S. (Co-PI), Bowman-Perrott, L. (Co-PI), Thompson, J. L. (Co-PI), Castro-Olivo, S. (Co-PI), Hintz, S. (Co-PI), & Paal, M. (Co-PI) (2017) Improving quality of Life Through a Culturally Responsive Lens: Developing Social Emotional and Behavioral Supports for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students At-Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. 2017 Catapult Award funded by the College of Education and Human Development. Funded $30,000. (2017 – 2018).