Gerry Stahl’s assembled texts volume #17 Proposals for Research Gerry Stahl Proposals for Research 2 Gerry Stahl's Assembled Texts 1. Marx and Heidegger 2. Tacit and Explicit Understanding in Computer Support 3. Group Cognition: Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge 4. Studying Virtual Math Teams 5. Translating Euclid: Designing a Human-Centered Mathematics. 6. Constructing Dynamic Triangles Together: The Development of Mathematical Group Cognition 7. Essays in Social Philosophy 8. Essays in Personalizable Software 9. Essays in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 10. Essays in Group-Cognitive Science 11. Essays in Philosophy of Group Cognition 12. Essays in Online Mathematics Interaction 13. Essays in Collaborative Dynamic Geometry 14. Adventures in Dynamic Geometry 15. Global Introduction to CSCL 16. Editorial Introductions to ijCSCL 17. Proposals for Research 18. Overview and Autobiographical Essays 19. Theoretical Investigations 20. Works of 3-D Form 21. Dynamic Geometry Game for Pods Proposals for Research 3 Gerry Stahl’s assembled texts volume #17 Proposals for Research Gerry Stahl 2010, 2021 Proposals for Research 4 Gerry Stahl [email protected] www.GerryStahl.net Copyright © 2010, 2022 by Gerry Stahl Published by Gerry Stahl at Lulu.com Printed in the USA ISBN: 978-1-329-86143-5 (ebook) ISBN: 978-0-557-78796-8 (paperback) Proposals for Research 5 Introduction T he purpose of this volume is to share the proposals that I have made for research, including first of all those that have been funded and have allowed me to engage in an active research agenda, both at the University of Colorado in Boulder as a Research Professor and at Drexel University in Philadelphia as an Associate Professor and Full Research Professor. Note in 2021: I have added some proposals I wrote during retirement as Chair of the Salt Marsh Task Force of the Chatham Conservation Foundation. To make room for these, I have deleted the texts of proposals that were not funded at Colorado and Drexel, although I still list them in this Introduction with links to the full texts. I have also included a small number of proposals that I felt should have been funded; these document ideas that I was working on at the time they were written, but ultimately represent roads not taken. They were modest (more or less) proposals for promising, but unfulfilled, research potentials. Perhaps they document stages in the development of my thinking not otherwise visible; perhaps they will inspire a reader to pursue an otherwise forgotten trail of inquiry. Writing effective, competitive grant proposals is a delicate business. First, one has to conceive of a program of research that one would like to undertake and that is reasonable to attempt under the proposed conditions. Then, one must convince the funding source and their reviewers that the funding proposal should be accepted. This must be accomplished with a written document of restricted form, content and length. Preparing a proposal is a challenging writing task, requiring project planning, persuasive presentation and organized narrative. In many ways it is like writing a professional research report for a journal, such as one would compose near the end of the prospective funded project, but it needs to include more than just the concept, theory, literature review and analysis. It also needs to demonstrate why the person or group proposing is the right one to do the job and detail how the work is expected to be accomplished with the requested resources. In this publication, I only include the Proposal Summary, Proposal Description and Proposal References. The details of personnel and budget are too specific to be of interest to the reader. I attribute my success in grantsmanship to a number of stages in my life. Most likely, I honed my natural argumentation tendencies through a decade of study of philosophy (Stahl, 2010a; 2010b). But this left my writing style too abstruse for Proposals for Research 6 the practical world of grant funding. Once I had completed my doctoral study of philosophy, I returned to the streets of Philadelphia as a community organizer in the 1970s of the Great Society era of federal funding. My first proposal was awarded a million dollar grant to a network of neighborhood organizations to train unemployed residents in poor neighborhoods to start energy conservation, recycling and home repair projects. I later joined the Southwest Germantown Community Development Corporation as community planner and brought in dozens of federal, state, city and foundation grants over several years to support a local credit union, an energy conservation organization and neighborhood projects in youth employment, housing rehab and economic development. This taught me not only proposal writing, but project management, especially non-profit fund accounting and budgeting. Next, I provided technical assistance to non-profit organizations throughout Philadelphia and started a computerization service for them when the first personal computers came along, developing custom accounting and service tracking software. In 1989, I moved out West and studied computer science, artificial intelligence and cognitive science in Boulder (Stahl, 2010c). I helped writing proposals for the lab I was in and drafted the proposal that paid for my post-doc position. After graduation, I worked with a small research start-up, drafting SBIR (federal small-business innovative research program) proposals for research in collaboration with firms and government agencies. I worked as VP for R&D, doing the programming for grants that were funded. The projects were in collaboration with the Boulder Department of Education and with the astronaut psychology group in NASA. Some of this research is reported in Group Cognition. I eventually became a Research Professor at the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Computer Science. This meant that I had to raise my entire salary from grants, so I began writing proposals intensively. While I was awarded some relatively small grants, I never succeeded in the almost impossible job of supporting myself as a research professor. I went to work at a CSCW lab in Germany for a year and then joined the faculty of the College of Information Science and Technology (the iSchool) at Drexel University. There, I met the people at the Math Forum at Drexel and developed collaborations that resulted in successful grant proposals and productive research. My grants raised over six million dollars to support the VMT Project from 2003- 2016. The following pages are organized in retrospective chronology, divided in five Parts: Proposals for Research 7 Part 0. Grants awarded at Chatham Conservation Foundation (2019-2021) • “Restoration of the Founding Homestead of Chatham.” Proposal to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) under the Chatham Community Preservation Act (CCPA). CPA-2017-20. December 28, 2018. • “Frost Fish Creek Salt Marsh Preservation Studies.” Proposal to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) under the Chatham Community Preservation Act (CCPA). CPA-2020-17. January 13, 2020. • “Frost Fish Creek Restoration Project Application to DER Priority Projects.” Proposal to the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DER). CPA-2017-20. May 10, 2021. Part I. Grants awarded at Drexel University (2003-2010) • “Computer-Supported Math Discourse Among Teachers and Students.” Supplementary award DRL-1448116 from the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) Program for $152,743 over 2 years on September 1, 2014. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar. For programmer salary to develop VMT-mobile technology. • “Computer-Supported Math Discourse Among Teachers and Students.” Supplementary award DRL-135021 from the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) Program for $120,000 over 3 years on September 1, 2013. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar. For participant support of teacher stipends and student prizes. • “Computer-Supported Math Discourse Among Teachers and Students.” Award DRL-1118773 from the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) Program for $1,800,000 over 5 years on September 1, 2011. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar, Jason Silverman, Michael Khoo, Sean Goggins; collaborative proposal with Rutgers, PI: Arthur Powell; other senior personnel: Andrea Forte, Jennifer Rode, Loretta Dicker, Annie Fetter, Tony Mantoan, Jay Scott. http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/dr2011.pdf. • “Towards Optimization of Macrocognitive Processes: Automating Analysis of the Emergence of Leadership in Ad Hoc Teams.” Award N000141110221 from the Office of Naval Research Collaboration and Knowledge Interoperability (CKI) Program for $909,029 over 3 years on May 17, 2011. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Sean Goggins, Emily Patterson (Ohio State), Marcela Borge (Penn State), John Carroll (Penn State), Andrew Duchon (Aptima). Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/onr2011.pdf. Proposals for Research 8 • “Theories and Models of Group Cognition.” Award from the Office of Naval Research, Collaboration and Knowledge Interoperability (CKI) Program for $675,000 over 3 years starting November 12, 2009. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Sean Goggins, Stephen Weimar and Carolyn Rosé (CMU). http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/onr2009.pdf. • “Dynamic Support for Virtual Math Teams.” Award DRL-0835383. Funded by the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Program for $306,355 over 3 years on August 1, 2009. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar; Collaborative proposal with Carolyn Rosé (CMU). http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2008.pdf. • “Exploring Adaptive Support for Virtual Math Teams.” Award DRL0723580. Funded by the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program for $50,000 over 1 year on August 1, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); consultant: Gerry Stahl. GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007c.pdf. • "Engaged Learning in Online Communities." Award SBE-0518477. Funded by the National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center Catalyst Program for $180,762 over 3 years on October 1, 2005. PI: Gerry Stahl; co- PIs: Sharon J Derry (Wisconsin); K. Ann Renninger (Swarthmore); Mary R Marlino (UCAR); Daniel D Suthers (Hawaii). Project description: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/slc2005. • "IERI: Catalyzing & Nurturing Online Workgroups to Power Virtual Learning Communities." Award IERI 0325447. Funded by the National Science Foundation IERI Program for $2,300,00 over 5 years on September 1, 2003. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Project description: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/itr2003 • "Collaboration Services for the Math Forum Digital Library." Award DUE 0333493. Funded by the National Science Foundation NSDL Services Program for $450,000 over 3 years on August 15, 2003. PI: Gerry Stahl; co- PIs: Stephen Weimar and Wesley Shumar. Project description and proposal reviews: GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/nsdl2003 Part II. Other proposals at Drexel University (2003-2010) • “Computer-Supported Math Discourse Among Teachers and Students.” Proposal DRL-1118773 to the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) Program for $3,500,000 over 5 years on January 6, 2011. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar, Jason Silverman, Mick Khoo, Sean Goggins; collaborative proposal with Rutgers, PI: Arthur Powell. http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/dr2011.pdf. Proposals for Research 9 • “Towards Optimization of Macrocognitive Processes: Automating Analysis of the Emergence of Leadership in Ad Hoc Teams." Proposal to the Office of Naval Research Collaboration and Knowledge Interoperability (CKI) Program for $909,029 over 3 years on February 10, 2011. PI: Carolyn Rose (CMU); co- PIs: Gerry Stahl, Sean Goggins, Emily Patterson (Ohio State), Marcela Borge (Penn State), John Carroll (Penn State), Andrew Duchon (Aptima). Proposal: http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/onr2011.pdf. • “DR K-12: Computer-Supported Math Cognition Through Shared Visualizations and Collaborative Discourse.” Proposal DRL-6952834 to the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) Program for $3,500,000 over 5 years on January 7, 2010. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Stephen Weimar, Jason Silverman, Mick Khoo, Sean Goggins; collaborative proposal with Rutgers, PI: Arthur Powell. http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/dr2009.pdf. • “Theories and Models of Group Cognition.” Proposal to the Office of Naval Research Collaboration and Knowledge Interoperability (CKI) Program for $675,000 over 3 years on October 1, 2009. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PIs: Sean Goggins, Stephen Weimar and Carolyn Rosé (CMU). http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/onr2009.pdf. • “Collaborative Knowledge Work in Social-Computational Systems.” Proposal 6952103 to the National Science Foundation SES – Science, Technology and Society (SES) Program for $747,599 over 3 years on September 21, 2009. PI: Michael Khoo; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Eileen Abels, Sean Goggins, Jiexun Li. http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/ses2009.pdf. • “Multidisciplinary Curriculum Improvement and Innovation Using Software Defined Radio.” Proposal to the National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program (Phase I — Exploratory). Submitted for $200,000 over 2 years on May 21, 2009. PI: Kapil Dandekar (Drexel ECE); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel). • “Cyber-math: Developing mathematical reasoning through diverse collaborations.” Proposal to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $995,571 over 3 years on November 21, 2008. PI: Arthur Powell (Rutgers, Newark); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel). http://GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/cybermathREESE2008.pdf. • “Dynamic Support for Virtual Math Teams.” Proposal 0835426 to the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Program for $306,355 over 3 years on April 25, 2008. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar; Collaborative proposal with Carolyn Rosé (CMU). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2008.pdf. Proposals for Research 10 • "CDI-Type II: Social Computing and Data Mining in Support of Inquiry-based STEM Learning." Preliminary proposal to the National Science Foundation Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Program. Submitted for $2,500,931 for 4 years on Jan. 1, 2008. PI: Xiaohua Hu; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Eileen Abels, Yuan An, Stephen Weimar. • "CDI-Type I: Building a world of math discourse using a mix of platforms." Preliminary proposal to the National Science Foundation Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Program. Submitted for $797,303 over 3 years on Jan.8, 2008. PI: Werner Krandick (Department of Computer Science, Drexel University); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (IST, Drexel). • " DR-K12 R&D: STEM Inquiry Learning in the Internet Public Library and the Math Forum Model." Proposal to the National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 (DR K12) Program. Submitted for $2,160,260 for 5 years on Jan. 28, 2008. PI: Deliah Neuman; co-PIs: Gerry Stahl, Tony Hu, Michael Khoo, Yuan An. • "Increasing Helping Behavior in Collaborative Problem Solving in the Virtual Math Teams Environment." Proposal 735571 to the National Science Foundation Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Program. Submitted for $606,669 over 3 years on April 23, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel) and co-PI: Stephen Weimar (Math Forum). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/alt2007.pdf. • “Collaborative Research: Representations for Analyzing Collaborative Knowledge Construction in Technology-mediated Learning Environments.” Proposal 723505 to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $249,062 over 3 years on January 29, 2007. PI: Gerry Stahl; co-PI: Stephen Weimar (Math Forum) and Alan Zemel (Culture & Communication). Collaborative proposal with Daniel Suthers (Hawaii) for $450,999 and Cindy Hmelo-Silver (Rutgers New Brunswick). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007a.pdf. • “eMath: Diverse High School Students Developing Mathematical Reasoning through Online Collaboration.” Proposal 723605 to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $995,145 over 3 years on January 29, 2007. PI: Arthur Powell (Rutgers, Newark); co-PI: Gerry Stahl (Drexel) and Carolyn Maher (Rutgers). GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007b.pdf. • “Exploring Adaptive Support for Virtual Math Teams.” SGER Proposal to the National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Program. Submitted for $50,000 over 1 year on January 29, 2007. PI: Carolyn Rosé (CMU); consultants: Gerry Stahl and the Math Forum. GerryStahl.net/publications/proposals/reese2007c.pdf.