The College of Education supports faculty in seeking externally funded research and sponsored projects.
Our goal is to aid faculty and professional staff in their efforts to secure external funding by assisting with proposal review and submission, account management, professional development, and dissemination of results, findings, and best practices.
2025 - 2026
PI: Ding-Jo Currie
Sponsor: California Community College Chancellor's Office
Title of Project: Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (L.I.F.T)
Amount Awarded: $1,230,668
PI: Eugene Fujimoto
Sponsor: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Title of Project: Maywood Education Fair
Amount Awarded: $5,000
PI: Natalie Tran
Sponsor: Sacramento County Office of Education
Title of Project: Multilingual Literacy Guidance
Amount Awarded: $51,275
PI: Rosalinda Larios
Co-PI: Theodore Chao
Sponsor: California Commission On Teacher Credentialing - Lowell Joint School District
Title of Project: Teacher Residency Implementation and Expansion Grant Program
Amount Awarded: $31,500
2024 - 2025
PI: Janice Myck-Wayne
Co-PI: Aja McKee
Sponsor: US Department of Education
Title of Project: Project Camino: Early Childhood Special Education
Amount Awarded: $1,250,000
PI: Nancy Watkins
Co-PI: Joyce Gomez Najarro
Sponsor: California Civil Rights Department’s Community Conflict Resolution Unit
Title of Project: Training for K-12 School Administrators and Teachers to Address Tension at Schools Associated with Allegations of Discrimination
Amount Awarded: $150,000
PI: Fernando Rodriguez-Valls
Sponsor: Anaheim Union High School District
Title of Project: Teacher Residency Program
Amount Awarded: $23,163
PI: Rosalinda Larios
Co-PI: Maritza Lozano
Sponsor: California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Community Grant
Title of Project: Engaging Families and Students Through Innovative Practices
Amount Awarded: $134,867
PI: Gavin Tierney
Co-PIs: Kira LeeKeenan and Fernando Rodriguez-Valls
Sponsor: US Department of Education
Title of Project: Project ICARO (Ideology, Clarity, and Adaptability Responsive and Onward)
Amount Awarded: $3,002,613
PI: Theodore Chao
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (transfer from previous institution)
Title of Project: Fraction stories from urban emergent communities
Amount Awarded: $257,660
2023 - 2024
PI: Ding-Jo Currie
Sponsor: California Community College Chancellor's Office
Title of Project: Leadership Institute For Tomorrow (L.I.F.T)
Amount Awarded: $1,096,696
PI: Natalie Tran
Sponsor: Long Beach Unified School District
Title of Project: Khmer Language Program
Amount Awarded: $15,725
PI: Natalie Tran
Sponsor: Los Angeles County Office of Education
Title of Project: Educator Workforce Investment Grant (EWIG) Program: Effective Language Acquisition Programs Grant – Mandarin and Korean
Amount Awarded: $205,000
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Title of Project: EDUCAL Study
Amount Awarded: $4,099
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Title of Project: CHESS Program Study
Amount Awarded: $9,581
PI: Mallika Scott
Sponsor: The National Academy of Education/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Equity in Math Education Research Grants (EMERG) Program
Title of Project: Attending to Mathematical Ingenuity to Nourish, Empower, and Sustain Elementary Mathematics Teachers
Amount Awarded: $113,118
2022 - 2023
PI: Ding-Jo Currie
Sponsor: California Community College Chancellor's Office
Title of Project: LIFT IEPI Professional Development
Amount Awarded: $402, 413
PI: Natalie Tran
Sponsor: California Department of Education
Title of Project: Educator Workforce Investment Grant Program: English Learner Roadmap Policy Implementation Grant
Amount Awarded: $29,999
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Title of Project: McNair East Bay Study
Amount Awarded: $106, 540
PI: Rosalinda Larios
Co-PIs: Maritza Lozano and Calli Lewis-Chiu
Sponsor: California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Hispanic
Serving Institutions (HSI) Community Grant
Title of Project: Inspiring and Engaging Children and Families Through Innovative Practices
Amount Awarded: $113,158
PI: Fernando Rodriguez-Valls
Sponsor: Orange County Department of Education
Title of Project: PROJECT PROPEL- Pathways to Ready Open-Minded, Plurilingual and Equitable Leaders
Amount Awarded: $211,000
2021 - 2022
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: Coast Community College District
Title of Project: Coast Community College District Climate Study
Amount Awarded: $6,805
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: California State University, Long Beach
Title of Project: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Study
Amount Awarded: $11,848
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: California State University, Long Beach
Title of Project: CSULB Climate Study
Amount Awarded: $8,811
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: Long Beach Unified School District
Title of Project: Math Collaborative Study
Amount Awarded: $10,000
PI: Pablo Jasis
Sponsor: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Office of Migrant Education
Title of Project: CSUF-High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Amount Awarded: $2,374,991
PI: Natalie Tran
Key Personnel: Fernando Rodriguez-Valls and Sam Behseta
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Title of Project: National Resource Center for Asian Language (NRCAL)
Amount Awarded: $684,000
PI: Jennifer Goldstein
Sponsor: Stuart Foundation
Title of Project: Leadership Education for Anaheim Districts
Amount Awarded: $120,000
2020 - 2021
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: Tel-Tec Security Systems, Inc.
Title of Project: B3K Minority & Female Business Owners Pilot Program
Amount Awarded: $3,207
PI: Dawn Person (C-REAL)
Sponsor: Coast Community College District
Title of Project: Coast Community College District Climate Study
Amount Awarded: $29,262
PI: Aimee Nelson
Sponsor: Fullerton Secondary Teachers Organization
Title of Project: Cultivating Teacher Leaders: A Progressive Approach to Growing and Diversifying the Teaching Profession in California
Amount Awarded: $26,000
PI: Aimee Nelson
Sponsor: Braitmayer Foundation
Title of Project: Titan Future Teachers
Amount Awarded: $35,000
PI: Joyce Gomez-Najarro
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Title of Project: Preparing Teacher Candidates to Foster Deeper Learning Through Inclusive Practices: A Case Study of One Exemplary Dual Licensure Teacher Education Program
Amount Awarded: $59,956