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Eradicating Misconceptions about Viruses using Multimodal Trace Data in an Intelligent Game-based Environment across Educational Contexts

Award Number: R25GM150142
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Eradicating Misconceptions about Viruses using Multimodal Trace Data in an Intelligent Game-based Environment across Educational Contexts - Project Summary / Abstract. Scientific misconceptions are becoming increasingly pervasive and damaging to the national interest. The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted how misconceptions related to infectious disease can pose serious medical, economic, and social challenges by increasing non-compliance with public health recommendations and undermining trust in scientific institutions. Unfortunately, once scientific misconceptions are adopted by an individual, they are notoriously difficult to remediate by merely presenting the “correct” information. We need educational programs and tools that integrate evidence-based information with broader societal factors, representation of individual risk, and multiple representations of information to improve our ability to correct misconceptions. Our goal is to create an innovative, sustainable, and reproducible educational program that: (1) Creates and deploys an innovative game-based simulation to educate users about infectious diseases, (2) Inspires young people from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in biomedical research, (3) Provides teachers with engaging and easily adopted digital tools that build students’ systems thinking and data science literacy skills, and (4) Conducts innovative STEM education research about the remediation of misconceptions using systems thinking and Advanced Learning Technologies.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO	875 PERIMETER DR	MOSCOW	ID	83844	LATAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	4/2/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $261,005 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO	875 PERIMETER DR	MOSCOW	ID	83844	LATAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	8/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$261,005
														Subtotal = $261,005

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $263,413 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO	875 PERIMETER DR MS 3020	MOSCOW	ID	83844	LATAH	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	7/3/2023	NEW	$263,413
														Subtotal = $263,413

Grand Total All Awards = $524,418

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Eradicating Misconceptions about Viruses using Multimodal Trace Data in an Intelligent Game-based Environment across Educational Contexts

Award Number: R25GM150142

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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