Federal Grants: Principal Investigator (PI) and Author
| Roles | Titles, Dates, and Topics | Funding Source |
| PI and Author [Co-PIs = J. Prado and K. Hill] |
Project CREST (2016-21) Train educators in Etowah County, Gadsden, Attalla and St. James Catholic School to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs and promote family and community engagement. |
USDE Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) |
| PI and Author [Co-PI = J. Austin] |
Etowah EDGE (2012-18) Training Etowah County educators to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs, especially STEM |
USDE/OELA |
| PI and Author [Co-PI = J. Austin] |
Southeast ECHO (2012-18) Training Enterprise City educators to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs, especially STEM |
USDE/OELA |
| PI and Author [Co-PI = J. Austin] |
Project HEART (2007-13) Training Homewood City teachers to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs |
USDE/OELA |
Federal Grants: Other Roles
| Roles | Titles, Dates, and Topics | Funding Source |
| Co-PI & Co-Author [PI = J. Austin] |
Project SPEAK (2012-18) Training Jefferson County educators to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs, especially STEM |
USDE/OELA |
| Co-PI & Co-Author [PI = J. Austin] |
Shelby STARS (2007-13) Training Shelby County educators to provide sheltered instruction to ELLs |
USDE/OELA |
| Program Director [PI = J. Austin] |
Project EQUAL (2003-08) Supporting language acquisition and academic achievement of ELLs in Shelby County |
USDE/OELA |
Grants Awarded from Non-Federal Sources
| Roles | Titles, Dates, and Topics | Funding Source |
| PI and Author | Bridging from Known to Unknown (2009-10) A comparison of learner outcomes before and after the incorporation of visual analogies |
UAB Faculty Development: Scholarship of Teaching |
Grant Applications (unfunded)
PI and author: Submitted application to USDE/OELA for an NPD grant (April 2017) - EP-FACTOR, proposed: unfunded.
Co-PI and co-author: Mentored and supported junior faculty (Dr. Kelly Hill and Dr. Josephine Prado) in preparing and submitting grant applications to USDE/OELA for NPD grants (April 2017) - ACHIEVE, BLAZE, and CONNECT, proposed: unfunded.
PI and author: Submitted application to USDE/OELA for NPD grant (February 2016) - Project COMET, proposed: unfunded.
Co-PI and co-author: Mentored and supported junior faculty (Dr. Kelly Hill and Dr. Josephine Prado) in preparing and submitting grant applications to USDE/OELA for NPD grants (February 2016) - Projects BLAZE, INSPIRE, PREPARE, and SUCCESS, proposed: unfunded.
PI and author: Submitted application to UAB Faculty Senate's Research Committee for a faculty development grant (February 2015) - Oral English Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of Non-Native English Speaking Teachers: unfunded.
Co-PI and co-author: Submitted applications to USDE/OELA for NPD grants (May 2011) - Baldwin BUILD and Shelby FORGE, proposed: unfunded.
Co-PI and co-author: Submitted applications to USDE/OELA for NPD grants (2007) - Project CLIMBS and Project EXCELL, proposed: unfunded.