2022 Boston College Research in Formative Education. Great Resignation or Great Transformation?: Purpose-Driven Engineers $14,880 (PI: Dr. Avneet Hira, Co-PI: Dr. Belle Liang)
2022 Lynch School Collaborative Fellows Grant. Supporting Youth in Engaging the Community in Environmental Justice Issues $121,674 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Avneet Hira & Dr. Helen Zhang)
2022 Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS). Digital Mental Health Innovations to Support Scaling Out a Family Strengthening Intervention for Afghan Refugee Families: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration $50,000 (PI: Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Co-PIs: Dr. Nam Wook Kim, Dr. Avneet Hira, Prof. Sunand Bhattacharya)
2022 Boston College Academic Technology Innovation Grant (ATIG). Transdisciplinary Learning across contexts: Blending Tissue Engineering and Learning Sciences $36,425 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Zhang, Dr. Avneet Hira, Dr. Glenn Gaudette)
2021 NSF ITEST. Building a Youth-Led Learning Community through Automating Hydroponic Systems $1,414,733 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Zhang, Dr. Maureen Kenny, Dr. Jacqueline DeLisi, Dr. Claudia Rinaldi, Dr. Avneet Hira)
2021 Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS). Engaging families in growing their own food through home-based STEM learning experiences $50,000 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Avneet Hira, Dr. Helen Zhang)
2021 Center for Social Innovation in the School of Social Work at Boston College. Using Human Centered Design to Develop a School-Personnel Training to Improve Transgender Adolescents’ Mental Health $22,220 (PI: Dr. Maggi Price, Co-PIs: Dr. Paul Poteat, Dr. Avneet Hira )
