SBIR/STTR Research Award
A User-Contextualized ROI Tool to Make Meaning of Lifetime Costs and Tradeoffs Associated with Different Degree Programs
Award amount
$199,987Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Recipient company
- Vantage Point Consulting Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-06-30
- Contract end date
- 2020-02-28
- UEI
- EFMJMBBKTH98
- Solicitation number
- 91990019R0016
- Topic code
- 91990019R0016
Research abstract
Through a pilot study of in three high schools with a diverse mix of racially and socio-economically-diverse end users, the researchers will examine the feasibility and usability of the prototype when used by students. The team will also collect user-experience feedback on whether the prototype helped students consider different pathways, changed perceptions about the cost or benefit of higher education, and provided new information in novel ways.The research team will also collect data on whether the prototype tool is reliable (that is, are similar students receiving similar outputs) and valid (that is, does the tool provide an accurate calculation of students' expected ROI).
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- The Training, Education, and Apprenticeship Program Outcomes Toolkit (TEAPOT)
- The Training, Education, and Apprenticeship Program Outcomes Toolkit (TEAPOT)
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2020). Reported award amounts total $1,098,604. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Education