The AWARDSS-PLUS program, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, is open to undergraduate (junior and senior), postbaccalaureate (within 5 years), and master degree students who are interested in conducting a project that is relevant to US education (across the lifespan) and plan to pursue a PhD program in an education-related field, such as education, social science, family studies, STEM education, psychology, special education, and public health. The AWARDSS program emphasizes a positive psychology framework embedded in a public health model to support students as