Cooperative Agreement 1834595

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $100,000 to the University of Texas at El Paso to organize an Inclusion Alliance Community Workshop. The workshop aims to bring together representatives from the first three cohorts of NSF Inclusion Alliances to leverage collective knowledge on broadening participation in STEM. Over two days, virtually, the workshop will facilitate discussion of lessons learned and specific activities to...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...

This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $139,999 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to implement and study the effectiveness of a "Circle of Champions" framework in supporting the academic success of Latina/o STEM students at Gavilan College. The project aims to leverage students' social capital and community wealth to enhance their academic outcomes, with a focus on: 1) advancing the...

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to develop and evaluate an empirically-defensible model for increasing STEM persistence and graduation rates among underrepresented students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the $500,000 award made to Our Lady of the Lake University on January 1, 2023 will support redesigning the institution's College Algebra course into three...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $1,499,996 to the New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education, Inc. (Csforall) to extend the CSforALL Alliance. The Alliance aims to ensure equitable access to K-12 computer science education, particularly for students from historically marginalized communities. The key objectives of the award are to: 1) raise awareness about the...

The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded a $1,400,294 project grant to Allegheny College to support the program "Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math: Strengthening Belongingness through Targeted Academic and Professional Mentoring." The five-year project, which runs from January 2022 through December 2027, aims to provide mentoring services to strengthen belongingness and inclusion among underrepresented...

The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded a $797,040 Project Grant to Impact Allies Inc. under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct research examining variances in external grant funding and outcomes at two-year colleges. Through a mixed methods research study combining algorithm-derived meta-data, institutional data, surveys, and interviews, the awardee will analyze factors differentiating colleges with varying levels of external...

This $2,933,494 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) is funding the "Collaborative Research: Tri-Alliance for Post-Award Innovation" project. The objective is to transform post-award support for faculty at Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) by: 1) building capacity for post-award service structures, 2) developing shared education and training resources, and 3) piloting innovative cross-divisional support roles....