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The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) was awarded a $4,401,887 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). IDRA will implement its Youth Leadership Now initiative in San Antonio, TX from December 2021 through December 2026. The Education Innovation and Research program supports the creation, development, and scaling of evidence-based innovations to improve...

The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, TX, was awarded a $6,638,942 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The grant, titled "TECHXPERTS," is for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. IDRA specializes in delivering technical assistance, outreach services, and program...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. for the development of an "Adaptive AI-Driven Career Exploration Platform." The project aims to address workforce development challenges by creating a personalized career guidance system for students in secondary and post-secondary education. The platform will leverage advanced learning theories, artificial...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Nextgen Interactions LLC $199,903.22 through the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620) to build, demonstrate, and evaluate the HAZVR virtual reality air monitoring training module. The project will develop the module in collaboration with hazmat specialists, validate its effectiveness, and test it in classroom settings with hazmat trainees. Upon completion,...

The University Enterprises Corporation at California State University, San Bernardino, in partnership with the University of Texas Medical Branch, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) to develop and validate the Electronic Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Satisfaction Assessment (EISA) 2.0. Over the three-year project period ending November 30, 2027, the grantees will: Bolster the...

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) program, awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with Think College and Worth. The three-year grant aims to co-develop a new intervention called "MY ROAD" to empower inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs in evaluating and expanding...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $11,000,000 Project Grant titled "SCIENCE ROOTS: GROWING STUDENT FUTURES THROUGH GENAI ENHANCED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING USING GREEN NINJA" to the San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). This 5-year grant, from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support the development, implementation, and evaluation of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $200,000 over 3 years to Purdue University to develop new diagnostic testing methods for open radio access networks (O-RAN) in 5G and future mobile network infrastructure. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) near-complete test coverage by exploiting dependencies between RAN software components and...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $799,607 Block Grant under the National Defense Education Program (CFDA 12.006) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to enhance civics education through the "THINKING PRO: ENHANCING CIVICS EDUCATION" project. The project aims to obtain support for the management, development, implementation, research, evaluation, and partnerships that further science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education...