Morehouse College, the University of Florida, Auburn University, and the American Institutes for Research will collaborate on a $299,787 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (IAAMCS) through September 2025. IAAMCS serves as a national resource center for the computing community and emphasizes mentoring to increase African-American participation in computing. Key activities to be undertaken through...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), aims to diversify the computing professoriate at research universities. The $861,624 award to the University of Chicago will fund two main activities over five years: (1) continuing and refining strategies to increase diversity in the computing faculty, and (2) establishing an affiliates program to disseminate best practices and...
This $285,290 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a collaborative research and education initiative between Morehouse College and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The primary goal is to increase the number of African American students who possess knowledge in both computer science and computer engineering, in order to address national needs related to semiconductor manufacturing and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $379,518 to Chicago State University, a predominantly Black institution, to expand their artificial intelligence (AI) teaching and research capacity. The project, titled "Expanding AI Teaching and Research Capacity at a Predominantly Black Institution (AI@PBI)," aims to: 1) develop AI awareness among CSU faculty across disciplines, 2)...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will enable the Computing Research Association (CRA) to extend its Broadening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP) alliance. The $1,199,612 project aims to increase interest and participation in computing research among undergraduate, graduate students, and early/mid-career researchers from underrepresented backgrounds. Key...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) totaling $295,536 will enhance the role of campus champions and research computing facilitators at academic institutions to promote access to advanced artificial intelligence (AI) resources and foster collaborations. The project aims to address barriers in AI research by connecting under-resourced and minority-serving institutions with critical...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant supports the "Collaborative Research: BPC-A: LEAP Alliance: Diversifying Future Leadership in the Professoriate" project under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070).
This project aims to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the computer...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $999,924 in funding to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) to establish an experiential learning program called "Beginnings: An Experiential On-Ramp to Strengthen and Diversify the Open Source Workforce". The program aims to expose undergraduate computer science students from Historically Black Colleges and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) in the amount of $2,952,104 will enable the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to extend the STARS Computing Corps, a national community of practice for developing broadening participation in computing (BPC) change leaders. The key objectives are to:
Expand the STARS network with new members and partnerships, with a...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $359,999 to Tuskegee University to develop innovative educational approaches that integrate machine learning, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence within cyberinfrastructure (CI) frameworks. The goal is to train a more diverse and skilled CI workforce capable of addressing modern cyber threats and leveraging advanced technologies...