Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAL1600002

This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports a project led by Bryn Mawr College to develop recommendations for enhancing research development support at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The project will convene a series of regional workshops involving approximately 16 PUI representatives per workshop to examine the unique challenges and strengths of research development functions at PUIs....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will provide $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University in Florida to host a series of conferences focused on supporting early-career faculty and enhancing research infrastructure at emerging research institutions and minority-serving institutions. The conferences will bring together research development professionals, university administrators, and early-career faculty to capture...

This $3 million EDA Project Grant funds Launch New York, Inc.'s Launch NY #InvestLocal Scale Up project. The project aims to identify, support, and invest in high-growth, scalable companies that can transform the local economy through job and wealth creation in 27 upstate New York counties. It will optimize follow-on capital investments to 80 existing portfolio companies and make new first-time investments. The project will advance Launch NY's financing programs, including recapitalizing its...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $344,869 to Tufts University to develop and implement professional development for Learning Assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The key objectives are to design and implement a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research (Goal 1) and investigate how this pedagogy sequence impacts LA facilitation...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433 will support a five-year initiative to develop and disseminate knowledge translation tools to improve implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by local governments and enhance civic engagement of people with disabilities. The project has two complementary components: 1) creating a toolkit and training for ADA coordinators to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $3,061,772 Cooperative Agreement through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Delaware to lead the "Strengthening Partnerships for Advancing Research Capacity in Delaware" (SPARC-DE) project. This collaborative effort aims to create an inclusive, open research ecosystem to expand Delaware's research capacity, retain a highly skilled workforce, and increase research innovation across priority sectors. The project...

This $293,957 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a framework for evaluating community needs and readiness for sustainable economic and social development. The project will integrate social, psychological, and economic considerations into a Lab-to-Market (L2M) framework to guide the creation of innovation-based economic growth and equitable workforce development in...

This $10.8 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation and its sub-awardees to establish a formal Economic Development District Community of Practice over five years. The National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation will organize, manage, and promote the Community of Practice in partnership with the National Association of Regional...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $137,071 to support the EXPANDAI Leadership Workshop (EXAIL) in Pittsburgh, PA in October 2024. The EXAIL workshop is the first program-wide principal investigator meeting for the NSF EXPANDAI program, which supports minority-serving institutions in building new capacity in AI research and education. The workshop aims to...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Charlotte Community Capital Access Investment Initiative. Over three years, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will engage multiple university and community resources to identify new local capital sources, educate underrepresented potential angel investors, and ensure 120 emerging entrepreneurs are fully prepared for investment. Specifically, the...