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This $281,186 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to increase enrollment in and completion of engineering degrees for community college students, particularly Hispanic and other underrepresented minority students. The funding supports a partnership between Houston Community College (HCC) and the University of Texas at Tyler (UTTyler) called the Houston Engineering Center (HEC). Key components of the project include an...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to prepare undergraduate students at Georgia Gwinnett College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, for careers in the software engineering industry. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Offering paid, project-based internships that provide software development students with hands-on training, mentorship, and opportunities to work on...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) provides $600,000.00 to the Houston Community College System District to establish a centralized student advocacy center. The funding will expand educational opportunities, improve academic performance, boost degree attainment, and provide advocacy support services for Latinx students. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. As a Hispanic-Serving...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Houston Community College a $399,999 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on October 1, 2025, to support the Scaling Partnerships and External Collaborations Through Industry-Aligned Learning (SPECIAL) initiative through September 30, 2028. The project enhances workforce development capacity across five collaborating institutions by establishing physical...

This $271,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance the technical writing skills of Puerto Rican engineering students through an AI-driven feedback system. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HSI PILOT PROJECT: PRACTICE - PERFORMANCE REFINEMENT THROUGH AI CORRECTION IN TECHNICAL WRITING FOR CHEMICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING," will develop and implement an AI-driven system to provide real-time,...

This $100,000 one-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) through two key activities. First, it will provide competitive on-campus STEM employment and mentorship opportunities for undergraduate students at five HSIs. This will enhance students' academic and social engagement, as well as provide culturally-relevant mentorship to develop their STEM skills and knowledge. Second, the...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is designed to provide intensive technical assistance to a pilot group of 6 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to enhance their innovation ecosystems and regional engine consortium development. The $300,000 award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support two in-person convenings and training for the HBCU...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $197,966 to CAL Poly Pomona Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization and foundation, to improve upper division physics education and research opportunities at 14 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in California. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing three online particle physics courses to impact over 300 students Providing 48 students the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $191,000 Project Grant through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institution. This 2-year EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant aims to establish an atomic-scale understanding of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanocrystal catalysts through in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)...

HCC Student Support Services Award Summary Hillsborough Community College (HCC) received a $393,366 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042). The award funds comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged student populations, including low-income, first-generation, and...