Cooperative Agreement NR233A750015C003

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $541,706 Project Grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to host the "Aligning Black Colleges and the National Science Foundation (ABC-NSF)" conference. This grant is funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports initiatives to enhance undergraduate and graduate STEM education, broaden participation among diverse student populations, and develop workforce skills. The ABC-NSF conference aims to...

This $261,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support Tuskegee University's leadership training program for college students. Over three years, the university will recruit a total of 180 Generation Z students in two cohorts each year to participate in the program. The program aims to strengthen participants' leadership skills through two training models and assess the impact on knowledge and skills acquisition, as well as...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $458,411 to fund a conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) titled "Growing Research Through Innovative Collaborations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities." The primary goal of this one-year project is to address systemic barriers to research funding for HBCUs by facilitating the development of new and expanded...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities CFDA program to Southern University and A&M College (SUBR), the National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance (NSPAA) of HBCUs, Inc., and partnering institutions. The grant will fund a conference and two virtual workshops to address the need for greater historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) participation in federally funded...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

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...

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 Project Grant award of $499,795 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a two-year project to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to serve the needs and interests of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "HBCU THRIVE", combines virtual workshops, an in-person writing retreat, and extensive...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to host a conference on "Inclusive Collaboration Resources: Enhancing Research Support Infrastructure at Minority Serving Institutions." The goal is to develop best practices and resources to improve equitable research collaboration and retention of diverse STEM researchers. The conference will convene research enterprise...