Cooperative Agreement SAM10023CA0046

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $2,000,000 to the Colorado School of Mines for the "Get the Facts Out: Repairing the Reputation of the Teaching Profession" project. The project aims to serve the national interest by launching a campaign to increase the number and diversity of STEM teachers in K-12 classrooms. Key activities include: Improving perceptions of the teaching profession among STEM...

This Project Grant award of $736,651 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program aims to prepare 30 high-quality secondary STEM teachers to serve in high-need schools in Massachusetts over a five-year period. The key products and services to be delivered include: Recruiting and providing two-year scholarships for four cohorts of 7-8 undergraduate STEM majors in biology, mathematics, chemistry, or general science, to prepare them for STEM teaching careers in high-need schools....

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $925,348.00 was granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (CFDA 19.900 - AEECA/ESF PD Programs) to Florida State University (FSU) to enhance entrepreneurship education in Armenia, in partnership with the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE). The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: developing faculty skills and creating innovative curricula in STEM, social, and...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) will fund the development and deployment of a program to provide barrier-free STEM and leadership education for underserved high school girls and gender non-conforming students in rural areas of Arizona and Michigan. The program will first bring participants...

This $1,697,005 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in advancing knowledge related to STEM education through a multi-faceted research and training program. The key components include: Dissertation grants and small research grants to support fundamental STEM education research based on secondary data analysis of large-scale datasets. This will build research and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, aims to empower Armenian youth, particularly those in rural communities and from disadvantaged backgrounds, by fostering entrepreneurship and social innovation skills. The total funding amount is $199,944.00, with a performance period from October 1, 2024, to February 26, 2025. The award is part of the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), which supports civil...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $246,857 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to improve and broaden participation in undergraduate STEM education through faculty professional development. Specifically, the American Association of Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, and American Physical Society will redesign and expand their successful physics and astronomy faculty workshops to focus on developing individualized plans...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement to Project Harmony Inc. on September 30, 2024 under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The goal of the award is to enhance English proficiency among Armenian youth aged 16 to 35, with at least 70% from Nagorno-Karabakh, and to offer capacity-building activities that expand career opportunities. The project will include certification regarding compliance with...

Aurora University received a $889,860 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on May 1, 2023 to implement a program focused on recruiting and preparing secondary STEM educators. The five-year project aims to recruit 24 undergraduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, and math over the period, providing scholarships and academic supports to increase their success in STEM courses and broaden capacity to obtain secondary STEM teaching...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will provide $105,673 to Eastern Washington University to address racial equity in STEM teacher education. The project aims to: (1) identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from historically underrepresented populations; (2) develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies; and...