Cooperative Agreement SMX53023CA4023

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Televisa Foundation Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The purpose of the award is to develop three space camps in Mexico and one exchange component to Space Center Houston. The program incorporates NASA's STEM resources and expertise, enriching the curriculum with cutting-edge NASA content and experiential learning aligned with NASA's...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $140,731 Cooperative Agreement (SMX53024CA0119) to Teach 4 All Mexico AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico City, to fund the participation of 25 Mexican high school students in a flagship leadership program. The award under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant supports the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals, advancing national interests and enhancing national security through cultural 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $499,906 to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to increase participation in scholarly STEM experiences for Latin and other historically underserved students. The 3-year project, titled "HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: CAMINOS", aims to: Prepare lower division students to be competitive for scholarly STEM experiences, 2) Provide upper division science and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs provides $277,275 to Teach 4 All Mexico AC to fund participation of 25 high school students in a leadership exchange program through July 1, 2024. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen relationships between people to advance US foreign policy goals through programs that expand international educational...

This $740,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Higher Education-Institution Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will develop an experiential learning program called MODEXL to support underrepresented minority, first-generation, and limited-resource undergraduate students at Arizona State University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Key activities include: Providing...

This $250,000 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.750), aims to promote workforce development in the printed circuit board (PCB) industry in Mexico. The funding will support curriculum development for PCB-focused courses at the secondary and tertiary education levels, including internships, technical English courses, and train-the-trainer programs. The award will be implemented by Tecnologico Nacional De Mexico, a...

This $787,042 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project to engage Latinx families as design partners in creating equitable informal engineering learning opportunities for young children. The project, led by the Chicago Children's Museum in partnership with Loyola University Chicago and community organization Palenque LSNA, will utilize oral storytelling as a basis for designing hands-on engineering...

This National Science Foundation project grant award of $291,659 provides funding through August 2024 to implement an experiential learning STEM opportunity pilot program at Dona Ana Community College in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The award is made under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to enhance undergraduate STEM education and broaden participation in STEM fields at Hispanic-serving institutions. Specifically, the award will support implementing teaching practices to improve...

The Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Recinto De Cupey received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields federal grant program. The grant period is from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Under this award, the Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Recinto De Cupey will implement the Puerto Rico WAMS STEM-AG Education and Career Pathways Program to...