Cooperative Agreement SPK33015CA076

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $229,131 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to develop a new research and education partnership in astronomy with Texas Southmost College (TSC). The partnership will engage Hispanic community college students in South Texas in multi-messenger and time domain astronomy research, including observational techniques, data analysis, and machine learning. Key activities...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program provides $298,356 to the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. The funding will support the development of the Media Studies: Power and Representation certificate to enhance analysis and communication of humanistic themes through digital and audiovisual tools and representation. Courses...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) provides $408,240.00 to Texas State University to implement the "ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF AIDES INTO PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (ADAPT)" initiative. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place,...

This federal Project Grant award for $520,346.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant is titled "EXPANDING QUANTITATIVE MASTER'S PROGRAMS AT THE ALVAREZ COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (XQUANT@ACOB)" and will be performed by the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The primary objectives of this grant are to strengthen the...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $149,021 Cooperative Agreement to Texas Tech University System to develop publicly accessible and replicable curriculum on emergency, disaster, and crisis management (EDCM) standards for undergraduate and graduate engineering students. The curriculum will be incorporated into a three-week module for a core safety engineering course and a full semester EDCM standards elective. The expected outcomes are that students will gain a...

Austin Community College District will use a $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to establish an Educational Resource Center at Austin PBS through August 31, 2025. The grant funding is provided through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program, which aims to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities. Specifically, Austin...

The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries and Museum will receive $480,885 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program to carry out a digitization and cataloging project for an at-risk audiovisual collection held by the Institute of Texan Cultures. Key deliverables include cataloging, rehousing, and moving thousands of collection items to climate-controlled storage; digitizing prioritized at-risk items; and providing practical...

The University of Texas at Austin received a $803,253 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to operate a culture collection of algae from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. As part of the Biological Sciences program, which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, the grant will support the university's operation of a living stock collection of algae. The collection serves to increase scientific knowledge and...

The University of Texas at Austin received a $372,798 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support research titled "HUMAN-GUIDED LEARNING OF NEURO-SYMBOLIC MISSION EXECUTION POLICIES" from September 22, 2021 through May 31, 2023. The award is being administered under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to support basic research related to improving Army programs and operations....

The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $432,013 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research improving the quality of life and economic strength of the nation through engineering innovation and education. Under the three-year award beginning June 1, 2021, the University will research mechanisms for film formation during room temperature...