The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $532,078 Project Grant to the National Society of Black Physicists, Inc. (NSBP) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) program. The grant supports the joint annual conferences of NSBP and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP) for the years 2024 through 2026. The purpose of the conferences is to promote diversity and excellence in physics, with a focus on supporting African American and Hispanic...
This $234,639 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS) will support the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCO) to develop the USA Sky Partners program. The program aims to expand access to authentic astronomy research experiences for undergraduates at Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, LCO will partner with Occidental College and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio...
This $166,874 project grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support a partnership between Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona to increase participation by underrepresented minority students in astronomy and astrophysics research and education. The funding will create a pathway for CCC students to participate in NAU's astronomy research labs...
This $219,315 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will establish a collaborative research alliance between four Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas. The alliance aims to: 1) conduct research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socio-economic groups; 2) establish physical and virtual lab spaces with state-of-the-art computing resources; 3) facilitate student and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the UNIDOS HSI PROGRAM NETWORK RESOURCE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY COORDINATION. The $2,320,756 award to Florida International University will establish a center to coordinate and amplify the work of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in promoting STEM participation and success among underserved students. Key objectives include building connections between HSI community members,...
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...
This National Science Foundation award under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program will support a $301,982 research project at Colorado State University from June 2023 through May 2026. The project aims to foster more accurate and identity-affirming science teaching and learning at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. A team from Colorado State University, Florida International University, and Arizona State University will investigate how the norm of...
This $220,453 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a conference organized by Saint Edward's University to support the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Principal Investigators community. The conference, taking place in Austin, Texas from September 2022 through August 2023, aims to bring together current and potential principal investigator teams engaged in NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions...
This Project Grant award for $299,659 from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support a collaboration led by Florida State University, an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (EHSI), along with several other EHSI and established Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project aims to develop strategies, tools, and methods to help 401 emerging HSIs in the U.S. authentically engage and serve their growing Latino...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $131,614 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports the "California Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Social Science Advancement (CAHSSA)" project. The award will fund a partnership between three California universities to serve 28 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems. The project aims to...