Project Grant 00E01470

This $103,868 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve the implementation of an authentic inquiry-based laboratory curriculum, called AIM-BIO, at the University of Arizona, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The key goals are to: 1) Develop a professional development program to train teaching assistants (TAs) on how to effectively mentor students in the AIM-BIO curriculum's open-ended scientific inquiry process, and 2)...

This $149,987 National Science Foundation project grant through the Engineering (47.041) program will support Louisiana State University's development of an intelligent immersive training environment to foster transferable skills for future extraterrestrial construction workforces. The university will investigate the nature of future off-world construction and the hierarchy of skills required. Researchers will also explore emerging technologies that can integrate transferable skills like...

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development $434,642 on December 8, 2025, under the State, Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.258) to migrate the Advanced Operations Training Course (AOTC) from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program platform to the AASHTO Technical Training Solutions format and update course content to reflect current practices and regulatory changes. The work includes updating four core courses and...

This $349,431 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education and STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076) will support the development of virtual reality-enabled curriculum resources to address workforce skills gaps in water treatment operator education. Central Carolina Technical College will partner with Clemson University to design, integrate and evaluate virtual reality modules supplementing the college's existing training programs. Modules will focus...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement to the Public Health Foundation on September 1, 2026, under the CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories program (CFDA 93.322) to expand and enhance access to training and continuing education for state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments through the TRAIN learning management platform. The award funds two primary components. Component A addresses systems work: the Public...

This $1,900,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) will enable the University of Maine System to modernize and expand the capabilities of the University of Maine's Analytical Laboratory and Soil Testing Service. The funding will be used to procure a suite of advanced analytical equipment, including a spectrometer, combustion analyzers, pH analyzers, and an X-ray fluorescence...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), provides $158,342 to New York University to develop new training content for existing manufacturing technician education courses. The university will introduce virtual and hands-on experiential learning exercises as well as tutorials on advanced manufacturing technologies including computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, and engineering...

This $299,913 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) will support a collaborative research project between Penn State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to investigate how graduate engineering students develop intercultural competencies in authentic academic research laboratory environments. The goal of the project is to provide the inaugural understanding of how intercultural competencies are fostered or...

This $477,403 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the development of an online research security training module by the University of Alabama in Huntsville from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. The module aims to enhance awareness and provide training on existing and emerging risks and threats to the global research ecosystem, in accordance with National Security Presidential Memorandum 33. The Society of...

This $110,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities will support the development of an augmented/virtual reality nursing assistant training program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The training program aims to address staffing shortages in long-term care settings through improving certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) attitudes, perceptions and communication skills related to caring for older adult patients....