Project Grant 066906248

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,997 to conduct a meta-analysis on the relationships between teacher support, student engagement, and mathematics achievement. The principal investigator and her team at the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) will systematically review and meta-analyze existing evidence on the Instructional-Relational Model of student engagement and math achievement....

This three-year, $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, operating under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will develop tools to analyze process data from computer-based educational assessments and adaptive designs for testing and learning. The Columbia University researchers will focus on statistical learning methods to understand students' cognitive processes using log file data...

The Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters awarded a $813,127 cooperative agreement to the Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region Corporation (Secter) from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The award supports Secter's delivery of procurement technical assistance to businesses under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). Through this funding, Secter will provide procurement assistance and foster successful participation in federal, state, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $3,479,547 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Texas A&M University to establish the SECURE (Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem) Analytics center. This five-year project, starting on September 1, 2024, will provide analytics expertise and support to the broader SECURE initiative, which aims to address foreign threats to the security and integrity of the U.S. research...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA #21.024). The two-year grant will support Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs' ability to provide financing and technical assistance to businesses and entrepreneurs impacted by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. As a Community...

The Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the eight-county region served by the Association through January 2025. As part of the Economic Development Support for...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008) provides $5,583,698.00 to the Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI) to develop an integrated, automated system to identify third-party and potential zero-day vulnerabilities, verify their exploitability dynamically, and create a feedback loop for rapid enhancement of static analysis capabilities. The objectives of this 3-year...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $305,000 to Across AI, Inc. to develop a novel AI framework that integrates algorithmic logical reasoning with machine learning models to enhance the analysis of unstructured data. The broader commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to transform enterprise knowledge work by improving how...

This SBIR Phase II Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,250,000 to Crypto Tutors LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop an AI-enhanced career assessment tool. The goal is to help students and professionals explore emerging technology career opportunities in Web3, blockchain, and related fields such as AI, IoT, and cloud security. The tool aims to create new career...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) provides $300,000 in funding to Rtriad Enterprises LLC to comprehensively address the needs of cybersecurity professionals, especially within underrepresented communities. The project comprises three phases: 1) Offering training and career development opportunities including certification preparation and membership...