Project Grant 1712692

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program provides $972,261 to establish a regional computing hub serving universities in Alabama. The hub features a flagship high-performance computing system with 3,000 CPU cores, 24 GPU-enabled nodes, and 2 petabytes of storage linked by a 200 gigabit per second InfiniBand interconnect. This infrastructure enables multi-disciplinary research across fields including aerospace, agriculture, chemicals, forestry,...

The Alabama State University (ASU) received a $187,809 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority under the Delta Area Economic Development program (CFDA 90.201) to address the significant shortage of rural social workers in Alabama's Black Belt counties. The two-year grant, awarded on April 18, 2024, will support ASU's efforts to recruit and retain social workers in these underserved rural areas. As a historically black university, ASU is well-positioned to leverage its expertise and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $249,316 to Alabama State University to build capacity for supporting STEM educators in the Alabama Black Belt region. The university will strengthen partnerships with Trenholm State Community College and the Lowndes County Public School System to establish a pathway for STEM students to enter the regional teaching workforce. Curriculum and test...

The Alabama State Association of Cooperatives (ASAC) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach. The funding will support ASAC's provision of education and technical assistance to African American farmers and rural residents in a 20-county area of Alabama's Black Belt region from September 2022 through September 2025. The award is being made through the USDA's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and...

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham in Alabama. This grant will support the Regional Planning Commission's work on community revitalization initiatives in the Birmingham metropolitan area, which spans six counties in central Alabama. Specific activities to be delivered through this funding include developing transportation plans to...

The City of Birmingham, Alabama will receive $10.76 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The Birmingham Region Health Partnership will utilize the funding to establish a pipeline of skilled healthcare and digital health workers through workforce training initiatives focused on marginalized communities and people of color. In partnership with leading healthcare employers in the region...

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham received an $840,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for a six-county region in central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this EDA Planning program award, the Commission...

The City of Birmingham, Alabama will receive $21,529,962 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to establish the Birmingham Region Health Partnership. This Partnership will build a skilled healthcare and digital health workforce through training programs focused on marginalized communities and people of color. In partnership with leading healthcare employers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $500,000 to the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to conduct brownfields assessment and planning activities in Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, and Walker counties in Alabama. Specifically, the recipient will inventory, characterize, and assess up to 17 properties; conduct 14 Phase I and...

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) was awarded a $1.1 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to study transportation and land use options to connect residents in persistently impoverished areas of the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area to jobs, healthcare, and services. $360,000 of the...