Project Grant 18935163422

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) will support a youth-centered media arts skill-building program focused on mental health education. The grant recipient, Portland Community Media (doing business as Open Signal), is a nonprofit media arts center located in Portland, Oregon that is dedicated to promoting media production, education, and advocacy with a focus...

This federal Project Grant award of $924,021.00, awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305), supports research focused on career development opportunities for high school students in Baltimore City Public Schools. The primary grant recipient, The Ohio State University, will conduct a two-part study. In Year 1, they will undertake a comprehensive landscape analysis to identify the career development...

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports the MediaMaker Fellowship and Preservation Access programs operated by The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC). The MediaMaker Fellowship provides stipends, production funds, and mentorship opportunities for media makers across the country. The Preservation Access program offers affordable...

This $760,367 Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the CFDA 84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination program supports the "CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ADVANCING EQUITY IN OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES" project at the University of Chicago. This one-year award, effective September 1, 2024, will fund research activities designed to improve educational outcomes and reduce achievement gaps in Chicago public schools. The...

This $649,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program is intended to develop industry-recognized certificates, certificate training programs, and paid internships in media technology pathways for priority populations in the Portland, Oregon metro region. The goal is to engage employers, labor unions, and state agencies to establish new credentials that create novel on-ramps for learners from underserved communities into high-demand industry...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MA256056OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The $400,000 award will fund BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn to offer 35-40 twelve-session arts and media education residencies per year in partnership with New York City public schools. The residency programs will focus on strengthening students' arts and media mastery, critical thinking skills, and social-emotional...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to Youthbuild Preparatory Academy under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant funds will support services from July 2021 through October 2024 to equip underserved youth with education and employment skills to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Specifically, the Academy will provide post-secondary education opportunities, including apprenticeship training, to prepare at-risk youth for...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $875,000 over 5 years to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical) to advance career development and economic self-sufficiency among youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) conducting rigorous and innovative research, 2) developing solutions to...

The Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) will provide mentoring and positive youth development activities for 300 underserved youth in Los Angeles, California through a $681,818 grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Specifically, YMC will implement its Mentoring Making Resiliency Real program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The program will connect at-risk youth ages 13-17 with caring adult mentors...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...