Project Grant 19104915123

This $499,795 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "SUPPORT FOR HBCU FACULTY TO THRIVE IN EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH," will provide a comprehensive series of virtual workshops, an in-person...

This $999,982 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the Aerospace Student-Teacher Program for Innovation, Research, and Education (ASPIRE) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. ASPIRE aims to foster diversity in the aerospace industry by exposing high school students from underrepresented and low-income backgrounds to advanced aerospace manufacturing, unmanned aircraft...

This $199,620 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE AGEP ENGINEERING ALLIANCE: A MODEL TO ADVANCE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND EARLY CAREER FACULTY IN ENGINEERING." This alliance between four universities - the Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, William Marsh Rice University, and the University of...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide $1,999,581 over four years to the University of Memphis to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering. The key products and services to be delivered include: Scholarships for a minimum of 60 unique full-time undergraduate engineering students, focusing on sophomores, juniors, and seniors with...

This Project Grant award of $199,998 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. (KSU R&SF) aims to develop perspective-taking skills in first-year engineering students using arts-based observation techniques. The research will explore how learning to analyze themes in art helps students approach engineering design problems from different viewpoints. The project involves first-year civil and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support Albany State University's "It Takes a Village: Communities Leveraged to Advance Scholars' Success" program. Funded at $1,499,993 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students...

The University of Utah was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the University's Foster Scholars Program from September 1, 2022 through August 30, 2025. The Foster Scholars Program will provide direct funding for activities designed to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities at the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($398,859) provides scholarships and academic support services to approximately 115 low-income undergraduate students studying statistics and data science at seven universities in California and Washington. At least 65 scholars will receive continued scholarship support for up to two years of graduate studies. The goal is to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields...

This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports a project led by Bryn Mawr College to develop recommendations for enhancing research development support at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The project will convene a series of regional workshops involving approximately 16 PUI representatives per workshop to examine the unique challenges and strengths of research development functions at PUIs....

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant supports the University of Washington Tacoma's Promoting Early Retention of STEM Students program. Over seven years, the program will provide scholarships and academic support services to 48 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Students will receive full scholarships for their first two years and partial scholarships for years three and four. The...