Project Grant 20DG11132544015

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) totaling $181,785 is intended to investigate the impact of mentorship structures on the persistence of first-time-in-college (FTIC) undergraduate women in engineering. The University of South Florida is the primary awardee, collaborating with the University of Cincinnati on this research project. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Establishing a...

This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) aims to increase diversity of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty by supporting women and underrepresented minorities throughout their career exploration and early academic appointment. The "Extending the Impact: Redefining Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty through Inclusive Mentoring Hubs (iREDEFINE I2MHUBS)"...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program totaling $157,291 will support research and activities focused on culturally relevant mentorship for underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, the funding will allow Claremont Graduate University to conduct a comparative case study exploring constructs of culturally relevant mentorship, develop and validate new...

The Regents of the University of Minnesota, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, was awarded a $800,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the "Engineering" CFDA program (47.041). This 5-year grant will fund the "Mentoring for the Formation of Research Careers in Engineering (M-FORCE)" program, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, Morgan State University, and the...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program, totaling $208,818, will fund research to develop culturally relevant mentorship models and assessment tools to strengthen participation in STEM fields by underrepresented minority students. Specifically, the awardee, Texas Tech University, will conduct a comparative case study and scale development process to define constructs of culturally relevant mentorship. They will also...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $998,355 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Atlanta Growing Leadership of Women, Inc. (Atlanta GLOW) for a 3-year initiative. This program will expand Atlanta GLOW's mentoring approach to engage 700 at-risk minority and disabled female youth (ages 14-17) in 29 counties across North Georgia. The initiative will provide evidence-based mentoring, life skills...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) seeks to increase the participation of women and minority students from rural areas in STEM disciplines relevant to agriculture and food sciences. The key objectives are to: (1) establish community college chapters of the Minorities in Agriculture,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded a $500,000 project grant to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to establish a mentoring program called "Latinidad STEM" that aims to support underrepresented undergraduate students, particularly Mexican American/Latinx students, in STEM fields such as engineering, computer science, and mathematics. The "Latinidad STEM" program will create a community-building alliance between...

The National Cares Mentoring Movement Inc. (NCMM) received a $2.5 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to provide mentoring services under the Juvenile Mentoring Program. NCMM will use the funding to expand existing mentoring programs in nine geographic regions centered on an evidence-based curriculum for at-risk Black youth ages 12-17. Over the three-year period from October 1, 2022 to...