Project Grant 2129756

This Project Grant award of $499,795 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a two-year project to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to serve the needs and interests of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "HBCU THRIVE", combines virtual workshops, an in-person writing retreat, and extensive...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to host a conference on "Inclusive Collaboration Resources: Enhancing Research Support Infrastructure at Minority Serving Institutions." The goal is to develop best practices and resources to improve equitable research collaboration and retention of diverse STEM researchers. The conference will convene research enterprise...

This $1,568,526 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to identify and address systemic barriers in promotion and tenure processes that disadvantage underrepresented minority (URM) faculty, particularly URM women, in STEM disciplines. The 5-year project, led by a consortium of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and a Historically Black College or University (HBCU), has two key objectives: 1) determine the theoretical...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $458,411 to fund a conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) titled "Growing Research Through Innovative Collaborations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities." The primary goal of this one-year project is to address systemic barriers to research funding for HBCUs by facilitating the development of new and expanded...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $541,706 Project Grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to host the "Aligning Black Colleges and the National Science Foundation (ABC-NSF)" conference. This grant is funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports initiatives to enhance undergraduate and graduate STEM education, broaden participation among diverse student populations, and develop workforce skills. The ABC-NSF conference aims to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

This two-year, $599,255 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research exploring career trajectories and outcomes of marginalized groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. The principal investigators at the National Opinion Research Center will employ mixed methods to analyze survey data from current and recent doctoral students at three North Carolina institutions. The project aims to...

This $499,906 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to increase participation in scholarly STEM experiences for Latin@ and other historically underserved students at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The key products and services to be delivered include: Preparing lower division students to be competitive for scholarly STEM experiences. Providing upper division science and education students with science communication internships...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $306,146 to the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras campus to conduct community-focused research examining how school curriculum and instruction may limit Afro-Puerto Rican students' learning experiences in math and science classrooms. The project aims to advance foundational knowledge on how racism and colorism intersect to impact STEM education in Puerto Rico, with the goal of...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $100,000 to the University of Texas at El Paso to organize an Inclusion Alliance Community Workshop. The workshop aims to bring together representatives from the first three cohorts of NSF Inclusion Alliances to leverage collective knowledge on broadening participation in STEM. Over two days, virtually, the workshop will facilitate discussion of lessons learned and specific activities to...