Project Grant 2130073

This $150,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of Arizona, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and California State Polytechnic University Pomona in enhancing pathways for low-income, high-achieving students to earn PhDs in mathematical sciences fields. The three Hispanic-serving institutions will collaborate to develop deeper connections to tackle obstacles these students face in getting admitted to...

This six-year, $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the Fostering Interdisciplinary Community, Belonging, and Success of Low-Income, High-Achieving Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Majors project at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The project will provide scholarships and academic support services to 45 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students majoring in mathematics, computer science,...

This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Circle of Champions" initiative at Gavilan Joint Community College District, a Hispanic Serving Institution in California. The project aims to close the academic completion gap for Latina/o STEM students by leveraging their social capital and community cultural wealth. Key activities include implementing the Circle of Champions framework to organize...

This Project Grant award of $795,731 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a six-year initiative at the University of the Pacific, a minority-serving institution, to increase STEM degree completion for academically talented, low-income undergraduates with financial need. The project will provide four-year scholarships to 10 students pursuing bachelor's degrees in civil engineering and engineering management, while integrating academic and industry...

This NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $2,230,149 to Mississippi State University will support a collaborative research hub focused on increasing the retention, graduation, and STEM career participation of rural, low-income college students. The award will fund the development of a strategic alliance among five rural-serving institutions (RSIs) to conduct research on factors influencing the belonging, persistence, and academic/career outcomes of this student population. Key...

This Project Grant award of $999,985 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a multi-stage intervention at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to investigate how programs can build structural opportunities and support for mobilizing marginalized doctoral students' cultural strengths and ways of knowing within STEM graduate education. The project will take inventory of three UCSC programs - the Cota Robles Fellows Program, the New...

This $2,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support efforts to improve recruitment, retention, and graduation of low-income students in STEM disciplines at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania over six years. The project will provide scholarships to 38 full-time undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees, along with comprehensive academic, social, and professional supports to enhance their success. Key...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to establish a comprehensive support ecosystem for talented low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in biology, chemistry, and psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), a Hispanic-serving institution. Over its 5-year, $2,499,413 duration, the project will provide scholarships to 36 full-time students and implement an integrated system of...

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant will support Louisiana Tech University in delivering academic and career support services to 40 low-income undergraduate engineering students over five years. Funded under the NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase retention and graduation rates in STEM fields by pairing scholarships with discipline-specific faculty mentoring, professional development...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...