Sinclair Community College was awarded a $559,624 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to enhance career pathways to green jobs in high-performance building technology. The grant, awarded July 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2024, will support Sinclair Community College's efforts to develop new educational programs and curriculum focused on emerging careers in green building technology and energy efficiency. By leveraging its...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Sinclair Community College a $487,465 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the initiative "Engineering & Science Integration in Mathematics – An Initiative to Retain and Complete More STEM Majors" from October 15, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Santa Fe Community College received a $330,357 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to create a sustainable educational pipeline for the controlled environment agriculture workforce. Through the three-year award period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, the College will train 18 teachers at 9 rural New Mexico high schools to provide 180 underserved students with dual-credit courses...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $343,209 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Virginia Western Community College. The grant funds the development of a novel Agriculture Technology (Ag-Tech) Career Studies Certificate (CSC) program that merges mechatronics and agriculture disciplines to grow a regional workforce for precision agriculture. The 3-year project aims to serve the national interest by advancing the workforce readiness of agricultural...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $650,000 to Sinclair Community College to develop educational pathways and training for aviation maintenance technicians to service unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft. The project aims to address the projected workforce shortage of technicians capable of maintaining these new aircraft types as the aerospace industry shifts toward increased use of...
The National Science Foundation awarded James A. Rhodes State College a $526,765 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to deliver career awareness and education services related to modern agricultural technology. The three-year award beginning September 2023 aims to introduce Northwest Ohio high school students, especially females, and their STEM teachers to agriculture technology careers through hands-on experiences, career pathway materials, and a young women in...
Sinclair Community College will receive $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an electric vehicle technician training program from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to establish a new certificate program and workshops focused on electric vehicle technologies to prepare automotive technicians for careers maintaining electric vehicle fleets. Key activities include developing electric vehicle coursework leading to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $581,377 project grant to Parkland College District 505 to support expanding precision agriculture education and certification to secondary students. The grant is funded through the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. Under the award, Parkland College will develop and provide precision agriculture education and certification...
Rhodes State College received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The three-year award will support the college's efforts to embed additional industry-recognized credentials within its Associate Degree in Agriculture Technology program and provide credential training to current and future agriculture workers in northwest Ohio....
This $648,668 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a new industry-driven robotics and automation curriculum for secondary and two-year college students focused on agricultural technologies. The project will create three agricultural technology modules, provide teacher professional development, and establish micro-credentials to bridge gaps between secondary, post-secondary, and the workforce. Subawards are planned to...