This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College in maintaining its STEM instructional capacity as it recovers from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The award will fund one full-time STEM faculty position and other resources to sustain the college's STEM program through February 2023. As a Tribal College and University serving indigenous students, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College's core...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Bay Mills Community College, a tribal college and 1994 Land Grant Institution in Michigan, in developing and enhancing its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program offerings and capacity. The funding will enable Bay Mills Community College to develop four new science courses (Biology I, Biology II, Chemistry I, and Chemistry II) and explore the...
This $199,999 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports United Tribes Technical College's STEM instructional capacity as it recovers from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will retain one full-time STEM faculty member position and provide other resources to maintain the college's STEM program through April 30, 2023. As the core operating funds for Tribal Colleges and Universities are directly tied to student enrollment, drops...
This $166,946 National Science Foundation project grant will support the salary and professional development of one full-time STEM faculty member at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The award aims to maintain the college's STEM program as it recovers from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating loss of enrollment-tied operating funds. The grant falls under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which sponsors development of...
This Project Grant award of $196,814 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the salary and professional development of one full-time STEM faculty member at Sitting Bull College. The goal is to help maintain the college's STEM program as it recovers from enrollment declines and loss of funding due to the deleterious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the funding will be used to retain STEM talent and instructional capacity at...
This $166,946 National Science Foundation project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the salary and professional development of one full-time STEM faculty member at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The goal is to help maintain the college's STEM program as it recovers from enrollment declines and resulting funding losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic's disruptive impacts on higher education institutions. Specifically,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $127,005 Project Grant to Little Priest Tribal College under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support one full-time STEM faculty position and related resources from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. The award aims to maintain the college's STEM instructional capacity as it recovers from enrollment declines and funding losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the sole core operating funds for Tribal Colleges and Universities are directly...
Bay Mills Community College received a $133,306 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Human Resource Development under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant, titled "RAPID: STEM FACULTY SUPPORT TO ADDRESS IMPACTS FROM COVID-19 ON TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM INSTITUTIONS," will provide support to STEM faculty at Bay Mills Community College from October 1, 2021 through...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $250,000 to Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University (LCO College) to enhance the institution's cyberinfrastructure and cybersecurity capabilities in support of STEM education and research. The award, effective January 15, 2025 through December 31, 2025, aims to improve the resiliency and security of STEM operations, data management, and the university's teaching and research...
The Northwest Indian College Foundation received a $299,749 National Science Foundation project grant under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to conduct research from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The grant will support the Foundation's "EAGER: REDUCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: RESEARCHING THE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF RAPID TRANSITION TO ONLINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR STEM PROGRAMMING IN A TRIBAL COLLEGE SETTING" project. Through this effort, the Foundation...