This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant will fund scholarships and student support services at Angelo State University over six years from 2022 to 2028 under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The university will provide 36 scholarships of up to four years for first-year students and two and a half years for transfer students pursuing civil and mechanical engineering degrees. Scholarship recipients will participate in student cohorts, mentoring from peers,...
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...
The University of Texas at Dallas was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to improve transfer academic, career, and community engagement outcomes for engineering and computer science students. Over a six-year period through September 2028, the University will provide scholarships of up to $3 years for 30 unique transfer students pursuing degrees in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, computer science,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,998 project grant to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement the Freshman Year Innovator Experience project from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The project aims to help first-year mechanical engineering students at the university develop critical self-transformation skills to face academic challenges through coordinated curricula for two first-year courses—Introduction to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $2,497,206 to the University of Arizona to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering disciplines. Over the 6-year project period from August 2024 to July 2029, the award will provide scholarships to up to 50 undergraduate students, including transfer students, attending the University of...
This $1,393,594 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support the University of Texas at San Antonio in promoting psychological well-being and resilience to increase retention of high-achieving STEM students from underrepresented groups. Over six years, the project will provide scholarships of up to four years each to 27 students pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics/astronomy. Scholarship recipients will participate in a...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,499,991 awarded in October 2022 will fund the Missouri University of Science and Technology to deliver scholarships, undergraduate research opportunities, and faculty mentoring to 27 low-income students pursuing bachelor's or combined bachelor's/master's degrees in computer or electrical engineering through September 2028. The goal is to increase degree completion rates for these students in STEM fields. As part of the NSF's Scholarships in...
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) received a $499,968 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) to implement strategies that foster engineering identity and improve retention and graduation rates for mechanical and aerospace engineering students, especially those from Hispanic-serving institutions. The key products and services include: Implementing collaborative learning through in-class peer-led team learning and collaborative learning...
This $301,653 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a 5-year project at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to increase the persistence and retention of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing Bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide $1.2M in scholarships to support 26 unique full-time STEM students at UNO. In addition to the scholarships, the project will implement a comprehensive set of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,052,165 project grant to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support undergraduate scholarships and retention services for low-income students pursuing degrees in engineering and computer science. Over the six-year period from October 2022 to September 2028, the project will provide scholarships and co-curricular support services to recruit and retain...
This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of Texas at El Paso in delivering scholarships and student support services to increase degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduates pursuing degrees in mechanical engineering. Over the six-year period from October 2022 through September 2028, the project will provide scholarships of up to $1,500,000 to 23 unique full-time students, engaging them in activities related to robotics, autonomous systems, machine intelligence and advanced manufacturing. In addition to direct financial support, scholars will receive mentoring, undergraduate research experiences, outreach involvement and career development support to help persist and graduate in their STEM fields. The project aims to contribute to a more diverse U.S. STEM workforce and maintain national competitiveness in emerging technology areas.