This $1,170,289 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Albany State University's "Building a Community of STEM Practitioners" initiative. The 5-year project aims to establish a STEM hub in Southwest Georgia to catalyze change in STEM education. Key activities include a STEM-focused summer bridge program, a first-year STEM learning community, a mentorship program pairing HBCU faculty with local high school STEM...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support Albany State University's "It Takes a Village: Communities Leveraged to Advance Scholars' Success" program. Funded at $1,499,993 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students...
Albany State University was awarded a $1,486,640 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for its "Citizen Science: A Pathway to Increase and Diversify the STEM Teaching Force in Rural Georgia" project. The five-year project, which commenced May 1, 2021, aims to engage rural middle and high school students in authentic science research through citizen science initiatives to increase interest in STEM teaching careers among these students....
The National Science Foundation awarded Albany State University a $199,869 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the "CATALYST PROJECT: INFUSION OF DATA EXPERTISE INTO UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The grant funds the development and delivery of curriculum enhancements to infuse data expertise into undergraduate biology courses at Albany State University. The STEM Education program aims to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $396,492 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to Oakwood University, Inc., a historically Black Seventh-day Adventist private university, to support the development, implementation, and study of innovative approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students in STEM fields. The grant will fund the enhancement of two undergraduate biology laboratory...
This $145,430.00 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation) will enable Albany State University to utilize behavioral science and economic experimentation to improve the delivery of NRCS conservation programs in Georgia. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to enhance the effectiveness of NRCS conservation initiatives through evidence-based...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $400,000 to Albany State University to enhance the educational framework of the biology and forensic science programs by infusing data science competencies. The key activities include: Training faculty in data science techniques to enable them to implement data science modules in existing courses and develop new upper-level courses. Engaging students in course-based and mentored...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to Saint Augustine's University, a private historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. The grant supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of undergraduate students at historically Black colleges and universities in STEM graduate programs and careers....
This $299,998 National Science Foundation project grant will support Albany State University in developing an artificial intelligence-driven, culturally responsive digital graphic novel curriculum to engage underrepresented minority students in STEM fields. Through its NSF STEM Education program, the award will fund Albany State's efforts to design a prototype student experience integrating an educational graphic novel curriculum with AI/natural language processing navigation tools. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $495,000 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to create a comprehensive curriculum to assist well users in the Black Belt region of the southern United States in ensuring the microbial and chemical safety of their water used for food production and processing. The curriculum...