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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $561,318 to Brookdale Community College to prepare a workforce trained in the service and repair of electric vehicles (EVs). The project aims to infuse EV learning into existing automotive technology programs and create a stackable credential for incumbent automotive technology professionals. The new curriculum and educational materials will be disseminated nationwide to broaden...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $999,946 provides funding for Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina to develop innovative electric vehicle (EV) education programs. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the consortium led by Trident Technical College will create hybrid virtual and augmented reality curricula to address workforce needs in EV manufacturing and services. Specifically, the consortium which includes automotive companies and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $649,999 funds Macomb Community College to develop automotive technician education programs focused on electric, automated, and connected vehicles. The project leverages a previous NSF-funded Electric Vehicle (EV) certificate program to create a new associate degree program in EV technology, upgrade the EV certificate, and develop new certificates in Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and Cybersecurity. The program targets...
This $467,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of an Electric Vehicle (EV) Engineering Technology program at Motlow State Community College and an EV Battery Technology certificate at Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee. The goal of this project is to address the critical workforce shortage for EV technicians in the region, which is a leading state for automotive manufacturing and EV...
Mount Wachusett Community College received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an electric and hybrid vehicle technician training program. The college will create a new automotive technician curriculum focused on emerging EV technologies, training 40 students over three years to earn a certificate or associate's degree. The program aims to address the regional shortage of technicians skilled in EV repair...
This $350,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will enable Ferris State University to establish an industry-aligned Associate's degree and certificate program in Electric Vehicle (EV) Service Technology. The project aims to address the growing need for skilled EV technicians both regionally and nationally due to the automotive industry's major shift to electric vehicles. Over the three-year project period, Ferris State will...
This $404,567 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Green River College, a Washington state public community college and minority-serving institution, in updating its nationally certified automotive technology department to service hybrid gas-electric and fully electric vehicles (HEVs/EVs). The key products and services delivered through this 3-year award, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, include: 1)...
The Connecticut State Community College Gateway (CT State Gateway) Automotive Technology Program received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will fund the development of a stackable certificate program in hybrid and electric vehicle operation, safety, maintenance, diagnosis, and repair. The program aims to prepare the next generation of automotive technicians with the skills to service electric and hybrid vehicles, in...
This $613,759 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable Stark State College of Technology to develop an innovative training solution for the regional workforce in Northeast Ohio to prepare automotive technicians to service and repair electric vehicles (EVs). The key objectives of this 3-year project, titled "Electric Vehicle Technician Training for Northeast Ohio (EV-NEO)," are to: Enhance Stark State College's...