This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $2,179,940 in funding to Tuskegee University over a 5-year period starting October 1, 2024. The project aims to increase the retention and graduation of low-income, high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students pursuing STEM degrees at six academic institutions in Alabama and Michigan. Key activities include providing scholarships to 72 students, mentoring, research...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide $1,999,581 over four years to the University of Memphis to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering. The key products and services to be delivered include: Scholarships for a minimum of 60 unique full-time undergraduate engineering students, focusing on sophomores, juniors, and seniors with...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,972,199 to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The project will support talented, low-income undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry through career explorations, research experiences, and scholarships over a 6-year period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2029. Specifically, the project will fund scholarships for up...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $999,764 to Monmouth College will fund scholarships, mentoring, and research opportunities to support the retention and graduation of 15 high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. Over the 6-year award period from April 2025 to March 2031, the project aims to recruit and provide 4-year scholarships to 15 full-time students, with the goal of having 80% (12) of...
This $1,993,085 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a five-year initiative at St. John Fisher College to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The project aims to increase student persistence in STEM by providing scholarships, mentoring, undergraduate research experiences, tutoring, mindfulness training, and graduate school preparation to...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $735,023 to McMurry University over six years from May 2023 through April 2029. The university will deliver a comprehensive program to support the retention and graduation of 15 academically talented, low-income students pursuing STEM degrees in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics or computer science. Key elements include scholarship support; academic advising; peer-assisted learning;...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support a 5-year, $1,087,979 collaborative project to advance STEM workforce readiness and promote belonging and professional identity for low-income, high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students across a consortium of six academic institutions in Alabama and Michigan. The project will provide scholarships to 72 full-time students pursuing STEM degrees, coupled with mentoring,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to prepare high-quality STEM teachers for high-need schools. The $1,691,885 grant to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) will support a one-year residency program to recruit, train, and retain 24 STEM teaching fellows over two cohorts. The program will address best practices for preparing prospective STEM teachers, providing mentoring, induction support, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,999,925 to Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania over a 6-year period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2031. The project, titled "Celebrating Heritage: A Campuswide Approach to Supporting Retention of Low-Income Science and Technology Students, Through Community-Focused Research", aims to increase STEM degree completion among high-achieving, low-income...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $2,000,000 under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to increase retention and graduation of academically talented, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in STEM fields at Furman University. Over 5 years, the project will provide scholarships to 27 students and implement evidence-based interventions, including a summer bridge program, cohort-based advising, career readiness activities, and undergraduate research...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $2,459,693 to Tennessee Technological University over a 6-year period starting January 1, 2024. The project aims to support the retention and graduation of 45 high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees at the university. Key activities include providing scholarships, early academic support through redesigned first-year math courses, multi-layered mentoring, undergraduate research, and career-focused projects. The project seeks to broaden participation in STEM fields by supporting students from rural, economically distressed communities. It will evaluate the impact of these support frameworks on students' critical thinking, self-efficacy, and perceptions of mathematics. Recruitment, retention, graduation, and job placement outcomes will also be assessed to inform broader STEM education initiatives.