This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) supports a collaborative research initiative called "EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- Building the Future Workforce Together." The project involves a partnership across six academic institutions - Hobart and William Smith College, University of Maine at Farmington, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Montgomery College, Benjamin Franklin...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE TOGETHER", provides $399,996 to a consortium of academic institutions led by the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology. The goal is to address workforce development challenges in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by aligning academic curricula with industry needs, enhancing faculty skills, and creating...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $399,934 to a collaborative effort across six academic institutions. The goal is to better align STEM curricula with industry workforce needs. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE TOGETHER," will enable the participating institutions to grow industry partnerships, improve course...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF), in collaboration with five other academic institutions. The "EPIIC: EMPOWERED" project aims to address the growing disconnect between STEM curricula and industry needs. The cohort of institutions will work to enhance industry partnerships, align program curricula with workforce demands, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $399,499 to a collaborative project across six academic institutions, including Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The goal is to address the forecast shortage of STEM talent by improving alignment between STEM curricula and industry needs. The project will facilitate stronger industry partnerships, enhance faculty skills, and create new degree...
This $370,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports a collaborative research project titled "EPIIC: Strengthening Collaborative Advancements Leveraging Equitable University Partnerships." The project involves four diverse institutions - Winston-Salem State University, North Arkansas College, Middle Georgia State University, and St. Vincent College - with the goal of increasing...
This $1,993,085 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will fund a five-year project at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY to increase retention and graduation rates of high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide scholarships to 20 students per year, along with supporting activities including mentoring, undergraduate...
This $394,791 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a collaborative research project titled "EPIIC: Collaborations with High-Tech Industry Partners (CHIP)." The primary awardee, Tuskegee University, will partner with Cuyahoga Community College, Youngstown State University, Madison Area Technical College, and Owens State Community College to create industry partnerships, develop...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,087,979.00 to Oakland University to support the "Advancing STEM Workforce Readiness of Interdisciplinary Scholars for Excellence" project. The 5-year project aims to increase STEM degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Key activities include providing scholarships to 72 students pursuing STEM degrees,...
This $399,922 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) will support the EPIIC (Excellence in Partnership with Industry, Academia, and New Discoveries) consortium of five private universities located across the industrialized northern United States. The EPIIC program aims to build strong and sustainable external partnerships between these institutions and local industries, focusing on emerging technologies in...