This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program Project Grant award of $151,547 to Florida International University (FIU) aims to develop culturally relevant materials and resources to enhance the career preparation of Hispanic or Latin@/x/a/o undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: 1) Construct culturally relevant materials that can be...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,948 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), operating as RFCUNY - Hunter College, under the NSF's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). This 3-year award aims to pilot a program to address persistence and retention challenges among Hispanic, Black, and female students in Computer Science (CS) majors at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,791 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to improve teaching practices and increase retention of undergraduate Latinx students in computer science. The project aims to: 1) Update and expand computer science teaching practices by providing faculty development to improve instructors' ability to academically, socially, and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $299,659, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070). The award supports a collaborative research project led by Florida State University (FSU), an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (EHSI), to investigate strategies for authentically serving the needs of Latino students in STEM and computing pathways. The project, titled "BPC-DP: HSI...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Award (CFDA 47.070) for $100,000 will fund a collaborative research project to organize four workshops from 2024-2026 aimed at training aspiring principal investigators (PIs) from minority-serving institutions (MSIs) in the Southern and Southeastern U.S. states. The goal is to prepare these participants to submit proposals to the CISE MSI program in 2025 and 2026. The workshops will focus...
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation was awarded a $220,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to conduct collaborative research exploring the impact of inclusive and equitable active learning approaches in computing courses delivered through online synchronous learning environments across multiple institutions. The research aims to improve student learning outcomes and retention rates in computing,...
This $2,330,599 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070), aims to strengthen research and graduate support structures at Hispanic-Serving Institutions through the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI). The project has two key goals: 1) grow student talent and prepare students for success in research and graduate studies, and 2) extend...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $293,517 Project Grant to the Dominguez Hills Foundation California State University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will fund the BPC Alliance: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Early Computing project, which aims to promote Latinx student retention in computing fields via community engagement. Specifically, the project will transform introductory computing curriculum at six...
This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Puerto Rico's Research and Development Center Division at the Mayagüez Campus. The grant funds a collaboration between the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Program. The project aims to improve AI workforce...
This Project Grant award of $204,082, provided by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences), establishes a collaborative research alliance between four Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas. The project aims to: 1) conduct research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socio-economic groups; 2) establish physical and virtual lab spaces with state-of-the-art computing resources and software; 3) facilitate student and...