This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $179,873 to Los Angeles Mission College to expand access to educational instrumentation and enhance STEM undergraduate education. The funding will secure critical laboratory equipment, including a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, gas chromatograph, electron diffraction equipment, a 3D land surveying scanner, and Arduino/Raspberry Pi kits. These resources will enrich 17 courses...
This $1,999,986 National Science Foundation project grant supports institutional and community transformation efforts to implement evidence-based teaching practices across science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the five-year award beginning October 1, 2022 aims to shift faculty culture towards practices proven to benefit all students through activities like a mobile summer...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will provide $747,759 to North Arkansas College over five years to increase STEM degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduates. Funded through the NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (S-STEM, CFDA 47.076), the project will award scholarships to 28 full- and part-time students pursuing associate's degrees in cybersecurity, data science,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,635 Project Grant to Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas System under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support Cossatot Community College's efforts to prepare skilled technicians in Geographic Information Systems for agricultural and land management fields from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $197,968 to Suffolk County Community College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in New York, to acquire a desktop mass spectrometer and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. These instruments will be used to enhance undergraduate learning and experiences in organic chemistry courses, benefiting an estimated 100 students annually. The equipment will also support student clubs, public...
This $172,967 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support an educational instrumentation project at Fullerton College, a 2-year Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The project will secure a breadth of equipment, including drones, weather stations, water column systems, bioreactors, and multi-parameter probes, to strengthen undergraduate learning in earth science. This equipment will allow over 1,000 students and...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $291,659 provides funding through August 2024 to implement an experiential learning STEM opportunity pilot program at Dona Ana Community College in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The award is made under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to enhance undergraduate STEM education and broaden participation in STEM fields at Hispanic-serving institutions. Specifically, the award will support implementing teaching practices to improve...
This $398,638 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to advance undergraduate STEM education through faculty training, resources, and support for adopting evidence-based instructional strategies. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: A structured professional development program, including two Mobile Summer Institutes (MOSI) in partnership with the National Institute on Scientific...
The National Science Foundation awarded North Arkansas College a $540,142 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant will support the college's efforts to establish community college pathways to environmental science through research opportunities and professional engagement along the Buffalo National River located in Harrison, Arkansas. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the...
This $1,999,917 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Appalachian State University's efforts to increase the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing STEM degrees. Over the six-year project, the funding will provide scholarships to at least 51 full-time undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics, and physics. The project will offer...