Project Grant 693JJ31945230

This $300,000 Federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a series of workshops from September 2023 to August 2025 to mentor junior economists from diverse groups. The goal is to broaden participation in economics research by providing feedback on their work in progress and support for professional development plans. Duke University will administer the program, known as the Diversity...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $503,315 cooperative agreement to the Institute for Training and Development, Inc. to support the 2022 Professional Fellows Program under the Citizen Exchanges component of the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415). The cooperative agreement will fund the Institute for Training and Development, Inc. to administer the Professional Fellows Program through...

The Detroit Development Fund (DDF) was awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA 21.024) on June 15, 2021. The grant funding will support DDF's efforts to prepare for and respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus through December 31, 2023. As a Community Development Financial Institution, DDF will use the federal grant funds to provide products and services that support...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral research fellowship focused on modeling gene drive with selfish germline stem cells in the Drosophila testis. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Identification of Chinmo protein binding sites on chromatin and Chinmo transcriptional targets in germline stem cells (GSCs) using CUT&RUN and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to support a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise. Under this award, the Fellow will conduct research and receive training at Durham, North Carolina...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $1,651,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009) to the Institute for Training and Development, Inc. (ITD), a non-profit organization based in Amherst, Massachusetts. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028, will provide 100 participants from the Western Hemisphere with an overview of civic engagement and democracy,...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support NDEO's personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all...

The College Dreams organization will provide educational talent search services through the $554,750 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The two-year grant funds the PROJECT YOUTH+ EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH program from September 2021 through August 2023 under the TRIO Talent Search federal grant program (CFDA #84.044). Through this program, College Dreams will identify qualified disadvantaged youth with potential for postsecondary...

This federal Project Grant award of $407,507 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports Miami Dade College's "TEACH MIAMI: MDC'S GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM." The program aims to strengthen the teacher preparation pipeline by recruiting, preparing, supporting, placing, and retaining diverse, well-qualified...

This $165,000 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program (CFDA 12.330) supports the Directed Energy Professional Society's (DEPS) educational initiatives for undergraduate summer internships and graduate research grants in the fields of high-power microwaves (HPM), ultra-short pulse lasers (USPL), and counter-directed energy weapon (CDEW) technologies. The funding, which...