Project Grant 72026321GR00001

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.519 Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa) provides $601,651 to Save The Children Federation, Inc. to deliver quality services in child protection, education, and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for refugee, migrant, and host children and their families in Egypt. The award commences on September 15, 2023 and is scheduled for...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $249,999.92 cooperative agreement to Education For Employment (EFE) to implement the STARTECH Climate Action Lab (ST-CAL) project in Tunisia. The project aims to provide entrepreneurship and soft skills training to Tunisian youth interested in starting climate action-focused businesses. Key components of the project include: EFE-Tunisie conducting a virtual Training of Trainers (ToT) program and providing entrepreneurship...

This $185,061 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate the use of web-based virtual field trips to improve student learning and spatial communication abilities. The 54-month project, led by the University of Missouri in collaboration with Arizona State University, will develop an "iVISIT" virtual field trip platform to deliver multi-user, synchronous, situated learning experiences. The project seeks to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF SUNY) for the "EXPLORATIONS: REFUGEES & UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN EMERGING STEM TECHNOLOGIES" project. The project aims to provide experiential learning opportunities in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, drone technology, and internet of things to...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) program to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (Amideast), a non-profit organization. The funding will be used to sponsor a group of Palestinian students from the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza who are currently stuck in the U.S. to participate in the EducationUSA Academy 2024 program....

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources, CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,487,350 to the University of Florida to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in integrated computer science and engineering education focused on microelectronics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The project aims to broaden access to these emerging STEM fields...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with an ID of SECAGD25CA0016, is provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Academic Exchange Programs - Educational Advising and Student Services (CFDA 19.432) grant program. The award will support the administration of EducationUSA advising services in the Middle East and North Africa region, with Amideast implementing advising operations in countries such as Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon, Tunisia, West Bank,...

This $393,616 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of the Experiments as a Service Infrastructure (EASI) by Carnegie Learning Inc. The EASI enables randomized experiments comparing alternative digital learning experiences and analyzing resulting data to improve future student experiences. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the five-year award beginning August 1, 2022 will support three complementary research areas. First,...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1.2 million cooperative agreement to Save the Children Federation, Inc. from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). The award will support refugee and migrant children in Faisal and Maadi, Egypt by ensuring they are protected, educated, and residing in economically viable households. As part of this, a $300,000 subaward was provided to Save the Children...

The National Science Foundation awarded a 5-year, $481,175 CAREER grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University to improve the accessibility of technology-mediated high school science education for blind and low-vision students. The project aims to: (1) investigate teachers' knowledge about creating "born accessible" technology-mediated science classes, and (2) develop opportunities for pre- and...