Project Grant AID492G1400005

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $228,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support travel for U.S. researchers to attend the Regional PIURN Conference in July 2023 in New Zealand. Hosted by the University of the South Pacific and Cook Islands Research Center, the conference aims to inform and influence foreign publics through cultural exchange and expanding relationships between researchers. The funding will allow U.S. participants...

IMPACT VR ITG Project Grant Summary The University of Massachusetts Boston received a $711,104 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Innovative Rehabilitation Training (IRT) program (CFDA 84.263) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The IMPACT VR ITG project is designed to develop and demonstrate innovative training programs, curricula, and methodologies for rehabilitation personnel...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will provide $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University in Florida to host a series of conferences focused on supporting early-career faculty and enhancing research infrastructure at emerging research institutions and minority-serving institutions. The conferences will bring together research development professionals, university administrators, and early-career faculty to capture...

AI-IMPACT Project Grant Award Summary Atenas University DR Maria Luisa Hernandez Inc. received a $2.02 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA 84.116) for the AI-IMPACT (Artificial Intelligence for Innovation, Mastery, Pedagogy, Access, Compliance, and Teaching-and-Learning) initiative. The four-year project, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $602,400 to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) funds research to test two low-cost interventions aimed at reducing dropout rates among low-income female university students due to unplanned pregnancies. The first experiment will assess the impact of combining financial incentives with targeted information to change beliefs about the perceived link between...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

This $900,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program is designed to provide the humanitarian community with updated, actionable, granular and disaggregated data on the humanitarian situation and needs in the three-border region of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The prime grantee, Impact Initiatives, will be responsible for conducting multi-sector needs assessments, market...

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on September 30, 2023, supports Gravitas Pasifika, LLC in running a Young Pacific Leaders Conference to coincide with the Festival of Pacific Arts in Hawaii. The award also funds virtual activities and follow-on initiatives. This project aligns with the Department of State's CFDA 19.040 "Public Diplomacy Programs," which seeks to advance U.S. foreign policy goals,...

This $101,326 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will sponsor participation by Brazilian high school student winners in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the largest global pre-university science fair with over 70 participating countries. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy and national interests, the grant will support Brazilian students' attendance at the July 2023 ISEF in...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $1,000,000.00 to fund humanitarian coordination, information management, and assessment activities in Haiti. The primary awardee, Impact Initiatives, is a Geneva-based non-profit organization that specializes in providing these types of specialized services to support evidence-based planning and decision-making for crisis response...