Project Grant AID538IO1500001

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to Skills For Rhode Island's Future, a non-profit organization, under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant will fund a 33-month initiative to train 500 unemployed, underemployed, and underserved individuals in Rhode Island with industry-aligned skills, ultimately placing at least 325 of those trained into career employment or additional...

The Skills for Rhode Island's Future organization was awarded a $3.7 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending federal grant program. The grant will fund the PreparERI program to mitigate learning loss for Rhode Island high school and first-generation college students through experiential learning opportunities aligned with industry needs over a 24-month period....

FUTUREPATH: Transition Professionals Certificate Program Rutgers The State University of New Jersey's School of Nursing received a $581,371 Project Grant award from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program (CFDA 84.263), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The FUTUREPATH program develops and delivers innovative training curricula and professional development resources designed to enhance the effectiveness...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,200 to develop a novel adaptive learning platform. The platform leverages mixed-reality, competency-based learning to address workforce displacement due to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Key innovations include a skills engine using generative AI and robotic process automation (RPA) to identify and map...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support research to explore how technological changes are impacting worker skills and employment. The project will analyze future skill demands driven by technological disruption and develop effective, affordable educational approaches to enable workers, especially those without college degrees, to reskill and upskill. The research aims to leverage...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. received a $220,286 project grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The SKIES (Skills and Knowledge for Interdisciplinary Preparation of Special Education and Speech-Language Professionals)...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. to develop an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform will provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education to address critical gaps in workforce development. The project aims to enhance technological infrastructure...

This $149,987 National Science Foundation project grant through the Engineering (47.041) program will support Louisiana State University's development of an intelligent immersive training environment to foster transferable skills for future extraterrestrial construction workforces. The university will investigate the nature of future off-world construction and the hierarchy of skills required. Researchers will also explore emerging technologies that can integrate transferable skills like...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $246,207 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR, CFDA 93.433) awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This proof-of-concept project develops Skills2Work, an employment readiness and soft skills training program for transition-age youth with intellectual disabilities (TAY-ID). The program combines classroom-based instruction with...

Federal Grant Award Summary: AI-PREP4WORK Hillsborough Community College received a $1,293,344 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) on January 1, 2026. The AI-PREP4WORK: AI Innovation Center project will operate through December 31, 2029, and is designed to prepare students and educators for artificial intelligence-enabled workplaces. As a...