Project Grant ARC23C21268

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $126,157 to Hampton University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU), to develop innovative tools and approaches to enhance research capacity at HBCUs. The key goals are to: (1) create a "playbook" to help HBCU leaders assess their institution's research strengths and weaknesses and integrate research capacity building into strategic planning, and (2)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259) provides $2,450,000.00 to Capital Access Inc. to deliver technical assistance and capacity building services. The funding will support Capital Access Inc.'s work to help state/local governments, public housing authorities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations effectively implement HUD programs related to affordable...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $106,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to conduct research on designing smart environments to enhance collective learning and creativity. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing large-scale online experiments and computational models to investigate how technological...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $399,999 to Lawrence Technological University (LTU) to build the institutional capacity and knowledge for growing external partnerships that advance key technologies within their regional innovation ecosystem. The project, titled "EPIIC: Building Institutional Capacity for External Partnerships (BICEP)," aims to address common...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) will develop a novel analytical framework and quantitative approach using causal-forest machine learning to evaluate and predict the extent to which heterogeneous engagement and capacity-building activities enhance communities' capacity for transformative climate adaptation. The $160,033 project, running from September 2024 to August...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $2,010,355 to Clemson University to establish the Research Administration Capacity Heightening in South Carolina (REACH-SC) initiative. The project aims to grow the research administration workforce in South Carolina and build a statewide knowledge network to enhance human capital, information sharing, and support for research staff across emerging research institutions in the...

The University of Wyoming, through a $578,602 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431), will refine, develop, and test an evaluation framework to explore the links between climate services and transformative capacity in vulnerable communities in the Intermountain West. The project aims to expand an existing evaluation framework, build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs),...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $399,965 to the President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College to build institutional capacity for developing external partnerships that advance key technologies within the university's regional innovation ecosystem. The key objectives are to: a) establish operational policies and structures to enable efficient and professional...

This Project Grant award of $257,099.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports collaborative research on how leaders and followers can work together to effectively manage time in contemporary workplaces. The research aims to enhance workplace time management practices and develop a workforce skilled in managing time effectively. Through three mixed-methods research projects, the investigators will elucidate the...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $2,300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259) to Cloudburst Consulting Group, Inc., a woman-owned small business. The funding will support the delivery of technical assistance, training, and capacity building services to help HUD grantees and partners, including state/local governments, public housing authorities, tribes, and nonprofit...