Project Grant ASTWH190087

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,989,542 to Texas Tech University System to develop and study a curriculum that leverages sports to teach STEM content and practices to historically underserved youth aged 8-11. The project, titled "Using Positive Youth Development Principles and Sports to Enhance STEM Knowledge, Practices, and Identity Among Historically Underserved Youth Aged 8–11", will be implemented over...

This federal Project Grant award of $6,318,068 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280). The grant was awarded on October 1, 2024 to the non-profit organization After-School All-Stars, also doing business as Inner City Games Foundation, to implement comprehensive after-school programming for students in grades 5-12, with a focus on at-risk and underserved...

The New Star Family Center was awarded a $978,144 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program. The three-year grant project will enhance and expand the organization's youth violence prevention program targeting middle school students in the Hawthorne School District. The program focuses on three core components: educating youth about healthy relationships, resolving conflicts through...

The California Department of Parks and Recreation received a $8,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). This funding will be subgranted to the City of Parlier, California to develop the new Parlier Sports Park within a disadvantaged community. The construction project will include a softball field, stadium lighting, community garden, playground, pump track,...

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was awarded a $425,000 cooperative agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance program (CFDA 93.079). The five-year project, beginning on August 1, 2024, aims to improve the health and well-being of middle and high school students in LAUSD by implementing the "What Works in Schools"...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) provides $3,080,000 to Family Health International (FHI 360) to implement the Sports Visitor and Sports Envoy programs. These programs aim to address U.S. foreign policy goals and promote key U.S. values related to education, community engagement, and diversity through sports-based people-to-people...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, under the Keep Young Athletes Safe (CFDA 16.840) program, provides $2,186,369 to the United States Center for SafeSport from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant supports the Center's mission to provide an independent process for reporting and responding to sexual, emotional, and physical abuse and misconduct in youth athletic programs. Key deliverables include developing new prevention policies,...

This $2,235,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program), will enable Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado (BBBSC) to expand its STARS (Students Teaching About Relationships and Success) peer mentoring program to 14 schools across 6 states over a 36-month period. The STARS program pairs high school student mentors with younger peers, at least two grade levels below, to provide...

The Lander County School District (LCSD) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to improve school safety and prevent violence in their rural school district. The grant will fund the establishment of a District-Community School Safety Advisory Team, which will include school officials, law enforcement, community partners, parents, and student leaders. This team will work to identify and support improvements in...

This four-year, $1.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of educational materials and a national network focused on sports analytics and data science. Led by Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with Baylor University, St. Lawrence University, University of Pittsburgh, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, the grantees will create online educational modules pairing sports data and examples...