Project Grant D24AP00109

The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $499,100 Project Grant to The Junior State of America Foundation to support the Insular Affairs Youth Civic Engagement Program for High School Students. The grant will fund the Foundation's Programs Team to execute civic education activities for high school students in California from June 2021 through March 2023. The grant is being awarded under the Department's Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded International Student Conferences Inc. a $345,311 project grant to organize the 73rd Japan-America Student Conference (JASC). The grant was awarded on July 30, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to further mutual understanding, friendship, and trust and generate a better understanding of U.S.-Japan relations through the student conference. The JASC aims to advance the goals of the Public Diplomacy...

The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) was awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support the KEDC PROJECT ACHIEVE ADVOCATING FOR CIVICS AND HISTORY ENGAGEMENT & INSTRUCTION THROUGH VALUING EDUCATORS program. Under this two-year award funded through the American History and Civics Education federal grant program (CFDA #84.422), KEDC will establish Presidential Academies for the Teaching...

The San Jose State University Research Foundation was awarded a $764,196 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422). The grant, titled "ENFRANCHISED: FOSTERING CIVIC EMPOWERMENT IN A DIGITAL WORLD", aims to develop innovative educational initiatives that strengthen students' understanding of American civic institutions, particularly for underserved...

Jackson State University was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of the Chief Operating Officer. The grant falls under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059), which provides funding for small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives including programmatic and construction activities. The grant will support Jackson State University's efforts to deliver small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives in Jackson,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $224,246 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to Jackson State University (JSU), a public historically Black university in Jackson, Mississippi. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports PROJECT HELLO, which is designed to increase the number of fully credentialed...

This Project Grant award, totaling $1,172,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award aims to elevate JSU-TV, the television station operated by Jackson State University (JSU), by upgrading its equipment to industry standards, implementing a comprehensive student training program, and establishing clear metrics for success. JSU, a historically black...

Joliet Junior College received a $353,404 Congressional Community Project Grant from the Small Business Administration under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) to support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025. Funds will support Joliet Junior College's provision of programmatic and construction activities to aid small business growth and new business formation in Joliet, Illinois through May 2025. The...

The Small Business Administration Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded Jackson State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Jackson, MS, a $4,000,000 Congressional Grants (CFDA 59.059) award on August 1, 2023. This Project Grant funding will support small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives, including programmatic and construction activities, at the university over the 1-year period of performance through July 31, 2024. As an...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $16,500,000 Education Innovation and Research (CFDA 84.411) grant to Jobs For The Future Inc. (JFF) to implement the "Increasing Dual Enrollment Access and Success (IDEAS)" project. The 5-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, will support the creation, development, implementation, replication, and scaling of evidence-based innovations designed to improve student achievement and attainment for...