Project Grant D43TW010138

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $416,261 to Bryant University to engage U.S. undergraduate and graduate students in research on the long-term climate and environmental history of the Afromontane forests in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. The research aims to reconstruct the ecological resilience of these globally significant biodiversity hotspots, which are threatened by changing rainfall...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) in the amount of $727,402 provides funding to Tuskegee University to establish a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) that fosters connections between scholars at teaching-intensive, minority-serving institutions and research mentors. The FLC aims to address barriers that can hinder research productivity at teaching-intensive institutions, such as limited resources and insufficient...

The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $181,938 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to The Good Samaritan Foundation Founders Of The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania. The grant, titled "PROTECT-WAZEE: Improving Care for Older Adult Trauma Patients in Tanzania: Guideline Adaptation for Low-Resource Setting", aims to adapt a high-resource clinical practice...

This $899,426 Project Grant from the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) will support Dr. Cameron Gaskill at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to establish an independent global health research program addressing liver cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Piloting a national liver cancer treatment outcomes registry in Tanzania to assess the impact of location...

This federal Project Grant award of $494,950.00, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs (CFDA 19.989), is intended to advance democratic digital governance and enhance media literacy in Tanzania. The award funds a collaborative initiative involving tech industry leaders, graduate students, policymakers, academic experts, and civil society organizations. The grant was awarded on...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program grant of $1,685,430 awarded to the University of St. Thomas will support the development of a research administration infrastructure to help the university effectively manage its growing portfolio of externally funded research. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: 1) optimize institutional processes for managing sponsored projects, 2) build knowledge and training resources for principal investigators...

This Cooperative Agreement award, made by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), provides $7,900,000 in funding to the Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity-Tanzania to strengthen Tanzania's capacity to develop, validate, and implement interventions to prevent, detect, and respond to emerging infectious diseases. The award period runs from January 6, 2025 to January 5, 2030. The funded...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) will enhance the capacity of Tuskegee University (TU) and its partners to provide essential extension services, conduct relevant research, and train the next generation of agricultural professionals in the Black Belt region. The $600,000 award will enable TU to implement a research-scale produce sorting...

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $245,305 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to establish a sustainable Master's degree program in research ethics and integrity at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The key objectives are to: Develop a Master's degree and diploma programs focused on research ethics and integrity, along with intensive faculty training for Moroccan...