Project Grant DELM0000497

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) seeks to increase the participation of women and minority students from rural areas in STEM disciplines relevant to agriculture and food sciences. The key objectives are to: (1) establish community college chapters of the Minorities in Agriculture,...

This $1.69 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support scholarships for 105 low-income students pursuing STEM degrees over six years at four Montana institutions. The University of Montana leads this collaboration with Salish Kootenai College, Blackfeet Community College, and Montana Technological University. The project aims to increase STEM retention and graduation rates through individual mentoring, peer support networks,...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), will provide $510,470 to the University of Montana to facilitate remote learning and STEM research opportunities for middle and high school students in rural areas of Montana, Idaho, and Alaska. The project aims to increase students' interest in STEM careers and research, with a focus on climate change, wildfires, and public health. Key activities include...

The University of Arkansas at Monticello received a $107,320 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS STEM) Fields program (CFDA #10.318). This grant will support a near-peer mentorship program that aims to better prepare K10-14 women and minority students in rural Arkansas for forestry STEM studies in college, leading to successful degree...

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community (CFDA 10.220 - Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program) to North Carolina State University (NC State) will provide $247,500 over 4 years to improve access for historically underserved and underrepresented undergraduate students to forestry, renewable energy, and graduate education careers. The grant will leverage NC State's existing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives and...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) will fund the development and deployment of a program to provide barrier-free STEM and leadership education for underserved high school girls and gender non-conforming students in rural areas of Arizona and Michigan. The program will first bring participants...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will provide $1,091,396 in funding over six years to support scholarships for 105 students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees at four Montana institutions of higher education. The official federal grant program is the STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which aims to improve STEM education and ensure the vitality of the U.S. STEM workforce. Under the award,...

Central State University will use a $526,315 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide scholarships to underrepresented minority students enrolled in or interested in enrolling in degree programs offered by the College of Engineering Science Technology and Agriculture. The grant funding will support the 1890 Scholarship program through July 2025. The scholarships aim to recruit, mentor, train and develop a workforce pipeline for...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) will address the underrepresentation of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals in STEM education and occupations. The $190,000 project, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to promote a diverse and resilient...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675) provides $100,000.00 to the National Hispanic Environmental Council LTD., a minority-owned non-profit organization, to develop and present environmental science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) institutes for minority undergraduate and recent graduate students. The project aims to promote environmental awareness, career development, and ecosystem...