Project Grant DTFH6416G00095

This Project Grant award of $499,795 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a two-year project to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to serve the needs and interests of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "HBCU THRIVE", combines virtual workshops, an in-person writing retreat, and extensive...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) provides $283,189 to Winston-Salem State University to conduct an ethnographic study of the experiences of Black faculty, especially women, teaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "Amplifying Our Voices: The HBCU Experience Among Black Faculty," seeks to examine the culture and nuanced...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is designed to provide intensive technical assistance to a pilot group of 6 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to enhance their innovation ecosystems and regional engine consortium development. The $300,000 award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support two in-person convenings and training for the HBCU...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $122,325 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to North Carolina Central University (NCCU). The grant supports NCCU's "RED-E 2 TEACH (READY TO TEACH): RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF DIVERSE EDUCATORS TO TEACH" project, which aims to enhance teacher preparation and development for high-need local education agencies, with a...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $398,167 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Talladega College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Talladega, Alabama. The grant will support the "Talladega Early Research for Undergraduates (ERU) in STEM Program", which aims to increase graduation and retention rates at Talladega College by providing incoming students with early exposure to undergraduate research, strategic...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $541,706 Project Grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to host the "Aligning Black Colleges and the National Science Foundation (ABC-NSF)" conference. This grant is funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports initiatives to enhance undergraduate and graduate STEM education, broaden participation among diverse student populations, and develop workforce skills. The ABC-NSF conference aims to...

This $300,000 Federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a series of workshops from September 2023 to August 2025 to mentor junior economists from diverse groups. The goal is to broaden participation in economics research by providing feedback on their work in progress and support for professional development plans. Duke University will administer the program, known as the Diversity...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program (CFDA 84.428) provides $679,506 to East Central University's I-DREAM Center of Excellence in Educator Preparation. The funding supports the university's comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse teachers for high-need local education agencies, with a focus on increasing teacher workforce diversity and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $695,742 Project Grant to Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college/university (HBCU) in Texas. The grant, funded under NSF's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program, aims to provide training and mentoring opportunities to early-career researchers at HBCUs in the criminal justice and allied social sciences. The project will develop a summer institute focused on developing skills to analyze and integrate secondary data...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Coppin State University, a historically Black college/university (HBCU). The grant, titled "Collaborative Research: EPIIC: HBCU Alliance for Strategic Partnerships for Innovation and Research Enhancement (HBCU-ASPIRE)", aims to enhance research capacity and infrastructure at HBCUs. The 3-year project, which runs from October 1,...