Project Grant E4030390N

The University System of Maryland (USM) received a $4,473,170 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "MARYLAND ABC'S FOR STUDENT SUCCESS: ADVISING, BELONGING, COACHING FOR STUDENT SUCCESS," will fund initiatives to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand educational opportunities through student advising, belonging, and coaching programs. The 4-year grant,...

This $233,799 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) supports Elev8 Baltimore, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization, to recruit, manage, and support 60 volunteers. Through high-dosage tutoring, mentoring, and out-of-school programming, these volunteers will provide intensive academic interventions benefitting 865 at-risk students. The goal is to improve academic performance for 90% of students...

The U.S. federal agency, the Office of Grants Management, has awarded a $280,524 Project Grant to the Fund For Educational Excellence, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013). This grant will support the organization's capacity building, volunteer recruitment, infrastructure development, and implementation of programs that address economic opportunity, education, food security, and other critical community needs in Maryland over the period from...

The Baltimore Museum of Art will implement hybrid virtual and in-person K-4 educational programs through a $106,597 Institute of Museum and Library Services Project Grant awarded November 1, 2021 through the National Leadership Grants program. Specifically, the Museum will provide its Close Encounters and Literacy Through the Arts programs, historically facilitated in-person, to Baltimore City and County students in hybrid virtual and in-person formats as schools recover from the COVID-19...

The University of Baltimore was awarded a $260,000 Project Grant under the Internal Revenue Service's Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC) program (CFDA 21.008) with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The grant funding will enable the university to provide tax representation, education, and advocacy services to low-income and English as a second language (ESL) taxpayers with incomes up to 250% of the federal poverty guidelines. Key activities to be performed include...

The Urban College of Boston received a $310,211 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 13, 2022 through July 12, 2023. The Education Stabilization Fund (CFDA 84.425) aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Under this award, The Urban College of Boston will likely deliver services and support to stabilize postsecondary...

The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $460,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of VA Business Development under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044). Through this funding, the university will provide information on small business ownership to service members and military spouses by facilitating and instructing the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" training program from May 1, 2023 to April 30,...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), has been awarded a $500,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). The funding will enable UMES, in collaboration with campus partners, to create culturally specific strategies tailored to LGBTQ+ students and other...

The University of Michigan Museum of Art was awarded a $500,069 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development and implementation of programming to educate young voters, engage them in dialogue across differing ideologies, and increase civic understanding and participation. The museum will partner with the City of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Creative Campus...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $738,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Baltimore City Health Department to implement a school-based violence prevention program. The program will be implemented from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 in 4 middle/high schools located in high-poverty, high-violence neighborhoods in Baltimore. The program will provide universal, evidence-based social-emotional learning sessions for all...