Project Grant ED20CHI3070036

The University of Illinois was awarded a $3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA 11.024) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds the development of a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary science team network among University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology and Argonne National Laboratory. Activities include hosting workshops to form...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has been awarded a $7,861,124 Project Grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant will fund the establishment of the UIC Center for Climate and Health Equity (CECHE), which aims to advance cutting-edge climate health research through an interdisciplinary team science approach. The center will focus on nature-based solutions to mitigate adverse...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $109,817 Project Grant under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program. The grant funding will enable the university to expand its efforts to inform and educate college and university students, especially those in protected classes, about fair housing and fair lending laws in the Chicago metropolitan area. Key activities include: Providing two three-credit hour one-semester fair...

The University of Illinois Chicago was awarded a $3,375,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, which began on February 6, 2024 and is set to conclude on February 5, 2027, will fund foundational and applied research to support and improve Army programs and operations across diverse scientific and technical domains. Key focus areas include quantum computing, artificial...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $299,000 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to build equitable university-community research collaborations on Chicago's South Side. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2.5-year grant include: Formalizing a partnership between UIC's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department and the Urban Growers...

The University of Illinois Chicago was awarded a $133,333 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the STEM Scholars Program to design and implement environmental education practices focusing on climate change, food deserts, and environmental injustice in marginalized Chicago communities. Key deliverables include after school and summer internship opportunities for over 200 high school...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $3.25 million cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CFDA 97.045) for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The cooperative agreement will support the University's efforts to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program. As a Cooperating Technical Partner, the University will provide technical assistance and help...

This $1,750,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Illinois to build cyberinfrastructure to catalyze and sustain the urban computing community. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant include: Developing an open, cloud-based collaborative environment and integrated software tools to enable scalable, reusable, and...

The University of Illinois, Chicago Library received a $250,891 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. Through this 2-year project from October 2024 to September 2026, the library will digitize, preserve, and make accessible 781 audio and video recordings from their Chicago in the City2000 collection, which documents Chicago and its inhabitants and neighborhoods in the year 2000. The university...