Project Grant F14AP00616

The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $277,328 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MENTORING YOU IS LEARNING FOR ME: PEER MENTOR PREPARATION AND MENTORING OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES." This 3-year project aims to enhance the capacity of peer mentors to facilitate student learning in makerspace environments through a specialized...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Brownsville Mentorship (B[ME]) program in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The goal of the 3-year program is to improve outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice system by increasing access to evidence-based mentoring services, training a diverse pool of credible messengers...

The Idea Village, Inc. was awarded a $278,343 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority to implement a Mentorship Program for High Potential Tech Enabled BIPOC. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Delta Regional Authority's Delta Area Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA #90.201) and will be completed by September 15, 2024. The Mentorship Program will provide assistance to underserved areas in New Orleans, Louisiana by equipping individuals from Black,...

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council), under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA #87.052), awarded a $5,339,224 Project Grant to the Gulf Consortium on September 9, 2022 to complete the Manatee River Oyster Restoration project by June 30, 2035. Under a subaward, the Gulf Consortium will fund Manatee County to plan, design, permit, and construct oyster reef restoration in the estuarine portions of the Manatee River and its tributaries in...

The Hudson Partnership Care Management Organization (CMO) will receive $340,000 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support enhancement of the CMO's mentoring program for at-risk youth in five Jersey City schools from March 15, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specialized mentors will work with school personnel to identify youth exhibiting behaviors that could lead to...

This $120,244 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance the ability of peer mentors to facilitate student learning in university engineering makerspaces. The University of Central Arkansas will design, implement, and investigate the impact of a peer mentor teaching preparation course that leverages high-impact practices such as role-playing, observation, reflection, and shadowing. The research intends to evaluate the impact on...

The Face to Face Enrichment Center will receive $900,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726). The Center will provide mentoring and mental health services to at least 120 at-risk and justice-involved youth ages 10-17 annually in Southeast Louisiana. Specifically, the Community Organizations and Programs that Empower Youth...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a model to enhance faculty mentoring of undergraduate students in research at Towson University. The $749,947 award, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, will establish a mentoring ecosystem where post-course-based research experience undergraduates interact with faculty and each other to build scientific identities and prepare for research-related careers. Through...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Aquarium, Inc. (GAI) under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 15.683). The grant will provide funding for GAI to purchase a specialized vehicle to safely transport rehabilitated West Indian manatees for reintroduction and to support emergency response and carcass retrieval activities along the Georgia coast and throughout the Southeast U.S. As a member of...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $212,640 Project Grant to Red Caribena De Varamientos Inc. (RCV), a Puerto Rico-based non-profit organization that serves as the sole federally-authorized manatee critical care facility outside the continental United States. This grant was funded under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683), which provides financial assistance for response, rescue, and rehabilitation of protected marine mammals....