Project Grant F20AP10652

The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,976 Project Grant to the University of South Dakota under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2027. The grant will support the development and implementation of culturally relevant STEM education programs focused on Indigenous knowledges, food systems, and sustainability. Key activities include enhancing Native American representation among STEM faculty, implementing a multiple mentor model to...

This $1,075,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program will allow Montana State University to establish a Bridge to Doctorate activity that supports 12 underrepresented minority students, particularly American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students, in pursuing STEM doctoral degrees. The project will implement evidence-based recruitment and retention practices, provide mentorship and professional development...

This five-year, $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Northwest Indian College's efforts to transform STEM education and support Indigenous scientists. Over the grant period, Northwest Indian College will provide scholarships to 43 unique full-time students pursuing bachelor's degrees in Native Environmental Science. Key services include removing financial barriers for academically talented Indigenous science students,...

This $166,874 project grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support a partnership between Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona to increase participation by underrepresented minority students in astronomy and astrophysics research and education. The funding will create a pathway for CCC students to participate in NAU's astronomy research labs...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the broadening of participation of traditionally underserved populations, specifically American Indian/Alaska Native (Indigenous) middle-school students, in high-quality computer science (CS) education. The $300,000 grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, enables a researcher-practitioner partnership led by The Tides Center, a non-profit organization, in collaboration with the...

This $599,868 National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program will support research and training to create more inclusive undergraduate research experiences for low socioeconomic students in life sciences. Over a two-year period from September 2022 through August 2024, the awardee Arizona State University will conduct interviews and a nationwide survey to identify factors impacting low-SES student researchers. This research aims to understand...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) Program award of $160,000 supports a 2-year project to investigate how local Indigenous groups in the inland Southern California borderlands navigated contested spaces around peripheral mission satellite campuses known as asistencias or estancias. The project aims to illustrate the resilience of Indigenous communities and spectrums of resistance through an...

This $199,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports San Francisco State University's planning project titled "Shifting Perspectives about Why Women of Color are Underrepresented in Biology: The Role of Intersectional Identities." The University will conduct research to better understand why women of color majoring in biology often leave the field. A smartphone application will collect daily experience data from 600 women in...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $275,803 to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop a culturally relevant digital curriculum for science education in dual language immersion programs. The project aims to support bilingual, Latinx students by incorporating their cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge into science education. It will investigate how integrating indigenous knowledge...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...