Project Grant H325M230059

This $408,240 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports the "ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF AIDES INTO PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (ADAPT)" project at Texas State University. The project aims to strengthen the teacher preparation pipeline by supporting the recruitment, preparation, support, placement, and retention of teachers,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $124,372 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to J Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Goochland, Virginia. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support the development of the "American Sign Language Educational Interpreter Preservice through...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $203,304 Project Grant to Portland State University on September 1, 2024 under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (CFDA 84.325) program. The purpose of this 12-month project, titled "TOUCH-BASED O & M WITH DEAFBLIND TO AFFECT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (TODAS)", is to enhance the preparation of personnel...

This $242,170 federal Project Grant award, titled "PROJECT AACCESS: AACELERATING COMMUNICATION FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS BY SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS", is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The award supports Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), a...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to Texas Tech University System. The grant, titled "PROJECT MAPVI: MULTICULTURALLY ADEPT PROFESSIONALS IN VISUAL IMPAIRMENT", will be used to develop a degree program and training initiatives aimed at preparing special education,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $509,388 to Arizona State University to develop and study approaches for equipping 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to students with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility, accommodations, and the role of paraeducators to increase participation and learning in...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $706,588 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to College Unbound, a private non-profit university in Providence, Rhode Island. The grant will fund the establishment of the Transformative Educator Pathways' Center of Excellence (TEP-CE), which aims to create a center of excellence for delivering equitable teacher preparation programs...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the "Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities" (CFDA 84.325) program to Alabama A&M University. The award, titled "PROJECT TEACH (TRAINING EDUCATORS FOR ALL CHILDREN WITH HANDICAPS)", is for the project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant aims to enhance...

Under a USD 366,325 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.313 - Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program), Dr. Kevin J. Mallary at Old Dominion University Research Foundation will conduct multiple case studies at five academic institutions. Through interviews with academic librarians, disability services coordinators, and deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) students, the project will elicit insights on accessible library services for D/HH patrons. The findings...

This $476,822 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition (CFDA 84.365 - English Language Acquisition State Grants) will fund the "LEOTEACH Bilingual Educator Advancement and Certification Opportunity Network for Paraprofessionals in Texas (LEOTEACH BEACON)" program at East Texas A&M University. The program aims to develop professional development initiatives that will increase the number of bilingual and multilingual...