Project Grant H373Y190001

This $277,741 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (CFDA 84.325 - Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities) was awarded to North Carolina Central University on September 1, 2024. The project, titled "TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION IN ORIENTATION & MOBILITY", aims to enhance the preparation of personnel who work with infants,...

The Project Grant award of $5,039,769.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283). The funding supports the establishment of a Region 9 (Southwest) Comprehensive Center to provide capacity-building services, training, professional development, and technical assistance to state, regional, and local educational agencies across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Center...

The federal Project Grant award of $2,380,344 was provided by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283). The grant supports the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization, to provide training, professional development, and technical assistance to state, regional, and local educational agencies and schools. The goal is to improve educational...

This is a Project Grant award from 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 $1,500,000 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the establishment of the ASPIRATIONAL (ALIGNING SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS WITH INTERVENTIONS, RESOURCES, AND ACCESSING TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR OPTIMIZING A NATIONAL...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Tntp, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City, a $8,553,932 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program grant (CFDA #84.411) to strengthen student-teacher relationships and improve attendance and disciplinary outcomes. The five-year grant, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund Tntp's "Empathic Instruction" project, which aims to develop and implement...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Westat, Inc. a $8,055,922 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283) to establish a National Comprehensive Center. This award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support Westat in providing training, professional development, and technical assistance to state, regional, and local educational agencies to improve educational opportunities, close achievement gaps,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283), provides $4,487,452.00 in funding to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to deliver capacity-building services and technical assistance to state, regional, and local educational agencies. The award, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports AIR's efforts to improve...

The federal Project Grant award of $199,948.00 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) aims to develop a digital toolkit titled "My CTE Journey - A Digital Toolkit for Navigating Career and Technical Education" for individuals with mental health conditions. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Transform the current toolkit handbooks into a digital platform with enhanced accessibility features; 2) Recruit...

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

This $1,804,312 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283) will provide capacity-building services to State, regional, and local educational agencies. The award recipient, Westat, Inc., a prominent professional services firm, will deliver targeted training, professional development, and technical assistance to improve educational opportunities, close achievement gaps, and enhance...