Project Grant H982101810016

Dewey University Inc. was awarded a $1,121,792.75 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the AWARENESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF SUCCESS IN LEARNING THROUGH THE STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MODELING PROGRAM, VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (VIRTUALED-MES) project from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. FIPSE...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), provides $600,000.00 to the Dominguez Hills Foundation to support "ADVANCED VIRTUAL REALITY -ASSISTED LEARNING FOR STEM EDUCATION: ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS WITH ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES". The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant funds will be used by the...

This $849,964 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development of an innovative artificial intelligence-based approach to ethics training. The University of California Santa Cruz will create an educational game that uses AI techniques to generate realistic interactive ethical scenarios tailored to individual player choices. This...

The University of Virginia received a $4,174,665 Cooperative Agreement award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to fund research supporting DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) for the Intensity Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors Inspired (SQUINT) program. The effort includes developing low-loss silicon nitride waveguides, single-mode squeezers, high-efficiency optical...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano to develop an English language program for teachers-in-training and early career teachers in the Dominican Republic. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between citizens...

The Department of Defense awarded a $522,654 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The grant, titled "Instrumentation for the Investigation of Photonic Nanocomposite Films," will fund research and development activities from September 16, 2024 to September 15, 2025. As a historically Black private university, Dillard University has a proven track record of executing...

The University of Tulsa was awarded a $353,148 block grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) under the DOD Cyber Scholarship Program (CYSP) and DOD Cyber and Digital Services Academy (DCDSA) on August 1, 2024. This grant, identified by CFDA Number 12.902 "Information Security Grants," supports curriculum development, research projects, and scholarship programs focused on enhancing national cybersecurity capabilities and developing a skilled cybersecurity workforce. The award will...

This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,048,850 will fund the development of new techniques for translating English language specifications into formal specifications accepted by software quality tools. Drexel University will receive the funding under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to pursue approaches connecting natural language software behavior descriptions to semi-formal specifications used in property-based testing...

The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $144,960 Project Grant to Grand Canyon University to support the DoD Cyber Service Academy (CFDA #12.902 - Information Security Grants) for the performance period of August 26, 2024 to August 25, 2025. The grant funding will be used to provide scholarships and develop curriculum for the university's Cyber Service Academy, which aims to enhance national cybersecurity capabilities by cultivating skilled cybersecurity professionals. Through this project...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, awarded a $343,159 Project Grant to The Renaissance Education Group, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the TRIO Staff Training Program (CFDA 84.103). The purpose of this two-year grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, is to provide comprehensive training and professional development for staff and leadership personnel involved in Federal TRIO Programs, such as Talent Search, Upward...