Project Grant LA54257

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) received a $153,999 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support NJIT's Summer STEM Boot Camp initiative from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. FIPSE aims to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand access to postsecondary...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary College of DuPage (Community College District 502) received a $4.0 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The award supports the development of employer-aligned, short-term aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) certificate programs designed to prepare...

FUTUREFORCE: AI CYBER WORKFORCE INITIATIVE Piedmont Community College received a $475,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the FutureForce: AI Cyber Workforce Initiative, operating from October 2025 through September 2028. The initiative delivers industry-aligned curricula at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to two-year college students, faculty, and local industry stakeholders in the Research...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $502,240 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) to Marquette University, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports a collaborative research-practice partnership involving American Institutes for Research, Marquette University, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), and The Learning Partnership to develop and...

AI-PREP4WORK: AI Innovation Center Project Grant Summary Hillsborough Community College received a $1.29M Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The AI-PREP4WORK initiative establishes an AI Innovation Center designed to prepare students and educators for artificial intelligence-enabled workplaces. As a...

This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a course that teaches computer science students how to work with and comprehend large code bases. The project, awarded to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), is designed to address the "academia-industry gap" where new computer science graduates are often underprepared for contributing to large, existing software code bases in...

The County College of Morris (CCM) was awarded a $720,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to establish a Cyber Center and Hacking Lab. The three-year award, issued on June 1, 2023, will support the development and operation of the new Cyber Center through May 31, 2026. As the FIPSE program aims to support innovative strategies and institutional reforms to improve postsecondary instruction and opportunities,...

This federal Project Grant award of $861,700 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award was granted to Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to establish a Quantum Technician Bootcamp and Quantum Learning Lab in Albuquerque, NM. The project aims to develop innovative educational strategies and expand postsecondary opportunities in quantum technology...

Federal Grant Award Summary Dallas College received a $3.39M Project Grant award effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2029, from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116). The initiative, titled "AI-Enabled Teaching and Learning Initiative," is designed to support institutional reforms and innovative educational strategies at the institution's Mesquite, Texas campus....

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education awarded Miami Dade College a $586,338 Project Grant under the Career and Technical Education -- National Programs (CFDA 84.051) to fund the "TECH CREDENTIALS FOR TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE (TCTW)" initiative. The project, which has an award date of February 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2025, aims to improve and modernize career and technical education (CTE) programs. Key focus...