Project Grant P031A220195

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $385,390.00 Project Grant titled "STRONGER CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: HANDLE WITH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION" under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424). This funding will support efforts by the Indiana Department of Education, the state educational agency, to improve student academic achievement and educational opportunities across Indiana. The grant aims to...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $272,364 Project Grant under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The grant will fund a project titled "1ST CONNECT 2 SUCCEED" over the period of September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to provide comprehensive support services to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for disadvantaged college students,...

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) was awarded a $40,627,885 formula grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment program (CFDA 84.424). The grant, titled the Stronger Connections Grant program, will fund services and activities from September 15, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program aims to improve student academic achievement by increasing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program award in the amount of $499,969 supports the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in implementing and evaluating a comprehensive program called "Enhancing and Expanding Second-Year Experience (EESYE)" for engineering and computer science students. The project aims to reduce attrition and improve retention and graduation rates, particularly among Hispanic and...

This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...

This federal Project Grant award of $306,511.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program is for the "PROJECT ACHIEVE: ACADEMIC COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS" initiative. The grant, awarded to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc., aims to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for disadvantaged college students, including those who are...

This Project Grant award of $349,999 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a two-year mixed-methods study investigating the impact of structured student support programs on the academic success, retention, and degree completion of undergraduate engineering students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The research project aims to identify practices that foster community, academic confidence, and positive engineering...

This $234,004 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities aimed at improving STEM education outcomes for underrepresented groups. Specifically, the grant funds a collaborative project between four North Carolina universities to investigate strategies for increasing the success, confidence, and sense of belonging of 1,900 African American men in entry-level mathematics courses. The project will evaluate the impact of improved placement procedures...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $657,616 project grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the project "Integrating Self-Regulated Learning into STEM Courses: Maximizing Learning Outcomes with the STSRL Framework." This 3-year effort aims to improve postsecondary students' academic success and retention in STEM disciplines by embedding effective self-regulated learning...