Project Grant P031A220213

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education provides $745,379 to support the Aligning Career and Campus Experiences for Student Success (ACCESS) project at Pennsylvania Western University from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2028. The funding is provided through the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to recruit, enroll, retain and graduate 12 low-income, academically talented students in computer engineering technology, electrical...

This $308,559 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program aims to leverage the lived experiences of nontraditional engineering students to promote engaged student learning in technical classrooms. The project will identify characteristics of nontraditional students' lived experiences that can be leveraged, create cooperative learning activities that utilize these experiences to increase engaged learning for...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to the Virginia Community College System Office, doing business as Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), to recruit and train 90 underrepresented minority high school seniors in engineering technology careers. The COHORT project aims to address the growing need for entry-level technician talent in the semiconductor manufacturing...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) to construct a large individual-level dataset of U.S. college students over the past century. The investigators will digitize historical college rosters from the early 1900s to 1950s and link this data to U.S. population censuses to observe students' socioeconomic backgrounds and long-term adult...

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will receive a $1,499,608 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the Engineering Academic Pathways program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2028. The program will provide scholarships of up to $25,000 each to support the retention and graduation of 25 low-income, academically talented students pursuing bachelor's degrees in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, systems...

The Greater Hartford Consortium for Higher Education, Inc., doing business as Career Beginnings, received a $287,537 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047). The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. Under this award, Career Beginnings will deliver TRIO Upward Bound services in Hartford, Connecticut focused on generating the skills and motivation...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant will support Louisiana Tech University in delivering academic and career support services to 40 low-income undergraduate engineering students over five years. Funded under the NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase retention and graduation rates in STEM fields by pairing scholarships with discipline-specific faculty mentoring, professional development...

Community Partners received a $1,066,300 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 three-year award will support Community Partners' PROJECT SOAR initiative, which will provide college and career support services to residents in public housing in Los Angeles, California through August 2025. FIPSE aims to support innovative strategies to improve postsecondary...

The University of Pittsburgh received a $3,516,454 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to support its Partners for Rural Student Success Impact and Mobility (PRSSIM) project. The 4-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, aims to enhance the quality and accessibility of postsecondary education for underserved student populations, with a focus on improving student retention, completion rates, and career...