Project Grant P031A230121

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc., an Ocala, FL-based small business, aims to develop an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform will provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education, addressing critical gaps in workforce development. The project integrates advanced learning theories and data-driven models to create a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $986,989 to Epixego Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-driven Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that aims to improve academic and career outcomes for first-generation and underrepresented students in higher education. The project will leverage natural language processing and machine learning to analyze...

The National Science Foundation awarded $304,558 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. to design and implement an eight-week entrepreneurial training program. The program will provide approximately 100 educational and learning technology research teams with resources and tools to advance their innovations from the lab to the market. Specifically, the grantee will offer curriculum based on...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,250,000 in funding to Crypto Tutors LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop an AI-enhanced career assessment tool. The goal is to help students and professionals explore emerging career opportunities in Web3 and related fields like AI, IoT, cloud security, and machine learning. The project aims to create new career...

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $9,961,460 five-year Project Grant (CFDA 84.421 Disability Innovation Fund) to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to implement the "ACCESS-TECHNOLOGY: Advancing Career Choices for Employment Success in Technology" program from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The grant supports FAU in developing innovative strategies to improve employment, education, and transition outcomes for...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to establish an experiential learning pathway in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for diverse learners. The award, totaling $1,000,000, will enable the University of Cincinnati to enroll 180 EXLAI scholars over 3 years in an 8-week summer program that provides hands-on AI research and development experience. The program will partner with 4...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will support research and development of an experiential learning curriculum to upskill existing automotive technicians for electric vehicle (EV) maintenance and repair. The $299,909 award to the Colorado School of Mines will fund a project that aims to: (1) understand current EV training needs through co-design and surveys, (2) develop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,969 Project Grant through its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ivy TECH Community College of Indiana. The three-year grant aims to broaden the participation of two-year institutions in emerging technology programs by increasing their capacity and infrastructure to grow and sustain strong regional partnerships. Key activities include implementing the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) advisory...

This $304,200 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a novel adaptive learning platform with three core technological innovations: a skills engine, an authoring tool, and an extended reality (XR) player. The platform aims to democratize access to personalized, immersive training experiences to address the critical challenge of workforce displacement due to...