The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant, titled "UTEP's Hispanic Servingness Program for Equity in Student Health and Success," will be used to strengthen UTEP's capacity as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and support initiatives that expand educational opportunities and improve academic outcomes for Hispanic and other underrepresented...
The federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), will be used by Texas A&M University-Kingsville to provide resources and support for undergraduate students, with a focus on underrepresented minority populations. The grant, titled "PROVIDING UNDERGRADUATES RESOURCES FOR ADVANCEMENT PURA" FAMILIA", will fund activities to strengthen the...
This Project Grant award of $449,828.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant, titled "SIEMPRE ADELANTE TTUHSC," will be performed by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support activities to strengthen the management, fiscal operations, and academic quality of TTUHSC, a...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,215,200.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP, CFDA 84.334) will support the "College Bound-Career Linked GEAR UP!" initiative at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will provide comprehensive college access and success services to low-income students in the Edinburg, TX region. The...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $2,836,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) (CFDA 84.334). The grant is designed to improve student outcomes in five K-12 districts by emphasizing academic support and counseling to prepare students for postsecondary success. The award aligns with moderate and strong research and will be implemented by the...
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $520,346 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid (CFDA 84.031) program to expand its quantitative master's programs at the Alvarez College of Business. The project, titled "EXPANDING QUANTITATIVE MASTER'S PROGRAMS AT THE ALVAREZ COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (XQUANT@ACOB)", will be performed from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The Higher Education Institutional Aid program...
The University of Texas at Dallas was awarded a $400,000 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 research examining changes in course delivery and student enrollment and completion outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas from September 2022 through August 2024. As the prime awardee, UT Dallas will analyze how different...
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant, titled "TARGET 2030: The UTRGV Research Strategic Plan to Reach R1 Status," will fund initiatives to enhance the university's research capacity and infrastructure with the goal of attaining R1 research university status by 2030. The grant will support a range of...
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $679,450 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support UTSA's "Culturally Efficacious Signature Teacher Residency (CESTR) Project." This comprehensive initiative aims to strengthen the teacher...
This $599,701 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) will support the "A TU LADO Initiative" at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant will enable UC Riverside, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to strengthen its capacity to serve minority and low-income students. Funding will support activities...