Project Grant P031C210075

This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program Project Grant award of $151,547 to Florida International University (FIU) aims to develop culturally relevant materials and resources to enhance the career preparation of Hispanic or Latin@/x/a/o undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: 1) Construct culturally relevant materials that can be...

This $198,956 National Science Foundation project grant supports San Diego Mesa College in developing and testing collaborative learning opportunities to strengthen STEM identity and increase degree and career pathway selection among students. Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions program, the college will revise curricula and compare three models for providing classroom- and field-based research experiences across biology, physical geology, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The $1,255,369 project, titled "HSI INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: STEM-CLEAR: CREATING CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING PATHWAYS ACROSS ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES," will be implemented by Texas State University from Jun 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029. The project takes a comprehensive...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $267,822 will fund the University of Connecticut to deliver collaborative research and professional development focused on improving STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions through May 2026. Specifically, the University of Connecticut will establish Communities of Practice among STEM planning teams at 16 two-year HSIs to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year strategic plans using an...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $342,108 to Arizona State University (ASU) aims to empower Hispanic, Latinx/e/a/o, and Xicanx/e/a/o (HLX+) undergraduate engineering students to recognize and disrupt hegemonic engineering education structures. The project will use a "Path to Conocimiento" framework to help these students explore their cultural, community, racial, and ethnic (CCORE) values and navigate conflicts between those values...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $148,453 to Morgan State University to develop and disseminate resources that support the career preparation of Hispanic or Latin@/x/a/o undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S. The key products and services to be delivered include: Constructing culturally relevant materials on computing...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program awarded a $199,998 project grant to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) to enhance the learning and experiences of STEM undergraduates. The 3-year project, starting April 1, 2024, aims to recruit, prepare, and retain 30 first-time freshman and transfer students at TAMIU, which serves a student population that is over 89% Hispanic. The project will provide...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to develop and evaluate an empirically-defensible model for increasing STEM persistence and graduation rates among underrepresented students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the $500,000 award made to Our Lady of the Lake University on January 1, 2023 will support redesigning the institution's College Algebra course into three...

This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the "Circle of Champions" initiative at Gavilan Joint Community College District, a Hispanic Serving Institution in California. The project aims to close the academic completion gap for Latina/o STEM students by leveraging their social capital and community cultural wealth. Key activities include implementing the Circle of Champions framework to organize...