Project Grant P031C210095

This $399,251 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of science centers' engagement of mentors with students. The project will place 60 undergraduates, 75% from underserved populations, in R&D internships at the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology. Mentors will be recruited from the local chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the students will develop...

This National Science Foundation award of $298,779 from the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports efforts by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) to examine student attitudes, identities, and motivations toward engineering, and develop contextualized entrepreneurial design learning modules to foster these qualities. The project, conducted by CSUF's Auxiliary Services Corporation Division of Sponsored Programs, aims to create learning experiences that value the diverse...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC:INCREASING OUR INNOVATION SCORES: SYMBIOTIC COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS," provides $394,470 to establish an innovation ecosystem in a cohort-based model for primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The primary goals are to (1) develop innovation capacity within the cohort institutions and (2) collectively...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $547,371 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) Project Grant to The TECH Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. The award will enable the museum to create educational resources that empower youth from historically marginalized communities to envision themselves in STEM careers. Key activities include: Developing STEM events, project-based mentoring models, and career exploration resources in collaboration with local schools, the Santa...

This $170,995 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program is funding a project titled "Collaborative Research: Explorations - Developing a Diverse STEM Workforce through Experiential Learning Opportunities and Immersive Internships". The project, led by the Institute For Future Intelligence Inc., aims to inspire, inform, and immerse community college STEM students in emerging...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to provide community college engineering students with experiential learning opportunities to enhance their awareness and preparation for engineering careers. The $185,752 award to the Cal Poly Corporation will fund an Engineering Student Ambassador Program with three primary goals: (1) create an engaging and supportive community for engineering students, (2) increase...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $399,965 to the President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College to build institutional capacity for developing external partnerships that advance key technologies within the university's regional innovation ecosystem. The key objectives are to: a) establish operational policies and structures to enable efficient and professional...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

This $139,038 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research and outreach activities to investigate and address barriers to participation in the Tulsa Regional Science Fair among underrepresented students in the Tulsa, Oklahoma region. The project aims to build the principal investigator's STEM education research capacity and explore how informal learning opportunities connected to the science fair can inspire long-term...