This federal Project Grant award of $272,364 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042). The funding will support Bishop State Community College, a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) located in Mobile, Alabama, in providing comprehensive student support services to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for low-income, first-generation, and students with...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $405,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to the Southern University Law Center, a historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grant, titled "SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER LAABSET PROJECT", will support initiatives designed to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,976,906 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historically Black Graduate Institution (HBGI), to strengthen the university's management, fiscal operations, and academic quality. The grant supports activities such as curriculum development, faculty training, endowment building, and student support services designed to expand...
This $500,000 project grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the "Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) (CFDA 15.932)" program will support Wiley College, a historically black college in Marshall, Texas, with preparing a National Register nomination, repairing windows, upgrading electrical wiring, renovating classrooms, improving ADA accessibility, and remediating hazardous...
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Prairie View A&M University, a historically black 1890 land-grant institution, a $505,263.16 Project Grant under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.524). The grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, will be used to serve as a "magnet" to draw underserved and underrepresented populations, particularly Black and other minority students, into food and agricultural related fields...
The National Park Service awarded Johnson C. Smith University a $871,993 project grant under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) program (CFDA 15.932). The grant will fund restoration work on Biddle Memorial Hall from September 2021 through September 2024. Established in 1988, the HBCU Preservation grant program aims to document, preserve, and stabilize historic structures on the campuses of historically Black colleges...
This federal Project Grant award of $272,364.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program. The grant supports Fayetteville State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in North Carolina, to deliver comprehensive student support services aimed at increasing retention, graduation, and transfer rates for low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $9,474,186 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Southern University Law Center, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, will support activities to strengthen the institution's management, fiscal operations, and academic quality, with a...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the "Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)" program (CFDA 15.932). The funding will support Benedict College, a private HBCU in Columbia, South Carolina, in rehabilitating interior features of the historic Morgan Hall on its campus. The HBCU Preservation grant program was established in 1988 to...
This $7,047,752 federal Formula Grant award, issued on October 1, 2024 under the USDA NIFA Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University program (CFDA 10.205), supports agricultural research, extension, and educational activities at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), a historically Black land-grant university. Key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: enhancing the UAPB Aquaculture Research Station with an indoor hatchery, research labs,...