Project Grant P031S230093

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $2,227,500 Project Grant to the Nebraska Children & Families Foundation under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The "LEARN AND EARN TO ACHIEVE POTENTIAL FOR RURAL NEBRASKA STUDENTS (LEAP4NE)" grant aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education for underserved populations in rural Nebraska. The grant will support...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $706,588 project grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to College Unbound, a private non-profit university in Providence, Rhode Island. This grant will fund the establishment of the Transformative Educator Pathways' Center of Excellence (TEP-CE), which aims to create a center of excellence for delivering equitable teacher preparation through...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $2,706,426 Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) grant to Reach University in Oakland, CA. The grant, titled the "Louisiana Educator Apprenticeship Partnership (LEAP)", aims to improve student achievement through innovative teacher preparation models and professional development activities. Specifically, the project will support comprehensive teacher residency programs, enhance preparation...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award to Louisiana State University (LSU) in the amount of $138,601 aims to increase the use of project-based learning in undergraduate software engineering courses. The project will design, develop, and evaluate a reference software engineering course with a repository of 12 ready-to-use projects and associated active learning activities. These resources are intended to enable instructors to more easily...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $417,717 Project Grant on October 1, 2024 to Los Angeles Pacific University (LAPU) under the Higher Education Institutional Aid (CFDA 84.031) program. The grant will support LAPU's Comprehensive Student Support Project over a one-year period ending September 30, 2025. The project aims to strengthen LAPU's management, fiscal operations, and academic quality, with a focus on expanding educational opportunities,...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded Hawai`i Pacific University (HPU) a $1,843,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (CFDA 17.289) program. The funding supports diverse workforce development and community enhancement initiatives across multiple sectors such as STEM, healthcare, agriculture, and technical skills. HPU, a private non-profit educational institution, will leverage this grant to address...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, located in Bloomsburg, PA, to improve student success in first-year STEM courses. The project aims to implement two proven approaches - the co-requisite model and the Learning Assistant (LA) model - to increase college completion and retention, particularly for disadvantaged students, in STEM degree programs. Through the co-requisite model, students with...

Community Partners received a $1,066,300 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The three-year award will support Community Partners' PROJECT SOAR initiative, which will provide college and career support services to residents in public housing in Los Angeles, California through August 2025. FIPSE aims to support innovative strategies to improve postsecondary...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,509,824 Project Grant to Hopeloft, a New Jersey non-profit organization, under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant, with a performance period from February 2025 to May 2028, will provide pre-apprenticeship services to underserved youth aged 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school. Key services include vocational training across multiple industries such as construction, healthcare, IT,...

The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce (UPRP) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). This funding will support UPRP's "A Pathway for Achieving Students Engagement and Academic Success (PASEAS)" initiative over a one-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant aims to strengthen UPRP's capacity as a Hispanic-Serving Institution...