Project Grant P031S230150

This $1,400,000 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding/Congressional Directed Spending award (CFDA 14.251) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was granted to Laredo College in Laredo, TX on August 13, 2024. The funding will support a wide variety of economic development and community development activities, though the full scope of the project is still to be determined. Once Laredo College submits the required project narrative, HUD will be able to...

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 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to develop instructional practices that increase participation and completion of STEM degrees at LaGuardia Community College. The $530,002 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support a cohort-based faculty development model that incorporates leadership training and data coaching to address equity and persistence issues in introductory...

This federal Project Grant award of $550,000.00 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 supports the "ALAMOSUCCESS DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT (STRENGTHENING UNDERSTANDING, CAPACITY, COMPETENCE, AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT SUCCESS)" at Northeast Lakeview College, which is part of the Alamo Community College District. The project aims to strengthen the college's management,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $344,869 to Tufts University to develop and implement professional development for Learning Assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The key objectives are to design and implement a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research (Goal 1) and investigate how this pedagogy sequence impacts LA facilitation...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) program (CFDA 17.261), supports the "Partners in Advancing Talent in Healthcare PATH Project" at Dallas College in Texas. The $11,497,458 grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, with a performance period through January 31, 2029, will enable Dallas College to develop and enhance state-level workforce longitudinal...

This $441,059 award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance student success and persistence in STEM fields at Oakton Community College, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Over 3 years, the project will create a leadership development program for STEM Learning Assistants (LAs) and an expanded emerging leaders training program. The LA program will provide mentorship and pedagogical training to up to 60 LAs who will support active learning...

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) awarded a Project Grant under the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools (CFDA 12.556) program to International Leadership of Texas, Inc. (ILTexas), a non-profit educational organization. The $2,000,000 grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024, to May 31, 2029, will support the World Language Advancement Readiness Program (WLARP). The WLARP initiative aims to enhance language...

The Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition awarded a $476,822 Project Grant to East Texas A&M University under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365). The grant, titled "LEOTEACH BILINGUAL EDUCATOR ADVANCEMENT AND CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITY NETWORK FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS IN TEXAS (LEOTEACH BEACON)", will fund a one-year project from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. The project aims to support English language learners...

The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) was awarded a $4,401,887 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). IDRA will implement its Youth Leadership Now initiative in San Antonio, TX from December 2021 through December 2026. The Education Innovation and Research program supports the creation, development, and scaling of evidence-based innovations to improve...