Project Grant P031S230197

Palo Alto College, under the Alamo Community College District, was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076) beginning October 1, 2021. The grant funds the "HSI PILOT PROJECT: PROMOTING VIRTUAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TO SUPPORT PART-TIME AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS" initiative. Through this funding, Palo Alto College will develop and implement virtual experiential learning opportunities to support part-time...

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 federal Project Grant award of $322,241.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports Dallas College's "Creating Excellence in Bilingual Educators (CEBE)" initiative. The program aims to enhance teacher preparation and diversity, particularly for high-need local education agencies, by recruiting, preparing, supporting, placing, and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $203,828 to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support the Collaborative Research: BPC-A project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support an alliance of six California State University campuses—Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $275,803 to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop a culturally relevant digital curriculum for science education in dual language immersion programs. The project aims to support bilingual, Latinx students by incorporating their cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge into science education. It will investigate how integrating indigenous knowledge...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) provides $408,240.00 to Texas State University to implement the "ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF AIDES INTO PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (ADAPT)" initiative. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place,...

This $395,995 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) aims to develop and evaluate an interdisciplinary, place-based, online learning module called PBS-DIRT (Place Based Soil Data Interpretation and Research in Texas). The purpose is to engage diverse undergraduate students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in relevant...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 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 will support the "ADVANCED VIRTUAL REALITY -ASSISTED LEARNING FOR STEM EDUCATION: ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS WITH ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES" project at the Dominguez Hills Foundation California State University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, from October 1, 2024...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $112,765 to Texas A&M University to establish a collaborative research alliance between four Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project aims to: 1) conduct research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socioeconomic groups; 2) establish physical and virtual lab spaces with state-of-the-art computing resources; 3)...

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...