Project Grant P031S230267

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program award in the amount of $499,969 supports the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in implementing and evaluating a comprehensive program called "Enhancing and Expanding Second-Year Experience (EESYE)" for engineering and computer science students. The project aims to reduce attrition and improve retention and graduation rates, particularly among Hispanic and...

This five-year, $1.94 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support the University of California Santa Cruz's collaboration with eight California community colleges to establish servingness in computing. The team will study how to move beyond enrolling racially diverse students in computing to better serving them through transfer pathways, graduation, career placement outcomes. Specifically, the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and scale equity-minded, data-informed instructional practices that increase participation and completion of STEM degrees at LaGuardia Community College. The $530,002 award supports a diverse cohort of faculty engaging in professional development, leadership training, and data coaching initiatives to foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge-sharing in...

This $198,956 National Science Foundation project grant supports San Diego Mesa College in developing and testing collaborative learning opportunities to strengthen STEM identity and increase degree and career pathway selection among students. Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions program, the college will revise curricula and compare three models for providing classroom- and field-based research experiences across biology, physical geology, and...

This four-year, $2.27 million project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform STEM education for Latinx students at two-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. Led by Arizona State University, the grant will establish STEM planning teams as communities of practice at 16 institutions to conduct college-wide STEM assessments, develop multi-year STEM plans, and implement evidence-based solutions to close achievement gaps. Project...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education provides $500,000 in funding to the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to increase the number of summer undergraduate research and internship opportunities available to students attending a Hispanic Serving two-year college. The key products and services to be delivered include: Offering a multi-pronged approach that combines research experiences, exposure to diverse STEM research...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $299,659 to Florida State University (FSU), an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution (EHSI), to develop strategies and tools to improve how Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) serve Latino students in STEM and computing fields. The project aims to: 1) document effective HSI policies, processes, and practices to enhance EHSI servingness to Latino...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Yakima Valley College (YVC) a $995,886 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the "Accelerating Low-Income College STEM Students to Degree Completion at a Two-Year Hispanic Serving Institution in Rural Central Washington" project. Over the 6-year duration of this project, the grant will fund scholarships for at least 60 full-time and part-time low-income, high-achieving students pursuing associate's...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Miracosta Community College District, a Hispanic-Serving Institution located in Oceanside, California. The grant, titled "PROJECT FUERTE: ELEVATING SERVINGNESS IN A VERTICALLY-INTEGRATED BIOSCIENCES PATHWAY WHERE HISPANIC STUDENTS CAN START STRONG & STAY STRONG," aims to strengthen the college's capacity to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) provides $2,000,000 to Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to fund the "CLOSING EQUITY GAP BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO ALLIED HEALTH AND STEM PROGRAMS AND SERVICES" initiative. The project aims to expand access to postsecondary education and workforce training opportunities, particularly in underserved...