Project Grant P031S230291

The Project Grant award of $700,000.00 from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, will support the Hispanic Federation's CREAR FUTUROS IL Mentorship Initiative. This initiative aims to enhance college readiness, achievement, and retention of Latinx and other students attending the University of Illinois system. The award will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, providing...

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) is funding the "Caminos for Success" project at Texas State University. The project aims to engage, educate, and empower underserved graduate students, particularly those of Hispanic descent, to raise their professional aspirations and achieve success in the USDA workforce. Key...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $723,005 to the University of California, Irvine to enhance student engagement in office hours within STEM courses, particularly biology, at multiple Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging HSIs in Southern California. The key objectives are to: 1) characterize student and faculty perceptions of office hours, 2) investigate the impact of different office hours...

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...

The United Community Center Inc. was awarded a $273,750 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the organization's ABRIENDO PUERTAS project, which provides services to help low-income Latino students enroll in and complete higher education programs. The FIPSE program aims to support innovative strategies to improve postsecondary...

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 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 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 $992,455 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CFDA 10.223 - Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program) supports the "HSI FANH Academy" - a seamless academic transition program for students between Houston Community College and Sam Houston State University. The program aims to increase enrollment and success of minority students, particularly Hispanic students, in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) higher...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) supports the "THE FOSTER DREAMS: CULTIVATING FANHS' SCIENCE EXCELLENCE IN PUERTO RICO" project. The primary products and services to be delivered include: Revising and enhancing the curriculum for the Biology Baccalaureate and Environmental Management Master's programs at Universidad Ana G. Méndez campuses...