Project Grant P031X200012

The College Unbound has been awarded a $706,588 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant will support 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 programs through multiple certification pathways. The...

This $399,481 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve the success and persistence of undergraduate students taking pre-calculus courses at a Hispanic Serving Institution. The project will implement an intervention program that includes exposure to campus resources, attribution retraining, and use of a pedagogical tool called an "exam wrapper" to promote self-reflection. The goal is to increase student...

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 six-year, $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Rowan University's Engineering Persistence project. The project aims to increase retention and graduation rates of low-income, academically talented students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering disciplines through renewable scholarships of $10,000 annually for up to 24 students over three cohorts. In addition to financial support, scholars will participate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports statistical modeling research to understand factors influencing undergraduate student persistence in STEM fields. The $348,587 award to Colorado State University will fund capacity-building for the principal investigator (PI) to develop advanced statistical modeling skills, as well as knowledge-building about student persistence in STEM. The PI will complete statistical...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $931,547.91 Project Grant titled "PROJECT REACT: A MULTISITE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO IMPROVE COLLEGE RE-ENROLLMENT & COMPLETION FOR STOPPED-OUT STUDENTS" with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The grant is funded under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination (CFDA 84.305) program, which supports research to improve educational outcomes and reduce...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Gavilan Joint Community College District, a Hispanic Serving Institution, to implement the "Circle of Champions" framework. This project aims to close the academic completion gap for Latina/o STEM students by leveraging their social capital and community cultural wealth. Key activities include supporting the Circle of Champions model for all STEM students at...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers provides $490,174 to Purdue University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) from September 2022 through August 2025. The funding will support research to develop and validate a new survey instrument to measure student engagement in team-based learning across academic disciplines, with a focus on identifying differences based on gender, race/ethnicity and other factors. Leveraging data...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide $1,999,581 over four years to the University of Memphis to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering. The key products and services to be delivered include: Scholarships for a minimum of 60 unique full-time undergraduate engineering students, focusing on sophomores, juniors, and seniors with...

The University Enterprises Corporation at CSUSB received a $706,688 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). The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support the EXMILE: Excellence as Multilingual Innovators and Leaders in Education initiative. The project aims to strengthen the...