Project Grant P042A200131

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $418,180 to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to deliver collaborative research and student support services from July 2022 to June 2025. The award aims to improve outcomes for 1,900+ African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four North Carolina institutions through culturally relevant advising, mentoring,...

This $299,038 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047) will provide academic instruction, tutoring, counseling, mentoring, and other support services to help low-income and potential first-generation college students in Middletown, Connecticut develop the skills and motivation necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. The grant, awarded to Wesleyan University's Finance and Administration...

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 Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Greenfield Community College a $374,857.94 Project Grant under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047) for the period of August 2, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant aims to deliver academic skills development and college preparatory support services to low-income and potential first-generation college students through Greenfield Community College's TRIO Upward Bound program. Specifically, the program...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support Albany State University's "It Takes a Village: Communities Leveraged to Advance Scholars' Success" program. Funded at $1,499,993 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students...

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...

This $2,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support efforts to improve recruitment, retention, and graduation of low-income students in STEM disciplines at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania over six years. The project will provide scholarships to 38 full-time undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees, along with comprehensive academic, social, and professional supports to enhance their success. Key...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Adirondack Community College $694,346 under the Education Stabilization Fund federal grant program to address learning gaps and reduce barriers for students impacted by COVID-19 from July 13, 2022 to July 12, 2023. As the awardee, Adirondack Community College will deliver projects and services to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the State of New York as the parent organization overseeing use...

This $261,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support Tuskegee University's leadership training program for college students. Over three years, the university will recruit a total of 180 Generation Z students in two cohorts each year to participate in the program. The program aims to strengthen participants' leadership skills through two training models and assess the impact on knowledge and skills acquisition, as well as...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $448,060 to Felician University, a private nonprofit university in New Jersey, to further the understanding of how first-generation and continuing-generation university students meet and overcome academic barriers. The key products and services delivered through this funding include: 1) a rigorous...