Project Grant P044A210459

This $500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620), aims to create various learning experiences focused on the Houston area workforce and students in grades 3-12. The primary activities include: Developing and implementing three different learning opportunities, such as 'reverse' and traditional internships, five 'micro' certification programs for the existing...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Arts Connect Houston through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The grant funds a collective impact initiative to support opportunities for community participation in the arts and arts education. The NEA's Promotion of the Arts Grants program aims to integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and community resilience,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Houston Grand Opera Association a $385,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to engage the Houston community in discussion around themes and stories explored in HGO's opera productions and new operatic works. The grant will fund the production of opera performances, the development of new operas celebrating Houston's cultural heritage, and community dialogue sessions reaching an estimated...

This $1,611,154 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and testing of a model for informal engineering programming designed to foster engineering identities among youth aged 9-12 in Houston's Second and Third Wards. The University of Houston System, as the prime awardee, will implement a 16-week after-school program that includes hands-on engineering design projects, opportunities to interact with diverse...

This $281,186 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to increase enrollment in and completion of engineering degrees for community college students, particularly Hispanic and other underrepresented minority students. The funding supports a partnership between Houston Community College (HCC) and the University of Texas at Tyler (UTTyler) called the Houston Engineering Center (HEC). Key components of the project include an...

This federal Project Grant award of $372,420.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a collaborative research effort between the University of Houston and Drexel University. The project aims to develop and test a model of informal engineering programming designed to foster engineering identities among youth aged 9-12, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds in Houston's Second and Third Wards. The research will explore how aspects of...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,875,000 Project Grant to Ser-Jobs For Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc., a non-profit organization in Houston, Texas. The grant funding will be used to provide comprehensive workforce development services to underserved youth ages 16-24 through the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). Key services include pre-apprenticeship training, particularly in construction skills, as well as education, leadership...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Houston Symphony Society from Apr 1, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel expenses to enable the Houston Symphony Society to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation in...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support public art exhibitions and arts programming from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024 to celebrate Freedmens Town, a historically Black community in Houston recently designated as a heritage district. The NEA grant will allow the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston to...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc. to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant funding will allow Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc. to deliver programs that promote the arts and arts education in Louisiana as part of the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program supports opportunities for community...