Project Grant P044A220453

The College Dreams organization will provide educational talent search services through the $554,750 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The two-year grant funds the PROJECT YOUTH+ EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH program from September 2021 through August 2023 under the TRIO Talent Search federal grant program (CFDA #84.044). Through this program, College Dreams will identify qualified disadvantaged youth with potential for postsecondary...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Fayetteville State University $1,534,734.81 under the TRIO Talent Search federal grant program (CFDA 84.044) from September 1, 2016 through December 31, 2021. The Talent Search Program aims to identify qualified disadvantaged youth with potential for postsecondary education, encourage their completion of secondary school and enrollment in postsecondary education programs, and publicize the availability of and facilitate the...

This five-year, $1,014,803 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the use of computer adaptive testing and assessment development for mathematics instruction. The key products and services delivered under this award include: Benchmarking previously established grades 6-8 problem-solving measures, developing and validating criterion-referenced computer adaptive testing for these measures, and constructing student-...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. in Ocala, FL focuses on developing an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform aims to provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education, with the goal of reducing unemployment and skill mismatches by improving career readiness and alignment. The project integrates advanced learning...

This $256,800 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a holistic system for comprehensive student assessment. The goal is to leverage AI and natural language processing (NLP) tools to analyze diverse student learning data, including essays, written assignments, and reflections, to provide educators with real-time, detailed insights on student progress. This will...

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

This $365,439 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports fundamental research to advance the understanding of creativity and its relationship to STEM success. The primary objectives are to: Investigate how core dimensions of creative cognition, including visual, verbal, generative, and evaluative creativity, relate to STEM success during and after college through a 3-year longitudinal study of engineering students....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and implementation of culturally relevant computer science (CS) education for indigenous middle school students. The Tides Center, a nonprofit organization, will receive $300,000 to collaborate with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Native American Community Academy (NACA) on this initiative. The key objectives of the project are to: (1)...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to Florida Memorial University, a leading Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to develop a comprehensive cybersecurity workforce talent pipeline. The program aims to address the shortage of diverse talent in the nation's cybersecurity workforce by creating opportunities for more professional instructors to contribute their...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $207,271 Project Grant to North Carolina Central University (NCCU) under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (CFDA 84.325) program. The grant, titled "PROJECT ACES: ADVANCED COMPETENT EDUCATORS TO SERVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES", supports the development of degree programs, training initiatives, and applied...