Project Grant P047A220040

This Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education provides $275,000 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to support rural outreach partnership programs. The Regents of the University of Colorado receives funding to implement a pre-college program in the San Luis Valley of Colorado for students in grades 10-12. A sub-award of $275,000 is provided to the San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center, Inc. to assign...

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...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) will enable EDP University of Puerto Rico, Inc., a private non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, to virtualize academic programs and develop online support services to enhance Hispanic student success. The funding will support initiatives to expand educational opportunities, improve academic offerings, and increase...

The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce (UPRP) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) for the project "A Pathway for Achieving Students Engagement and Academic Success (PASEAS)". This grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support UPRP's efforts to strengthen its management, fiscal operations, and academic quality as a minority-serving institution....

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 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a part of the U.S. Department of Education, provides $522,427.74 to conduct a 10-year follow-up study of two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the City University of New York's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) model. The study aims to evaluate the long-term educational and labor market outcomes of this program, which is designed to improve student achievement and completion in postsecondary...

College Possible Oregon will deliver an intensive college access program with $500,000 in funding from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through June 2024. The award is provided through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). College Possible will utilize the funding to develop and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program Project Grant award of $151,547 to Florida International University (FIU) aims to develop culturally relevant materials and resources to enhance the career preparation of Hispanic or Latin@/x/a/o undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: 1) Construct culturally relevant materials that can be...

The Partnership For Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc. (PREP-KC) was awarded a $4.32 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The five-year project grant will support PREP-KC's work to create and implement evidence-based innovations designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need K-12 students in Kansas City, Missouri....

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...