The College of the Siskiyous received a $401,119 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047). The grant funds will support the College's Upward Bound program, which provides academic instruction, enrichment, and support services to 74 low-income and potential first-generation college students at 10 target high schools in rural Siskiyou County, California. The program aims to generate the skills...
The Anderson Valley Unified School District was awarded a $500,000 Community Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766 - Community Facilities Loans and Grants) on September 20, 2024. The grant funding will be used to construct and improve community facilities in the rural town of Boonville, California over a two-year performance period ending September 20, 2026. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides financial assistance...
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 U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $299,036 TRIO Upward Bound Program grant (CFDA 84.047) to Ohlone Community College District, doing business as Ohlone College, to provide academic support services. This one-year project grant, effective September 1, 2023, aims to generate the skills and motivation necessary for low-income and potential first-generation college students to succeed in education beyond high school. The Upward Bound program offers a range of support to prepare these...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $200,887 Project Grant under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) to Anderson School District 4 in Pendleton, South Carolina. This grant, with a performance period from December 2024 to September 2030, supports the district's comprehensive K-12 educational services in areas where the local tax base is reduced due to federal property holdings. The funding enables the district to maintain and enhance programs...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) totaling $769,731 supports CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation in recruiting and preparing secondary mathematics teachers through 2028. The nonprofit auxiliary will identify 13 associates and scholars annually from its mathematics programs and local community colleges to receive academic advising, internships, seminars, and induction support as new teachers. It will partner with the Anaheim...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $610,855 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation (CSU Fullerton ASC), a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University, Fullerton. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024 with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025, will support the "PROJECT ICARO...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $139,999 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to implement and study the effectiveness of a "Circle of Champions" framework in supporting the academic success of Latina/o STEM students at Gavilan College. The project aims to leverage students' social capital and community wealth to enhance their academic outcomes, with a focus on: 1) advancing the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $799,959 to Seattle University and its partner institutions to establish an innovation ecosystem focused on increasing STEM innovation capacity at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The key objectives of this 3-year collaborative project are to: (1) develop innovation capacity within the cohort of PUI institutions, which...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $203,828 to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support the Collaborative Research: BPC-A project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support an alliance of six California State University campuses—Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona,...