Project Grant P047A231571

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...

This Project Grant award of $210,510 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaboration between the University of Mississippi Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics (UMCMA) and the Boston University (BU) Blazar Group. The goal is to provide the University of Mississippi researcher's group with the training and expertise needed to advance BU's efforts in multimessenger monitoring and modeling of blazar jets - powerful relativistic...

The University of Connecticut was awarded a $287,537 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047). The grant will fund the University's Veterans Upward Bound program from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The Veterans Upward Bound program will deliver services to generate the skills and motivation necessary for low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination program (CFDA 15.234), provides $206,851.49 in funding to the Phoenix School of Roseburg to support a youth corps program. The program will employ 60 youth, ages 16-26, to provide labor for trail maintenance, campground upkeep, debris cleanup, invasive species removal, and other resource management activities on Bureau of Land...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA Program "Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands" (15.243) provides $324,324.22 to support the work of the Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) in the Roseburg District of Oregon. Under the guidance of BLM staff, NYC will engage teen and young adult crews to carry out conservation and maintenance projects on public lands, including trail work, campground upkeep, and vegetation management. The crews...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $111,196.91 to Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) to engage youth and young adults in conservation and natural resource management activities on public lands in Oregon. Through this 3-year award from August 2024 to September 2027, NYC will provide hands-on opportunities for participants aged 16-35 to gain experience in wildlife monitoring,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $221,236 to Southern Utah University (SUU) from January 13, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award will support the recruitment and placement of 165 youth interns and veterans ages 16-35 to assist the BLM field office in Beaver and Iron Counties, Utah with a variety of conservation projects. Interns will gain hands-on experience...

This $3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program funds the Blue Angels Upswell Project. The project will deliver capacity building for angel investors and bluetech startups through 2025. Key services include recruiting diverse angel investors, increasing investors' scientific and market knowledge of bluetech through showcases and e-learning, and educating investors on angel investment strategies and...

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 $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will fund the Brotherhood Crusade's "Proud to Be Me Young Adult Workforce Development and Career Readiness Initiative" in Los Angeles County. The initiative aims to: 1) Train and prepare low-income young adults of color aged 16-29 (with an emphasis on 18-24 year olds in South LA, Inglewood, Lynwood, Compton, and...