Project Grant P047M220004

The University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain received a $192,748 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund federal grant program. The grant will support supplemental funding for University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain students under the American Rescue Plan Act from July 13, 2022 through July 12, 2023. As the place of performance is listed as Mena, Arkansas, the grant funds...

The University of Arkansas at Monticello received a $107,320 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS STEM) Fields program (CFDA #10.318). This grant will support a near-peer mentorship program that aims to better prepare K10-14 women and minority students in rural Arkansas for forestry STEM studies in college, leading to successful degree...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will provide an Equity Conservation Outreach Training Program through a $1.42 million cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The two-year award, issued on May 22, 2022, will support services under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program. Through this funding, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will deliver conservation technical assistance and training to...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Arkansas Tech University (ATU) a $925,600 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Project Grant (CFDA 84.334). The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will provide comprehensive support services to help low-income students in the Russellville, AR area obtain secondary school diplomas and successfully enroll in postsecondary education. The GEAR UP program focuses...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will receive $1.77 million from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement a project titled "STEM Academy for Research and Entrepreneurship" from August 2021 through July 2026. As the parent organization of the awardee, the University of Arkansas System will oversee delivery of services. The project aims to support the development of STEM education through establishment of an academy that will...

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has been awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant, which began on March 1, 2024, will support foundational and applied research to advance military capabilities across diverse scientific and technical domains, including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials, and defense technologies. UALR, a member of the University of...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WAMS) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) provides $190,000 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. The goal of the "AR COMMUNIVERSITY" project is to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) rural 6th to 12th grade...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff received a $505,263.16 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide scholarships through the "Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions" (CFDA 10.524) program. The grant funding supports providing scholarships to students attending the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a public 1890 land-grant Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Through this award,...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) a $3.06 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program on July 27, 2022. The grant funds construction of an Allied Health and Science Center to consolidate UACCM's health professional training programs from smaller existing buildings onto a new state-of-the-art campus facility in Morrilton, Arkansas. The new...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $170,925 under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Arkansas to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The award will support hands-on research experiences in physics for undergraduate students, primarily from institutions in the Ozark region and surrounding states with limited research infrastructure. Each summer, a...