Project Grant P047M220210

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $586,577 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program to increase the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income engineering students through scholarships, culturally-responsive curriculum, and mentoring. Over 6 years, the grant will fund scholarships for 36 talented, full-time biomedical and chemical engineering students, the majority of whom will be first-generation, female, Hispanic, or...

Our Lady of Lake University of San Antonio was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education. The grant will support the development and implementation of an assets-based model to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate completion rates among Hispanic students at the University. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), the grant objectives align with the program's goal of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award of $372,000 will support the "INSPIRE: Increasing Student Participation in Research Experiences" program at Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA) from September 2025 through August 2028. The program will train 8 students per summer over 3 years, recruiting from A&M-SA, local community colleges, and four-year institutions nationwide, including students lacking prior research...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $649,996 project grant to Texas A&M University-San Antonio under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to create educational pathways and cultivate leadership for undergraduates pursuing STEM careers in water science and technology. Through this five-year award beginning March 2021, the university will prepare students for water-focused careers by developing new academic programs, experiential learning opportunities, and student...

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 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), provides $464,721 to the University of North Texas (UNT) to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program. Over three summers from 2025-2027, the program will train 10 early-stage undergraduate students per year, recruiting from a network of partner Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas. The...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $356,357.00 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, which runs from August 14, 2023 to August 13, 2024, supports UTSA's work on "HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN HUMAN-GUIDED LEARNING". As a Hispanic-serving institution and minority-serving university, UTSA conducts...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program (CFDA 93.286) provides $803,277 to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop educational curricular resources and outreach activities. The goal is to encourage students from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies or careers in engineering, scientific...

This $267,000 Project Grant awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports efforts to increase the representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in ONR-aligned careers in the ocean sciences. The funding will enable a collaboration between the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the minority-serving institutions of Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), Tuskegee University (TU), and Jackson State...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,541,878 project grant to The University of Texas at San Antonio under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on June 15, 2022. The project will develop new accessibility tools for students with visual impairments, including a program syntax- and semantics-aware screen reader and a voice-command-based code navigation framework. These tools will employ compilers, artificial intelligence, and cloud technologies to allow screen readers to understand...