Project Grant P047M220215

This $363,058 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund a five-year effort by Fitchburg State University to support the retention, graduation, and career placement of 17 low-income, high-achieving STEM undergraduate students. The project will provide four-year scholarships for first-year students and two-year scholarships for transfer students, along with bi-weekly STEM seminars, summer internships, undergraduate research experiences, and a...

Westfield State University received a $999,977 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support undergraduate STEM education. The 5-year grant will fund scholarships for 12 low-income, high-achieving students pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and mathematics. In addition to financial support, the project aims to improve student retention, graduation rates, and career placement...

This Project Grant award of $736,651 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program aims to prepare 30 high-quality secondary STEM teachers to serve in high-need schools in Massachusetts over a five-year period. The key products and services to be delivered include: Recruiting and providing two-year scholarships for four cohorts of 7-8 undergraduate STEM majors in biology, mathematics, chemistry, or general science, to prepare them for STEM teaching careers in high-need schools....

The University of Massachusetts at Hadley, MA was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the BOOSTING ACCESS TO DATA SCIENCE SCHOLARS project from December 2021 through November 2027. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. This award will fund UMass's efforts to develop and deliver data science education and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $2,500,000 to Fayetteville State University (FSU) under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education aims to increase the number of low-income, academically talented students who earn degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The six-year project will provide scholarships of up to $15,000 per year to 40 unique full-time students pursuing associate and/or baccalaureate degrees in chemistry and materials science at FSU...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell was awarded a $1,495,564 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to foster future engineering faculty diversity. The grant will support building a pipeline to graduate programs through initiatives that provide undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in engineering with research experiences, mentoring, and community building activities from December 2021 through November 2027. As the parent...

This $215,631 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth). The REU site will provide hands-on research experience for ten community college students each summer in interdisciplinary materials research relevant to the maritime economy. Students will receive training in lab safety,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $465,895 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to operate an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) site focused on functional materials research. The 10-week summer program offers mentored research opportunities and professional development for 10 undergraduate students annually, with a focus on students from 2-year and 4-year institutions in...

This six-year, $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the Fostering Interdisciplinary Community, Belonging, and Success of Low-Income, High-Achieving Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Majors project at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The project will provide scholarships and academic support services to 45 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students majoring in mathematics, computer science,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $391,761 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the REU SITE: MURALS (MATERIALS-FOCUSED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH APPLIED TO THE LIFE SCIENCES) program. The grant will fund the program from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. MURALS will provide undergraduate students research experience in materials science focused on life sciences applications through...