Project Grant P047M220734

This $299,038 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047) will provide academic instruction, tutoring, counseling, mentoring, and other support services to help low-income and potential first-generation college students in Middletown, Connecticut develop the skills and motivation necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. The grant, awarded to Wesleyan University's Finance and Administration...

This $199,998 National Science Foundation award through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) funds a pilot project at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley to build math capacity and enhance undergraduate STEM education. The project develops and analyzes a summer bridge math experience for newly admitted students requiring math/statistics courses. The four-day program includes math workshops and campus life/career orientation field trips to assist students' math preparation and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $449,626 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The grant, titled "REU SITE: ACCESS TO INQUIRY IN MATHEMATICS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM -AIM UP, THE NSF REU SITE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE", will fund a 3-year program to host 12 undergraduate students each summer for 8 weeks of research in pure and applied mathematics,...

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant supports the University of Washington Tacoma's Promoting Early Retention of STEM Students program. Over seven years, the program will provide scholarships and academic support services to 48 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Students will receive full scholarships for their first two years and partial scholarships for years three and four. The...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $324,072 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program through March 2025. The program will engage eight students over nine weeks in collaborative research projects involving applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, and computational and data science. Students will gain skills in numerical methods and coding to apply theoretical models to physical and biological...

The Greater Hartford Consortium for Higher Education, Inc., doing business as Career Beginnings, received a $287,537 Project Grant award 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 period runs from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. Under this award, Career Beginnings will deliver TRIO Upward Bound services in Hartford, Connecticut focused on generating the skills and motivation...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($398,859) provides scholarships and academic support services to approximately 115 low-income undergraduate students studying statistics and data science at seven universities in California and Washington. At least 65 scholars will receive continued scholarship support for up to two years of graduate studies. The goal is to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to fund the "UPR-UW PREM: Center for Advancing Research and Training for STEM Success." This 6-year award, effective September 1, 2024, brings together researchers from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Mayagüez, UPR Medical Sciences Campus, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support Albany State University's "It Takes a Village: Communities Leveraged to Advance Scholars' Success" program. Funded at $1,499,993 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase degree completion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields among low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students...

This $748,450 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the University of Dubuque to deliver scholarships and academic support services to retain and graduate 24 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, or environmental science through 2028. The university will provide $30,000 per year in scholarships for four cohorts of six scholars each over six years, supporting students' junior and senior...