Project Grant P116J251507
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) received a three-year, $1.44 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant funding will support UCF's project "Enhancing the Impact of Modeling and Simulation Education for the 21st Century Workforce." The project aims to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Cincinnati received a $771,710 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The award supports the implementation of "Applied Civil Discourse for Civic Leaders: Integrating Civility and Civic Life Campus-Wide at the University of Cincinnati's Portman...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a Project Grant award of $272,362 from the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. This award funds comprehensive support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, including low-income students, first-generation college students, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $204,840 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded on August 1, 2025, for the collaborative research initiative BUILD: Bridging the Unmet Industry Learning Demands for Research Administrators. The project, extending through July 31, 2030, will develop and deliver an online asynchronous curriculum designed to address critical workforce gaps...
- The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research (UCF) to implement the "PUERTO RICO RESEARCH HUB - BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY PROJECT (PRRH - BRC)" from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The project aims to build research capacity by supporting postsecondary institutional reforms and...
- Project Grant Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $1,999,862 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The six-year project, "Creating Holistic Advising and Mentoring to Advance Student Success in Physical Sciences," will deliver scholarships and comprehensive support services to 40 low-income, academically talented undergraduate students pursuing bachelor's degrees in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Florida A&M University (FAMU) Division of Research received a $1,000,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The project, titled "Boldly Transitioning: Aligning Florida A&M University's Accreditation with Strategic Innovation and Institutional...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Fisk University received a $4.0 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) beginning January 1, 2026, and concluding December 31, 2029. The grant supports "The Justice Propulsion Lab Initiative for Civil Discourse, Conflict Transformation, and Democratic Human Flourishing," an institutional reform and innovation project...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $713,180 Project Grant award effective August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The three-year award supports development of a computational framework to identify context-specific enhancer targets in mammalian genomes. The project delivers three primary products: (1) computational methods and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on September 15, 2025, with completion anticipated by August 31, 2028. The award funds the development and assessment of METASIM, an artificial intelligence-powered interactive learning environment designed to teach high school students metacognitive skills—specifically planning, monitoring, and...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $3.4M Project Grant award dated January 1, 2026, through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116), administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The project, titled "Civil Interactions and Viewpoints for Interpersonal Competence (CIVIC): A Campuswide Model," will operate through December 31, 2029, and focuses on implementing a campuswide institutional reform initiative designed to enhance postsecondary instruction quality and expand educational opportunities. While the specific pedagogical details of the CIVIC model are not provided in the award documentation, the initiative aligns with FIPSE's core mission to support innovative strategies that improve student learning outcomes and institutional effectiveness at institutions of higher education. As a Hispanic-serving institution and public research university, UCF will leverage its established infrastructure and educational expertise to develop and deploy the CIVIC campuswide model across its operations in Alafaya, Florida. The award supports the type of comprehensive educational reform and student success initiatives that FIPSE regularly funds, with the four-year performance period allowing for robust implementation, assessment, and potential replication of the interpersonal competence curriculum or training framework across UCF's academic programs and campus community.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $3.4m | 12/31/25 |