Old Dominion University received a $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) federal grant program. The award will support the university's "GROW M & S: Enhancing Graduate Research Opportunities and Workforce Readiness in Modeling and Simulation" project from December 2021 through December 2024. The project aims to improve postsecondary instruction...
This federal Project Grant award of $391,201.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042). The award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026, will support Old Dominion University in delivering comprehensive student support services to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for disadvantaged college students, including those from low-income...
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...
Old Dominion University received a $558,200 Project Grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense on May 15, 2023 to complete work by May 14, 2027. The grant falls under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), which supports research with potential to contribute to Department of Defense technology. Specifically, the university will conduct research on "Non-Local Electron Kinetic Fluid Models for Development of Predictive Tools...
This federal Project Grant award of $798,630.00 was issued on September 30, 2024 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant will fund Old Dominion University's acquisition of a selective laser melting system for advanced 3D metal printing, in order to enhance their research and education capabilities in this area. The award supports the university's work in STEM...
Old Dominion University Research Foundation was awarded a $383,637 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds an undergraduate research opportunities program in chemistry for community college students at Old Dominion University from January 2022 through December 2024. The program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical...
The Old Dominion University was awarded a $303,077 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop an advanced scattering system for atmospheric-pressure pulsed plasma characterization. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) and will support work from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. The goal of this project is to maintain Air Force technological superiority by preventing technological...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The three-year award will support the UW Odyssey Project from September 1, 2022 through August 30, 2025. The Project aims to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities through institutional reforms and innovative strategies, in line with the...
This $1,343,571 federal Project Grant award to the University of Houston System, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA 84.116), supports the development of system modeling and simulation-based programs at the University of Houston. The award, effective from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, will enable the university to enhance the quality and accessibility of postsecondary education in these technical domains, with a focus on improving...
The University of Texas at El Paso received a $1,327,638 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) federal grant program. The grant will support the development of a modeling and simulation based engineering learning environment called M-SELECT to transform capacity in higher education from December 31, 2021 through December 31, 2024. As part of its mission, FIPSE aims to...