The University of Vermont (UVM) received a $30 million Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support UVM's Honors College Endowment from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. FIPSE aims to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand access to postsecondary opportunities through community project...
The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College, doing business as the University of Vermont (UVM), received a $199,980 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate the potential of a ferroelectric semiconductor material, alpha-In2Se3, for fabricating acoustoelectric circulators. The project aims to: 1) develop techniques for working with this new material, 2) improve its electron mobility through heterostructure...
The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $1,900,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to Vermont State University, doing business as Vermont Technical College. The grant, titled "RURAL OPPORTUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT (ROAD) TO SUCCESS", is intended to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand educational opportunities, with a focus on underserved student...
The University of Vermont received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. The award is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will fund research from March 2021 through February 2026 to enable grid-aware aggregation and real-time control of distributed energy resources in electric power distribution systems. Specifically, the University will conduct research to improve the quality and economic...
This federal Project Grant award of $284,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA 84.116). The grant supports Delta College's Semiconductor Training program, which is designed to improve postsecondary education and enhance workforce development in the critical semiconductor industry sector. The project will be implemented over a period of 3 years, from September...
The University of Vermont received a $401,103 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research and education initiatives improving quality of life and economic strength. Under this award, the University will conduct a four-year collaborative research project from September 2021 through August 2025 to design and optimize granular metamaterials using...
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...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Columbus State University under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant, titled "PAVING THE WAY: SEMICONDUCTOR CURRICULA AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT," will support the development of innovative educational strategies and curricula to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in the semiconductor...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $259,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. The grant will assist the college in creating a roadmap for multi-level workforce training related to the semiconductor ecosystem developing in New York State. The Semiconductor Training Initiative project will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supporting the...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $3.7 million Project Grant to Northern Vermont University-Johnson under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the awardee's SYSTEM-WIDE TRANSFORMATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LIBRARIES, AND INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH initiative from September 1, 2022 to August 30, 2025. This initiative aims to reform and improve postsecondary instruction, quality, and opportunities through...