Project Grant P116Z230330

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $330,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to the Wayne County Community College District in Detroit, Michigan. The "Pipeline to Mobility Electric Vehicle Careers Project" grant supports the college's efforts to provide workforce skills training, career and technical education, adult basic education, and support services to promote postsecondary access and...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) provides $939,041.00 to Wake Technical Community College, a U.S. state government educational institution, to develop technician training programs for safe and efficient electric vehicle power utilization and maintenance. The grant, awarded on June 1, 2023, supports the college's efforts to design new curriculum, upgrade lab...

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...

This $1,100,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois. The funding will support the development of an Electric Vehicle (EV) Workforce Training Academy, a collaborative effort between Richland Community College, TCCI Manufacturing, and the State of Illinois. The project aims to invest over $46 million to establish this training academy, which will...

This $467,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of an Electric Vehicle (EV) Engineering Technology program at Motlow State Community College and an EV Battery Technology certificate at Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee. The goal of this project is to address the critical workforce shortage for EV technicians in the region, which is a leading state for automotive manufacturing and EV...

This $350,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will enable Ferris State University to establish an industry-aligned Associate's degree and certificate program in Electric Vehicle (EV) Service Technology. The project aims to address the growing need for skilled EV technicians both regionally and nationally due to the automotive industry's major shift to electric vehicles. Over the three-year project period, Ferris State will...

Sinclair Community College will receive $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an electric vehicle technician training program from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to establish a new certificate program and workshops focused on electric vehicle technologies to prepare automotive technicians for careers maintaining electric vehicle fleets. Key activities include developing electric vehicle coursework leading to...

This $613,759 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable Stark State College of Technology to develop an innovative training solution for the regional workforce in Northeast Ohio to prepare automotive technicians to service and repair electric vehicles (EVs). The key objectives of this 3-year project, titled "Electric Vehicle Technician Training for Northeast Ohio (EV-NEO)," are to: Enhance Stark State College's...

This $404,567 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Green River College, a Washington state public community college and minority-serving institution, in updating its nationally certified automotive technology department to service hybrid gas-electric and fully electric vehicles (HEVs/EVs). The key products and services delivered through this 3-year award, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, include: 1)...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $182,938 to Chattanooga State Community College to develop an Electric Vehicle (EV) Engineering Technology program and an EV Battery Technology certificate. The project aims to address the critical workforce shortage in the growing EV industry in Tennessee, which ranks 4th nationally in automobile manufacturing jobs. The programs at Chattanooga State Community...