Project Grant P120A010099

The Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Fajardo Campus was awarded a $299,575 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120). The grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, aims to create a pathway for STEM careers through innovative educational strategies and experiences. The project will focus on increasing the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, in...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120) provides $299,990 to Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Inc. (Metropolitan Campus) to implement a "Computer Science for All" program. The project aims to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates in computer science among underrepresented minority students in Puerto Rico. The program will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 and...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120) to The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The grant, titled "EMPOWERING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES THROUGH APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION WITH ENHANCED ACCESS AND SUCCESS IN ENGINEERING (EASE)," will fund a one-year project from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. The project aims to...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) seeks to increase the participation of women and minority students from rural areas in STEM disciplines relevant to agriculture and food sciences. The key objectives are to: (1) establish community college chapters of the Minorities in Agriculture,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $227,749 Project Grant under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120) to Shaw University, a private historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support the "BIOTECH CONNECT: ACADEMIC - BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS TO DIVERSIFY NORTH CAROLINA'S WORKFORCE" project. The project aims...

The Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Recinto Online (UAGM) received a $236,844 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement federal grant program (CFDA 84.120). The grant funding will support UAGM's establishment of a Cybersecurity Forensic Research Lab for its USA Hybrid Programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement program aims to improve science...

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) awarded $5 million to Tennessee State University through September 2025 under the Minority Economic Impact federal grant program (CFDA 81.137). The funding will support two initiatives - the Technology Curriculum and Professional Development Program (CPDP) and the Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Shared Interest Research Program (SIRP). Through these programs, DOE-EM aims to enhance and foster a...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $265,220 Project Grant to Fort Valley State University (FVSU) on October 1, 2024 under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP), CFDA 84.120. The grant, titled "Retention of Minority Education in Biotechnology (STEM) at the Fort Valley State University (RMEB at FVSU)," aims to enhance science and engineering education at FVSU, a historically black land-grant institution, in order to...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $306,872 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. (dba Influents Innovations), a for-profit technology company in Springfield, Oregon. The grant supports the development of "STEM AS I AM", a culturally relevant, media-enhanced tool to engage Black middle school students and their families in...

This federal Project Grant award of $275,651.00, titled "TOOLKIT FOR EMPOWERING AND ENGAGING STUDENTS IN CHEMISTRY. (TEES-CHEM)", is funded by the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120). The award was made to the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus, a Hispanic-serving educational institution, to enhance science and engineering education and increase the participation of...