Project Grant P120A070029

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $299,575 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120) grant to Inter American University of Puerto Rico's Fajardo Campus. The grant aims to create a pathway for STEM careers through innovative educational strategies and experiences, with a focus on increasing participation of minority women in STEM fields. The grant will fund curriculum development, research opportunities, student support...

The University of Puerto Rico was awarded a $275,651 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP, CFDA 84.120) to implement the "Toolkit for Empowering and Engaging Students in Chemistry" (TEES-CHEM) project. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support the development of curriculum, research opportunities, and student support services aimed at improving STEM...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development and testing of "STEM AS I AM", a culturally relevant, media-enhanced tool to engage Black middle school students and their families in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning. The $306,872 award will fund the creation of a prototype and feasibility study in Phase I, followed by a...

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,...

This $267,000 Project Grant awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports efforts to increase the representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in ONR-aligned careers in the ocean sciences. The funding will enable a collaboration between the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the minority-serving institutions of Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), Tuskegee University (TU), and Jackson State...

This two-year, $599,255 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research exploring career trajectories and outcomes of marginalized groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. The principal investigators at the National Opinion Research Center will employ mixed methods to analyze survey data from current and recent doctoral students at three North Carolina institutions. The project aims to...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc. supports a collaborative research project examining cognitive and linguistic barriers to improving diversity in STEM fields. The $721,526 award over 3 years from September 2023 to August 2026 will fund 5 large-scale studies to investigate how generalization and generic language development affect science learning,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $670,106 to Cal Poly Corporation to investigate faculty science assimilation beliefs and their impact on the diversity of the STEM workforce. The project aims to develop a validated measurement tool to assess the extent to which faculty expect students from racially marginalized and minoritized backgrounds to assimilate to the normative science culture, and how these beliefs influence the...

This $166,874 project grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support a partnership between Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona to increase participation by underrepresented minority students in astronomy and astrophysics research and education. The funding will create a pathway for CCC students to participate in NAU's astronomy research labs...