The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $3 million Project Grant to Fort Valley State University under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support Fort Valley State University's efforts to expand its Cooperative Developmental Energy Program through October 2025. The program aims to increase the number of minority graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. As the...
The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $398,058 Project Grant to Fort Valley State University (FVSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, aims to increase STEM student transfer rates from 2-year to 4-year institutions in Georgia and enhance STEM bachelor's degree attainment among this student population. Key activities include implementing a collaborative...
This $1.4 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Fort Valley State University's "Driving Math Competency through STEM Modeling" initiative from October 2022 through September 2028. The project aims to increase degree completion among low-income, high-achieving undergraduates pursuing bachelor's degrees in mathematics. Specifically, it will provide scholarships for 30 unique students over six years, with 12...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $2,250,000 grant under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.524) to Fort Valley State University (FVSU). The 4-year grant, which commenced on July 15, 2024, provides financial assistance and comprehensive support services to help recruit, retain, and graduate undergraduate students from underrepresented populations, particularly African Americans and other...
This federal Project Grant award of $296,375 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP), CFDA #84.120. The grant, awarded to Rust College, a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi, is intended to enhance STEM capacity and educational opportunities at the institution. The funding will support initiatives focused on increasing participation of...
This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University program (CFDA 10.205), supports agricultural research, extension, and educational activities at Fort Valley State University, a historically Black land-grant university in Georgia. The $9,526,336 grant will fund a five-year research and extension plan to address major agricultural,...
The National Science Foundation awarded Florida A & M University (FAMU) a $400,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The goal of this 3-year grant, beginning September 1, 2023, is to develop interventions to attract, retain, and mentor underrepresented minority students in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering program at FAMU. Key objectives include: 1) developing curricular enhancements in collaboration with industry...
This $349,602 federal project grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports research at Clark Atlanta University to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating scientific literacy curricula, peer mentoring, and supplemental instruction for first-year biology majors. The goal is to enhance retention, graduation rates, and gateway course pass rates for this student population. The 3-year project employs a randomized controlled trial design,...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216), provides $750,000 to Fort Valley State University (FVSU) to build AI research and teaching capacity in agriculture. The key products and services supported by the grant are: Strengthening FVSU's research capacity in AI-based architecture for predicting daylily hybrid attributes, providing students with hands-on AI...
The Fort Valley State University (FVSU) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to recruit and mentor undergraduate scholars in agriculture and related sciences through July 2026. The grant funding will support FVSU's efforts under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions federal program, which provides scholarships for students attending the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions as authorized by the 2018...