Project Grant P382A210014

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $418,180 to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to deliver collaborative research and student support services from July 2022 to June 2025. The award aims to improve outcomes for 1,900+ African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four North Carolina institutions through culturally relevant advising, mentoring,...

This National Science Foundation award under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program provides $210,372 to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to deliver culturally relevant co-requisite mathematics courses and support services aimed at improving outcomes for 1,900+ African American/Black men in entry-level math courses. The three-year project will implement and study placement strategies, advising, mentoring, and co-requisite support courses to increase...

This Project Grant award of $559,632.00, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to develop and test a theoretical coaching framework that addresses challenges faced by Black disabled high school students in mathematics learning. The project will establish a partnership with a cohort of these students to incorporate their voices, knowledge, and experiences into informing the coaching framework. The research team will support the...

This $234,004 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and development activities aimed at improving STEM education outcomes for underrepresented groups. Specifically, the grant funds a collaborative project between four North Carolina universities to investigate strategies for increasing the success, confidence, and sense of belonging of 1,900 African American men in entry-level mathematics courses. The project will evaluate the impact of improved placement procedures...

Morehouse College, the University of Florida, Auburn University, and the American Institutes for Research will collaborate on a $299,787 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (IAAMCS) through September 2025. IAAMCS serves as a national resource center for the computing community and emphasizes mentoring to increase African-American participation in computing. Key activities to be undertaken through...

This $175,300 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076), aims to improve outcomes for Black or African American men in entry-level mathematics courses at four universities in North Carolina. The grant will support the implementation and study of placement strategies, advising practices, mentoring, and co-requisite support courses to increase success, confidence, sense of belonging, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund Auburn University at Montgomery to implement and assess a multi-tiered mentoring model within introductory undergraduate biology courses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The $598,786 award will support the development of instructional supports and incentives for faculty to redesign courses incorporating multi-tiered mentoring involving upper division student leaders and paid alumni mentors....

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) provides $621,492.00 to Morehouse College Inc. to deliver a comprehensive teacher preparation program. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, aims to strengthen the teacher pipeline by supporting the recruitment, preparation, support, placement, and retention of...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,061,469 Project Grant to the Learning Partnership LLC under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to increase access to and success in Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles (CSP) for African American and Hispanic students in the Chicago Public Schools district. The Learning Partnership will collaborate with DePaul University and Chicago Public Schools to ensure every high school offers...

This Project Grant award of $499,795 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a two-year project to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to serve the needs and interests of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "HBCU THRIVE", combines virtual workshops, an in-person writing retreat, and extensive...