Project Grant P425T220567

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Wiley College $2.5 million under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program on June 17, 2021. The EAA program provides planning and public infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. Under this Project Grant, Wiley College will use the funding to develop a workforce development facility in Marshall, Texas to support residents impacted by economic downturns. The grant will allow Wiley...

This $500,000 project grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the "Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) (CFDA 15.932)" program will support Wiley College, a historically black college in Marshall, Texas, with preparing a National Register nomination, repairing windows, upgrading electrical wiring, renovating classrooms, improving ADA accessibility, and remediating hazardous...

The National Park Service awarded Miles College, Inc. a $519,800 project grant under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities program. The grant will fund repairs to Williams Hall at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama. Constructed in 1907, Williams Hall is one of the oldest structures in Jefferson County and was significant to the modern Civil Rights movement. Under this September 1, 2022 award expiring September 30, 2025, Miles...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $283,189 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a historically Black university in North Carolina. This 3-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund an ethnographic research project focused on understanding the experiences of Black faculty, especially women, teaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)....

The George Corley Wallace State Community College, doing business as Wallace Community College Selma, was awarded a $2,227,500 Project Grant under the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant funds the W.A.Y.S. (Wallace Avenues to Your Success) project, which aims to provide rural postsecondary and economic development services to the local community in Selma, Alabama. The project period runs from October 1, 2024, to September...

This $500,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund repairs to Centennial Hall, the oldest building on the campus of Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida. Under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities program (CFDA 15.932), Edward Waters College, Inc. will address exterior masonry repairs through repointing, vegetation removal, and repairs to brick and cast stone. The...

Miles College, Inc. was awarded a $648,390.40 project grant from the National Park Service under the Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities program (CFDA 15.932). The grant will fund the Williams Hall Historic Preservation Project Phase II in Fairfield, AL from September 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to document, preserve, and stabilize structures on the campus of Miles College, Inc., an historically black college and...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the General Research and Technology Activity (CFDA 14.506) program, is supporting the establishment of the HUDRD: National HBCU Research Center of Excellence in Rural Housing and Development at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU). The $3,999,998 award, effective from October 31, 2024 to October 31, 2027, aims to advance research and access to translational research on housing...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $171,962 to support "The Souls of Black Folk" residential institute from June 22 - July 3, 2025. The institute will serve 25 teachers of grades 9-12 who are interested in offering the new AP African American Studies course or expanding their content knowledge and pedagogy in African American studies. The institute will...

The Piney Woods School (PWS) was awarded a $565,145.56 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) to develop a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm and distribution model. PWS, located in central Mississippi, will use the funding to build capacity for its 200-acre demonstration farm to efficiently distribute fresh produce to customers through a CSA share program and on-site...