The federal Project Grant award of $449,828.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The award, with a performance period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support the "SIEMPRE ADELANTE TTUHSC" project at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Lubbock, Texas. The project aims to strengthen the management, fiscal operations, and academic...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to Texas Tech University System. The grant, titled "PROJECT MAPVI: MULTICULTURALLY ADEPT PROFESSIONALS IN VISUAL IMPAIRMENT", will be used to develop a degree program and training initiatives aimed at preparing special education,...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Texas A&M University-San Antonio a $1.6 million Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). This 4-year grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, will support the university's efforts to recruit, prepare, place, and retain teachers for high-need local education agencies to serve underserved student populations. As a...
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was awarded a $679,450 Project Grant by 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). The funding will support UTSA's Culturally Efficacious Signature Teacher Residency (CESTR) Project, which aims to increase the number and diversity of well-prepared teachers for high-need local education agencies serving underserved...
The federal Project Grant award, titled "ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF AIDES INTO PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (ADAPT)", is funded by 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). The $408,240 grant, awarded to Texas State University on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support comprehensive teacher preparation initiatives focused...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $603,124 Project Grant to Texas A&M University-Kingsville under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will support the university's comprehensive approach to enhancing its educator preparation program. Key objectives include increasing the number and diversity of well-prepared...
Texas TECH University System was awarded a $783,000 Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 12.630). Through this funding, Texas TECH will conduct basic, applied, or advanced scientific research to contribute to technologies supporting Department of Defense missions over a four-year period from June 2023 through May 2027. As one of the largest research universities in the...
This $124,122 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad project grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to Texas Tech University System on September 30, 2023. The grant provides funding for full-time doctoral dissertation research abroad outside of Western Europe, contributing to the development and improvement of foreign language and area studies programs in the United States. The project period runs through March 31, 2025. As a...
This $3,218,293 Early Head Start Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600 Head Start), will support comprehensive early childhood education and family support services for low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children in Texas. The funding will enable Texas Tech University System to deliver educational, health, nutritional, and social services designed to enhance the cognitive,...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Southwestern Adventist University a $706,684 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence - Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). This 1-year federal grant award, effective October 1, 2024, supports a comprehensive initiative to recruit, retain, graduate, and employ historically minoritized and linguistically diverse teachers in hard-to-staff fields. The project aims to increase...