This Project Grant award of $613,946 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a 12-year longitudinal study on the influence of climate, social networks, and cultural models on the retention of women and racially/ethnically marginalized engineers in graduate school and the workforce. The project follows approximately 2,100 engineering graduate students, professors, and industry professionals from 11 universities to understand the factors that impact...
This Project Grant award of $654,558.00 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a 5-year research study at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to understand and model the career decision-making of economically disadvantaged engineering students and faculty. The study will employ a longitudinal, mixed-methods approach to investigate how factors like financial stress and scarcity impact the career choices of undergraduate engineering students...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,096,170 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859 - Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on February 1, 2025. The grant will fund a program titled "UCSF IMSD" that aims to cultivate a supportive academic community and enhance the success of historically underrepresented and marginalized (HUG) students in biomedical research programs at UCSF. Key innovations of the...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the federal program "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286), provides $662,088 to the University of Arizona to cultivate research talent in biomedical engineering. The project aims to recruit a diverse group of undergraduate students, develop their research self-efficacy and technical skills, and provide sustained,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) provides $4,344,407 to the University of Pittsburgh to test an intervention using structured cognitive behavioral training (SCBT) to address systemic inequities and promote inclusive excellence in the biomedical research workforce. The project will conduct a cluster randomized trial across 26 institutions, following participants for...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $745,656 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to Binghamton University (BU) to continue its Bridges to the Baccalaureate program. This program aims to recruit, engage, and support underrepresented undergraduate students at partner community colleges (Monroe, Onondaga, and Westchester) to transfer to BU and complete 4-year biomedical science degrees. Key program elements include...
This $777,500 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), will fund a study on interventions to promote STEM motivation through failure. The project aims to better understand the impact of failure and develop approaches to de-stigmatize and normalize failure in STEM education, particularly for historically excluded communities (HECs). The research will involve two experiments: 1)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $500,000 to the University of Houston to implement an undergraduate research training program in biology and biochemistry. The project will engage cohorts of financially disadvantaged students, including those from underrepresented populations, in a two-semester capstone course to develop scientific and workforce skills, followed by research placements with mentors. The primary goals are...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $517,655 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to develop and evaluate a mentorship training program focused on supporting faculty, graduate students, and research staff at institutions that serve underrepresented undergraduate students in biomedical research. This 5-year RAMP UP (Research Advising and Mentoring Professionals for Underrepresented...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $112,765 to Texas A&M University to establish a collaborative research alliance between four Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The project aims to: 1) conduct research focused on creating opportunities across demographic and socioeconomic groups; 2) establish physical and virtual lab spaces with state-of-the-art computing resources; 3)...