Project Grant R25GM129220

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote awareness and hands-on experience in biotechnology and biomanufacturing career pathways for diverse, underrepresented community college and high school students. The $649,986 award to MiraCosta Community College District will fund the BIOSCOPE (Bioscience Supply Chain Operations Projects for Education) model, which provides students with project-based activities to learn...

The Louisville Healthcare CEO Council Inc. was awarded a $2,030,100 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to create a startup lab focused on scaling healthcare and aging innovation startups. The startup lab will select and support three high-growth aging innovation startups per year focused on improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations. It will attract global aging innovators and...

The Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $254,452 to the Hudsonalpha Institute for Biotechnology. The project, titled "BEGINNINGS: Experiential Learning for Emerging Biotechnology Careers," aims to grow and diversify the biotechnology workforce by engaging community college students in immersive, industry-aligned training and internship opportunities. The project establishes a partnership...

This $830,200 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Challenge Program will fund the LabCentral Ignite Career Forge: Making the Biotech Industry More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive program. The program aims to place over 200 people into entry-level roles with 100 employers in innovative research labs over three years. It will increase awareness of career opportunities in the biotech...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,686,589 to The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to engage youth and families from underserved communities in Baltimore, Maryland and West Texas in culturally responsive synthetic biology activities. The project aims to develop hands-on "biomaker" activities, such as agar art, mycelium building, and algae biostrings, that introduce these communities to synthetic...

This $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of an innovative learning ecosystem to teach high school students machine learning concepts and data science skills in healthcare. The East Bay Educational Collaborative will receive funding from August 2022 through October 2025 to create a data science and machine learning laboratory course for up to 1,000 Rhode Island high school students, with a focus on...

This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the establishment of the Center for Robust, Equitable and Accessible Technology and Education (CREATE) for Next Generation Biofoundries. The primary objectives are to develop methods for designing and building large genetic system libraries and metabolic pathways at significantly lower cost compared to conventional approaches. Key activities include:...

This Project Grant award, in the amount of $225,705.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The project aims to create three accessible community makerspaces in Baltimore for youth and young adults with autism, develop accessible technology-rich STEM learning activities for this audience, and establish an educator training program to support delivery of the activities. The University of Maryland Baltimore County is leading...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) grant award of $499,968 to the Community College of Philadelphia aims to transform the institution's biotechnology education program. The key products and services to be delivered include: Implementing a paid, faculty-mentored laboratory research experience program for students to gain hands-on training. Developing multiple entry pathways into biotechnology courses by using co-requisites to reduce barriers to entry....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program Project Grant, awarded to the Digital Harbor Foundation in the amount of $1,091,684, will fund the creation of three accessible community makerspaces in Baltimore for youth and young adults with autism. The project will develop technology-rich maker learning activities focused on computer programming, digital fabrication, and computer-aided design, and an educator training program to help out-of-school time...