The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a $229,999 project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to expand its Next Step Program. The grant is funded through four federal programs under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects programs (CFDA 84.215). The Next Step Program...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $4,443,532 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The 5-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, will fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of an integrated multi-tiered mindfulness program to strengthen social-emotional learning in high schools. The project aims to improve...
This federal Project Grant award of $7,800,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, is intended to support the University of North Carolina (UNC) System Office's digital transformation initiatives to enhance online program offerings across its 16 public university institutions. The funding will enable the UNC System Office to implement innovative strategies and...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) was awarded a $336,198 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support graduate fellowships for students pursuing advanced degrees in critical STEM disciplines identified as areas of national need. This GAANN program grant aims to sustain and enhance...
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction received a $76,576,513 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers federal grant program (CFDA 84.287). The grant period runs from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers program aims to provide academic enrichment opportunities for students, especially those attending...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) was awarded a $148,845 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service to support the Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) program. The grant, awarded on July 31, 2023, will fund UNC's efforts to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities. Through this funding, UNC will leverage its expertise in research,...
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction received a $35.5 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers program (CFDA 84.287). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers program aims to establish or expand community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $353,489 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (ECR) program, effective February 1, 2024 through January 31, 2029. The award will fund research to promote 4- to 6-year-old children's scientific learning through parent-child conversations during book reading interactions. Key objectives include: Using natural language processing to quantify references to scientific processes in children's...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $301,548 Project Grant to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in Winston-Salem, NC for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program. This funding will support high-quality literacy development programs, educational support services, community...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will use a $335,948 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to determine if parental STEM language varies by child gender. The research effort, taking place from September 2021 through August 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will employ computational language processing techniques to analyze parental speech patterns regarding STEM topics around their children. The STEM Education program aims to...