Project Grant S215K230184

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $264,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to the Neighborhood Housing Services Of Waterbury, Inc. (operating as Neighborhood Housing Services Of Waterbury DBA Nest Division), a non-profit community development...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $421,000 Project Grant to The Water Council, Inc. under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "Water Sector Mentoring and Employment for High School Students and Clubs (WSMAE)", aims to improve literacy...

The Watertown City School District was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) under the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools (CFDA 12.556) program. The grant, which runs from September 30, 2023 to May 31, 2028, will fund academic support, supplemental fitness and health programs, and resources to meet the unique needs of students from military families impacted by the presence of federally-owned...

The Department of Administration Services Bureau of Enterprise Systems & Technology (BEST), a U.S. state government entity, was awarded a $9,183,114.07 Project Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032). The purpose of this grant is to implement Connecticut's Digital Equity Plan, which involves the following key activities: Establishing two intensive Digital Navigator...

This $399,884 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a new introductory course on wireless communications that utilizes problem- and project-based learning (PBL/PJBL) approaches along with advanced visualization tools. The project brings together experts in wireless communications, engineering education, visualization, and mathematics to redesign the course, creating new lecture materials, projects, and interactive...

The Department of Defense Education Activity awarded a $1,320,788 project grant to Groton Board of Education through the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556). The grant will support Groton Public School in developing a K-12 career pathway program focused on healthcare. Funds will be used to provide teacher professional development and externships to expand career-connected learning experiences for students, including...

This $999,939 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839), will be used by Lifebridge Community Services, Inc. to implement a three-year school violence prevention program in Bridgeport, Connecticut public schools. The key activities include: Universal training for 165 school personnel district-wide on the Community Resiliency Model to increase their understanding of adverse childhood experiences and...

The U.S. Department of Education, through its 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, awarded East Hartford Public Schools a $730,000 Project Grant on August 16, 2023. The grant will fund the establishment of a manufacturing lab and internship program to provide hands-on career exposure in advanced manufacturing for K-12 students...

This $149,985 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at Boston University on real-time liquid wireless networking for data-intensive rural applications from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The research aims to investigate a real-time liquid wireless networking framework to enable predictive, reliable delivery of data across heterogeneous rural wireless networks supporting applications like...

The Groton Board of Education received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215). The funding will support Groton Public School's Career Pathway Program, which was awarded on August 8, 2022 and will be completed by December 31, 2024. The Career Pathway Program will deliver innovative approaches to literacy skills development for children and...