The University of Alaska Southeast was awarded a $530,053 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success for Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant will support development and delivery of programs from January 2021 through December 2025 aimed at strengthening participation and achievement in STEM fields among underrepresented groups in Alaska. As the prime awardee, the...
The University of Alaska Anchorage will receive $118,999 through a project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to increase academic and career success of Alaska Native and rural students in science and math. The grant period runs from January 15, 2021 through December 31, 2025. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this project aims to develop and deliver science and math...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 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) supports the Alaska Humanities Forum's "The Alaska Studies Summit" project. This two-day gathering in Anchorage, Alaska will bring together...
This $1,967,574.00 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to increase degree completion rates and build Alaska's geosciences exploration workforce. The University of Alaska Fairbanks will use the funding over a six-year period from October 2024 to September 2030 to provide scholarships to 40 low-income, high-achieving undergraduate students pursuing geoscience bachelor's degrees. The project will embed these scholarship...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 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 "AULLAAGVIK 2.1 - TRIBAL EDUCATOR APPRENTICESHIP", will be used by the Arctic Slope Community Foundation,...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a $109,876 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will fund a collaborative research project examining factors for the retention of teachers in high-need schools, with a focus on the role of compensation. The research will be conducted between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2025 in Fairbanks, Alaska. The STEM Education program supports the...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00, provided under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, supports diverse workforce development and community enhancement initiatives at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). The award will fund a range of employment-related projects over the period from Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027, including job training,...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a $1,108,749 Project Grant under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) to the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc. in Juneau, Alaska. The grant, titled "The HAA Kusteeyi Initiative: Building a Culture, Leadership, Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous STEM Pathway to Post-Secondary Education & Career in Southeast Alaska," will be executed from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025....
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228) provides $470,000 to the University of Alaska Southeast to establish a cross-disciplinary educational pathway in geocultural science. The key objectives are to: 1) develop mapping and visualization technology as an equity-based tool for local, culturally relevant applications; 2) strategically refine curriculum across...
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) was awarded a $295,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant, titled "ADVANCING SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK IN ALASKA", will support initiatives to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in Alaska, with a focus on advancing school social work. The project will run from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027. As the prime...