Project Grant S282B230005

The United States Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded West Virginia Junior College @ Morgantown, Inc., doing business as United Career Institute At MT. Braddock, a $316,025 Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425) on March 4, 2021. The grant period runs through March 3, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supports United Career...

This $3,577,746 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will support the University of Charleston in establishing a downtown innovation hub. The hub will provide staffing, supplies, equipment, contracting and general operational assistance to help launch over 54 new small businesses in the nine coal-impacted counties near Charleston, West Virginia. Awarded on May 24, 2022, this funding will increase...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award of $150,000.00 was granted to Miles College, Inc., a private, non-profit, historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Fairfield, Alabama, under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The funding supports the establishment and operation of a Women's Business Center (WBC) that provides comprehensive entrepreneurial development services, including...

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $4,549,125 Project Grant under its Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to Mountwest Community and Technical College in West Virginia. The grant, awarded on October 2, 2023, will fund specialized workforce training and curriculum development to prepare students for high-demand allied health and life sciences careers. Through this funding, the college will deliver training programs and create new academic programs to build skills...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded West Virginia Junior College, Inc. a $270,702 Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund federal grant program (CFDA 84.425). The grant period runs from March 4, 2021 through March 3, 2022. Funds will support West Virginia Junior College's efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic through March 2022. As a Formula Grant awarded under the Education Stabilization Fund...

This $541,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215 - Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects) will support The Education Alliance, a non-profit organization based in Charleston, West Virginia, to launch the "4T Academy" in Mason County Schools and provide...

Marshall University Research Corporation was awarded a $357,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the BROADENING OUR REACH: A COMMUNITY E-LEARNING INITIATIVE AT MECA & D project, which aims to provide assistance to expand postsecondary opportunities through institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and quality....

The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology a $1,002,400 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development federal grant program (CFDA 23.002) for career and technical education services from September 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. As an educational institution operated by the Mifflin County School District, MCAST will use the funding to provide career and technical education and workforce training programs to secondary and...

This federal Project Grant award of $167,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of the Chief Operating Officer under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059). The award will fund small business development and entrepreneurship initiatives at Bridgevalley Community and Technical College in South Charleston, West Virginia. Specifically, the grant will support programmatic activities such as business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $195,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to Mountwest Community and Technical College in Huntington, West Virginia. The grant will support a partnership between Mountwest, Cabell County Career Technology Center, and Mason County Career Center to offer joint technical Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree programs, titled "Trading Up to a...