Project Grant S336S240032

The University of Missouri System received a $4.4 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) on December 15, 2021. The grant will support the Talk to Read program, a culturally responsive approach to literacy recovery, through December 15, 2026. The University will implement the Talk to Read program in collaboration with three sub-awardees. Potosi R-3 School...

The University of Missouri System, doing business as the Curators of the University of Missouri, received a $139,629 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to improve preservice elementary teachers' responsive teaching skills in mathematics through the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots. Over the 3-year project period, the researchers will develop, enact, evaluate, and refine...

This Project Grant award, valued at $987,319.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination (CFDA 84.305) program. The funding will support the University of Missouri System's evaluation of a virtual classroom management training program for rural middle school teachers. The project aims to assess the effectiveness of this innovative training in improving teacher practices and student outcomes...

This Project Grant award of $8,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285), supports initiatives to expand, diversify, and modernize registered apprenticeship opportunities across Missouri. The primary goal is to connect individuals with skilled career pathways, with a focus on supporting underrepresented populations and addressing workforce development needs. The grant funding will be used by the...

The University of Missouri System will provide governance support and strategic planning services for Missouri's No Wrong Door System under a $820,296 cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living. The two-year award, made through the Special Programs for the Aging Title IV and Title II Discretionary Projects program, aims to improve access to long-term services and supports for individuals and family caregivers in the state. The...

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has been awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The funding will support the development of a Service Development Plan (SDP) for a proposed new passenger rail corridor connecting St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri, with a connection to the existing Missouri River Runner route to St....

The University of Missouri System was awarded a $9.54 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) on December 15, 2021 to support the scaling and sustaining of Mission HydroSci, a game-based learning intervention for next generation science learning. The five-year project will develop digital games and curriculum to improve student achievement and attainment in...

The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education awarded a $38,972,141 Formula Grant to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048). The grant period is from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The funding will support the development of academic, technical and employability skills for secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in career and technical...

The University of Missouri System, through its Curators of the University of Missouri division, was awarded a $349,950 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516). The grant will fund the Adversity to Action program, which aims to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impacts on the "deaths of despair" crisis in five high-need...

The University of Missouri System, doing business as the Curators of the University of Missouri, received a 3-year, $499,999.98 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service under the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program (CFDA 10.619). The program seeks to develop globally-minded U.S. agriculturalists with international experience, meet food and fiber needs in developing countries, and strengthen trade linkages...