Project Grant SBL40022GR0097

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin to provide continuity to the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Program in Colombia from September 30, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The grant is being administered under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through educational and cultural exchange programs that strengthen relationships between...

This $168,682 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) will support Asociacion Educacional Para El Desarrollo Integral De LOS Movimientos Comunitarios (Entre Mundos) in delivering community-based tourism and organizational development training and services. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen partnerships and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Entre Mundos will work with community organizations in...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, received a $141,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad program (CFDA 84.021). The grant funds the development and delivery of a short-term curriculum development seminar for American educators focused on "Understanding the Interplay of Environment and Culture Through Everyday...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund Auburn University at Montgomery to implement and assess a multi-tiered mentoring model within introductory undergraduate biology courses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The $598,786 award will support the development of instructional supports and incentives for faculty to redesign courses incorporating multi-tiered mentoring involving upper division student leaders and paid alumni mentors....

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc. received a $109,060 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal grant program (CFDA 84.021). The grant will fund the development of a short-term curriculum for American educators focused on building cultural and linguistic understanding of daily life in Tanzania. Specifically, the institute will design and deliver a seminar program...

The Universidad Tecnologica De Honduras received a $159,820 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022). The grant funds the 2021 AWE Program, which will use the DreamBuilder foundational curriculum to deliver facilitator-led sessions to aspiring women entrepreneurs in Honduras from March 11, 2021 through June 30, 2022. As part of its mandate to...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $114,430 Project Grant to Emprender Futuro to execute the Mujeres 360 Forum, the 360 Effect Women & Tech program, and the Mujeres 360 Bootcamp in La Paz Department, Bolivia from April 5, 2022 through January 31, 2023. This funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign...

This $234,639 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS) will support the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCO) to develop the USA Sky Partners program. The program aims to expand access to authentic astronomy research experiences for undergraduates at Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, LCO will partner with Occidental College and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 project grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs to Asociacion Proceso - Servicios Educativos. The grant will support Proceso in providing Indigenous Guarani youth in eastern Bolivia technical skills and capacity building to develop and present an agenda to the Guarani Nation's governing body on topics related to engaging youth and indigenous communities. It will also connect Guarani youth to other indigenous youth networks to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $265,000 Project Grant to Fundacion Escuela De Integracion, Formacion Deportiva, Expresion Artistica Y Desarrollo Laboral (EIFODEC) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) on September 1, 2023. The grant supports EIFODEC's community-led initiatives to create economic and social opportunities for people with disabilities, especially children and youth, in Cochabamba, Bolivia and nationally. Key activities include building the...