Project Grant SBR25023GR0025

This $101,326 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will sponsor participation by Brazilian high school student winners in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the largest global pre-university science fair with over 70 participating countries. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy and national interests, the grant will support Brazilian students' attendance at the July 2023 ISEF in...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), will support collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo's FEBRACE (Brazilian Science and Engineering Fair), Brazil's largest and most important STEAM education competition for pre-university students. The $125,000 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to November 2025, will fund activities to promote mutual...

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation provides $236,850 to Instituto Fazer Acontecer for their work reaching young leaders in low-income communities of Bahia State, Brazil through May 2024. The funding supports IFA's curriculum that engages youth in problem-solving and critical thinking to address local challenges, and involves young people in community development activities and youth-led microenterprises. The award is part of the IAF's COVID-19 response strategy under...

This $125,000 project grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation will support Instituto De Estudos Sociais E Terapias Integrativas (IESTI) in their work to expand economic opportunities in tourism for residents of the historic district of São Luiz do Maranhão, Brazil through September 2025. IESTI will map local opportunities, train tourism service providers, and foster networking around culture and community-based tourism in partnership with area residents,...

This $794,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support a COVID-19 response fund established by Fundo Socioambiental Casa, Fundo Baoba de Equidade Racial, and Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos. The objectives of the fund include enhancing the capacity of grassroots organizations in Brazil's lowest-income communities to reactivate the local economy and strengthen community resilience in light of the COVID-19...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $300,600 project grant to Associacao Casa Fluminense under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to strengthen marginalized communities' access to financial and technical support in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 15, 2022 to September 15, 2025. As the grantee, Casa Fluminense will award approximately 130 small grants totaling $300,600 to local organizations in urban Rio de Janeiro to fund priorities including economic...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, totaling $139,038, supports a research project at the University of Tulsa focused on investigating barriers to participation and designing activities/tools to broaden the involvement of underrepresented students in the Tulsa Regional Science Fair. The primary goals are to (1) examine motivational and structural barriers to science fair participation among economically disadvantaged and...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $132,358 Project Grant to the Coligacao DAS Entidades De Educacao E Cultura Brasil - Estados Unidos to implement improvements in technology, multimedia, design and strategic programming in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), American culture and English language online learning at seven binational centers in Brazil. As authorized under the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, CFDA 47.079, provides $119,867 to support collaborative research between U.S. and Kenyan institutions. The funding enables U.S. undergraduate engineering students from underrepresented groups to conduct community-engaged engineering research abroad from September 2022 to August 2025. Specifically, students from Purdue University and San Francisco State University will work with faculty...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a $942,765 project titled "EXPLORATIONS: ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND MICROELECTRONICS TO EMPOWER YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE". The effort, led by the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida TECH), a private university and non-profit organization, aims to provide foster youth aging out of the system with technical skills and career guidance in...