Project Grant SBR25024GR0033

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 award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $125,000 to support the awardee, Associacao Do Laboratorio De Sistemas Integraveis Tecnologico Lsi-Tec (doing business as Lsitec), a Brazilian non-profit organization, in their collaboration at the University of Sao Paulo's FEBRACE (Brazilian Science and Engineering Fair). This is Brazil's largest and most important STEAM (Science, Technology,...

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 $1,808,065 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) to the University of Houston System aims to develop STEM teacher leaders in the areas of culturally responsive classroom management, engineering design, and induction. Key goals include: Recruiting and providing 5-year, $20,000 annual salary supplements to 15 Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs) to receive intensive training in culturally responsive classroom management (CRCM) and engineering design....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $599,919 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site focused on integrating STEM education around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The RET site will provide six-week summer research experiences for four pre-service and four in-service high school STEM teachers from high-needs school districts. Participants will work with WPI...

This Project Grant award of $120,094.02 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) is intended to support a series of professional development sessions, an immersive experience, and a trip to Washington, D.C. for black women lawyers in Brazil. The award aims to facilitate cultural, educational, and professional exchanges that promote mutual understanding and advance U.S. foreign policy goals. The project will be...

This $149,521.00 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Sul Ross State University aims to build capacity for effective STEM teaching in rural, high-need schools along the Texas-Mexico border. The project seeks to identify and provide professional development for an initial group of 15 STEM teachers, who will then assist in delivering STEM outreach activities through week-long summer camps. The goal is to develop a self-sustaining...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Houston a $500,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to provide research experiences for pre-service secondary STEM teachers. Through summer 2023-2025, the project will engage 30 prospective teachers in interdisciplinary research focused on industries of the future such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and biotechnology. Participants will conduct research at partnering Houston-area school...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $2,170,300.00 and issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs (CFDA 19.989), aims to foster girls' participation, learning and retention in secondary-level STEM education in Kenya and Namibia. The award, granted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will support collaborative educational programs,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $361,296 to Baylor College of Medicine over three years to develop the capacity of future STEM teachers through authentic research experiences involving data analytics. Specifically, the award aims to immerse six prospective secondary STEM teachers per year in mentored summer research experiences related to biological applications of data science at Baylor...