Project Grant SCO20014GR151

The University of Alabama will administer the Six-Week Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative for $436,277 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The funding supports the University's implementation of the "Learn, Liberate, and Lead (LLL): Applying Gandhi-King Strategies to Intentional Leadership Training" program. As authorized under the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009) federal...

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...

Summary: AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Grant Award Youth Service America received a $166,887 Project Grant from the Office of Grants Management within the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Grants program (CFDA 94.014) for the performance period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds volunteer mobilization initiatives that engage Americans in meaningful community service activities...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Auburn University a $196,388 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163). The grant will fund a week-long workshop titled "Bloody Sunday, Selma, and the Long Civil Rights Movement" to be held in Alabama from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The workshop will bring together educators from across the country for an immersive exploration of the civil rights...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Duke University a $349,991 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to fund "SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union." This 2-year program will feature a public discussion series examining central themes in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) grassroots organizing efforts, including the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $458,411 to fund a conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) titled "Growing Research Through Innovative Collaborations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities." The primary goal of this one-year project is to address systemic barriers to research funding for HBCUs by facilitating the development of new and expanded...

The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will expand its Executive Leadership Training Program in collaboration with Howard University School of Business through this $262,055 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Building on a successful pilot, AAAM will offer leadership training to 25 mid-level and senior museum professionals annually from FY2023-FY2026. The...

Spring Hill College was awarded a $376,330 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a five-day Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop titled "From Clotilda to Community: The History of Mobile, Alabama's Africatown." The workshop will immerse K-12 educators of all grades in the history of the 110 survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, their descendants, and...

This $261,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support Tuskegee University's leadership training program for college students. Over three years, the university will recruit a total of 180 Generation Z students in two cohorts each year to participate in the program. The program aims to strengthen participants' leadership skills through two training models and assess the impact on knowledge and skills acquisition, as well as...

The Rochester Museum and Science Center will provide anti-racism education programs for third grade students and the general public through a $108,109 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). Under the award, the Museum will deliver a full-day field trip experience for third grade students utilizing its "Take It Down" exhibit, which focuses on a community effort to remove racist artwork from a historic...