Project Grant SCO20022GR0097

The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $248,730 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Sostenibilidad Y La Equidad (doing business as Aliarse), a non-profit organization based in Costa Rica. The grant funding will be used to launch the College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP) in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, serving 40 indigenous students in 2024. The program will provide the students with technological resources, English language training, socio-emotional development,...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) will provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with two years of intensive English language training and leadership development, complemented by cultural immersion and community service activities. The grant recipient, Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, is a nonprofit educational organization focused on cultural...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program Project Grant award of $151,547 to Florida International University (FIU) aims to develop culturally relevant materials and resources to enhance the career preparation of Hispanic or Latin@/x/a/o undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Southeastern U.S. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: 1) Construct culturally relevant materials that can be...

The Board of Trustees of Community College District #508 Inc., doing business as Harold Washington College, received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The three-year award beginning June 1, 2023 supports the development of open education resources and an OER taskforce to secure low- or no-cost educational materials for students. As a Hispanic-serving...

The Rio Hondo Community College District was awarded a $1,361,661 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the Holistic and Comprehensive HOPE Scholars Program at Rio Hondo College in Pico Rivera, California. The program, which runs from December 31, 2021 through December 31, 2024, aims to provide direct services to housing insecure...

This $194,869 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide a 2.5-year English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth. The program, administered by the Ecuadorian non-profit organization Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo Partners Of The Americas (Fudela), aims to help the participants continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of positive change in their...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance student engagement in office hours within STEM courses, particularly biology, at multiple Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging HSIs in Southern California. The $271,523 award, which runs from August 2024 to May 2025, will characterize student and faculty perceptions of office hours, investigate the impact of different office hours practices on student...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $975,000 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to the University of Hawaii System's Honolulu Community College Division. The grant, titled "KA IPU HOOKELE WAA - INDIGENOUS DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT", will fund activities to strengthen the academic quality and expand educational opportunities for Native Hawaiian students. Key products and services to be...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $999,924 to the University of California, Santa Cruz to establish an experiential learning program for computer science students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The primary goals are to 1) expose HBCU students with foundational computing skills to open source career opportunities, and 2) equip participants with...