Project Grant SCS80019GR0052

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,156,140 to support the "Collaborative Research: Learner-Co-Created Social Robots for Supporting Girls' Development of AI and Computing Skills" project. The award aims to empower middle school girls from historically underrepresented backgrounds to engage in robotics education, develop positive STEM identities, and explore the societal implications of...

This $146,880 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) supports empowerment and leadership initiatives for young indigenous women in rural Guatemala. The grantee, Organizacion No Gubernamental Na'Leb'Ak ONG, will deliver popular education and leadership workshops, establish community safe spaces, and create community gardens in Chisec and Raxruh, Alta Verapaz. These activities aim to address gender inequality,...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $666,195 grant under the "Girls in the Juvenile Justice System" (CFDA 16.830) program to Youthworks, a non-profit organization in North Dakota. Through this 3-year Project Grant, Youthworks will implement a gender-responsive and community-based prevention program for female-identified youth aged 11-18 who are vulnerable to human trafficking. The program includes a range of...

This $115,189 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to support a multi-year workshop program focused on mentoring and networking for junior women scholars in the field of international relations. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: Journeys in World Politics - A Mentoring Workshop for Junior Women in International Relations," will host annual 3-day workshops that provide research...

Alternatives For Girls (AFG) will use a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to deliver early intervention and prevention services for 135 at-risk and victimized girls ages 14-18 in Detroit, Michigan over three years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. AFG will enhance its evidence-based trauma-informed curriculum with a new five-hour human...

The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Asociación Las Pregoneras (Pregoneras), a women-led community organization in Lima, Peru, to combat gender-based violence and address physical, psychological, and sexual violence in public schools. The grant, provided under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), supports Pregoneras' efforts to forge local alliances, launch violence prevention campaigns, and provide mental health care for women and youth. The...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...

The federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) will support comprehensive, community-based efforts by Solo POR Hoy, a woman-owned, non-profit community development corporation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The funding will be used to: 1) provide...