Project Grant SDR86024GR0073

This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) will support Dominican University's "Pathways to Wellness: Empowering Hispanic and Low-Income Scholars to Build Successful Careers in Healthcare" initiative. The award will fund activities to expand educational opportunities, improve academic offerings, and enhance institutional capacity for underrepresented and low-income student populations at...

The Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus (UAGM-C) will deliver a four-year sustainable agriculture non-formal education program called EXPLORA-AG through a $749,999 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). EXPLORA-AG aims to foster the development of technology-savvy youth and enhance critical thinking and workforce skills in the food and agriculture sectors. Key...

This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports a partnership between the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC LAW SF) and L'Ecole Superieure Catholique de Droit de Jeremie (ESCDROJ) in Haiti. The grant aims to address the pre-trial detention crisis and associated corruption through this international collaboration. Key activities under this award include strengthening legal education,...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on September 30, 2024 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The grant will fund the implementation of the 100K Innovation Fund initiative in the Dominican Republic through the non-profit organization Partners Of The Americas, Inc. The grant aims to support international educational and cultural...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano to develop an English language program for teachers-in-training and early career teachers in the Dominican Republic. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between citizens...

This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) will support EDP University of Puerto Rico, Inc., a private, non-profit Hispanic Serving Institution, in virtualizing academic programs and developing online support services to improve Hispanic student success. The funding will enable the university to expand educational opportunities, enhance academic offerings, and build...

This Project Grant award of $156,677.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program supports Towson University's "PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: WORKING TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF LATIN AMERICA, PERU 2025" project. The award, effective August 1, 2024 through January 31, 2026, will fund overseas research, curriculum development, and intensive language immersion activities to improve...

This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) is intended to support "CULTIVATING SUCCESS: ENHANCED GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES" at Escuela De Medicina San Juan Bautista, Inc., a private, non-profit Hispanic-serving educational institution located in Puerto Rico. The funding will be used to enhance the institution's graduate programs and student support services, with the goal of...

The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce (UPRP) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). This funding will support UPRP's "A Pathway for Achieving Students Engagement and Academic Success (PASEAS)" initiative over a one-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant aims to strengthen UPRP's capacity as a Hispanic-Serving Institution...

The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce received a three-year, $948,423 Project Grant award from the U.S. 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 BIEN ESTAR BY CONSEP program, which aims to improve postsecondary instruction and expand opportunities at the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce. Specifically, funding will be used to directly support...