Project Grant SGH10025GR0015

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation project grant will support Louisiana Tech University in delivering academic and career support services to 40 low-income undergraduate engineering students over five years. Funded under the NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase retention and graduation rates in STEM fields by pairing scholarships with discipline-specific faculty mentoring, professional development...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to establish a comprehensive support ecosystem for talented low-income undergraduate students pursuing degrees in biology, chemistry, and psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), a Hispanic-serving institution. Over its 5-year, $2,499,413 duration, the project will provide scholarships to 36 full-time students and implement an integrated system of...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), in providing scholarships and comprehensive support services to 11 high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, and biotechnology engineering. Over the...

This $986,989 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an AI-driven software platform to enhance academic and career outcomes for first-generation and underrepresented students in higher education. The project aims to integrate competency-based learning, self-reflection, and near-peer mentoring through natural language processing and machine learning algorithms. The platform...

This $2,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support efforts to improve recruitment, retention, and graduation of low-income students in STEM disciplines at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania over six years. The project will provide scholarships to 38 full-time undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees, along with comprehensive academic, social, and professional supports to enhance their success. Key...

This Project Grant award of $996,598 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of Denver in providing scholarships and academic programming to increase the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees in computer science. Over the six-year project period from April 2025 to March 2031, the award will provide four-year scholarships to 19 full-time students to address their financial needs...

This $301,653 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a 5-year project at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to increase the persistence and retention of high-achieving, low-income students pursuing Bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The project will provide $1.2M in scholarships to support 26 unique full-time STEM students at UNO. In addition to the scholarships, the project will implement a comprehensive set of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant through its Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education program to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). This five-year grant aims to remove disparities in success-related outcomes between academically talented low-income engineering students and their peers at UIC. The project will provide scholarships to 51 unique full-time students pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering or...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the University of Maine System in delivering academic support services and community engagement activities to increase degree completion among low-income, high-achieving computing students. Over the six-year period from October 2022 to September 2028, the University of Maine will provide scholarships of up to $1,499,918 to 30 undergraduate students pursuing computer science...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "Computing Scholars Experience Lab Program" at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside). Over a six-year period, the $2,000,000 award will support the retention and graduation of 55 high-achieving, low-income students pursuing computing degrees at UC Riverside. Key components of the program include: Providing four-year scholarships plus an...