Project Grant SINLEC24GR5072

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $344,869 to Tufts University to develop and implement professional development for Learning Assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The key objectives are to design and implement a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research (Goal 1) and investigate how this pedagogy sequence impacts LA facilitation...

This Project Grant award of $446,338 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research to address the civil justice gap in the United States. The key objectives are to: 1) Map community perceptions of the legal system and civil justice problems, 2) Identify predictors of legal assistance seeking and successful problem-solving outside the legal system, 3) Develop and disseminate a community-based access-to-justice...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Youth Justice Initiative at South Brooklyn Community High School and John Jay School for Law. Over the 3-year grant period from October 2023 to September 2026, the Youth Justice Initiative aims to prevent violence and improve school climate by replacing punitive disciplinary...

This $125,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to enhance English proficiency and expand career opportunities for Armenian youth aged 16 to 35, with at least 70% from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The grant will fund capacity-building activities to be delivered by the non-profit organization Project Harmony Inc. from September 2024 through May 2026. The project...

Justice Innovation, Inc. received a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Justice Scholars Network at the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to build capacity to prevent and reduce school violence through staff training in violence prevention, youth court, peer mediation, and...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) is designed to reduce recidivism, increase positive social skills, and create leadership development opportunities through civic engagement. The program will serve 10 young men who have been involved in the justice system, providing a year-long curriculum with leadership development and civic engagement...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $740,740 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to Ceeli Institut, O.p.s. in Poland. Ceeli and its parent organization, Friends of the Ceeli Institute (doing business as Foci), will use the funding to deliver programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 aimed at strengthening understanding of the rights and obligations of the judiciary....

This $512,386 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering) supports the development of tools to secure the publication, authentication, and distribution of laws and other legal information, in order to protect the reliability and trustworthiness of digital legal systems that are critical to democracy. Key products and services to be delivered include: Long-term solutions for securely distributing, archiving, and accessing...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded $400,000 under the Indigent Defense federal grant program (CFDA 16.836) to the City of Philadelphia to support legal representation for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Specifically, the three-year project grant funding will be used to restructure the Children and Youth Justice Unit of the Defender Association of Philadelphia by recruiting and retaining specialized...

This federal Project Grant award of $350,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) program. The grant funding will be used by the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education to establish two legal clinics in Luanda and Lunda Norte, Angola, and deliver legal defense services through the Angolan Bar Association and pro-bono legal associations. The award has a performance period from October 1,...