Project Grant SMD70024GR0515

The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) was awarded a $568,048 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition to support the PARA TODOS program. Under the one-year award beginning September 1, 2021, NABE will promote accelerated reading, language, and literacy achievement among multilingual students through its PARA TODOS program. The grant funding will support NABE's efforts to help ensure that English learners, including immigrant...

This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) will support the development and implementation of a professional development framework for school administrators and teachers. The framework aims to build...

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to support independent news production and counter propaganda efforts in Moldova. The grant funding will support the project "PRO TV Capacity Development" under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) between May 25, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs, identified by CFDA #19.900, provide...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program provides $298,356 to the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. The funding will support the development of the Media Studies: Power and Representation certificate to enhance analysis and communication of humanistic themes through digital and audiovisual tools and representation. Courses...

This federal Project Grant award of $360,506.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365), supports the "Language in Society Teaching Apprenticeship (LISTA) Program" at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The program aims to increase the recruitment and retention of multilingual teachers through an apprenticeship model. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2024,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $349,931 Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access grant (CFDA 45.149) to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to support the "Bilingual Voices in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Phase 2" project. This 3-year project aims to preserve 240 bilingual sociolinguistic interviews, expand the collection by 50 new interviews, and enhance the project website with data visualizations and metadata to provide...

TRIO Student Support Services Multilingual Achievers Program Award Summary Sonoma State University received a Project Grant award of $272,364 from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The TRIO Multilingual Achievers Program delivers comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged and...

The federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the "Transmission Regained: Recalling Traditional Lifeways through Intergenerational Oral History in the 'World's Borough' Queens" project. This initiative invites young people in the diverse student body of LaGuardia Community College, part of the Research Foundation of the City University of New...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Institute For War And Peace Reporting -US to increase the abilities of professional Mexican journalists to recognize and counter disinformation and produce evidence-based content from September 27, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which supports informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between...