Project Grant SMX53018GR0079

Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $272,364 to Universidad Politecnica De Puerto Rico, Inc. on September 1, 2025, under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program. This one-year project grant, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2026, provides comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students at the institution's San Juan campus. The program delivers targeted interventions...

This $148,507 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at The University of Texas at San Antonio to develop teacher capacity and middle school student interest in engineering. The grant supports a mixed-methods study exploring how integrating students' "funds of knowledge" from their lived experiences into engineering design curriculum can facilitate interest among Latinx students. The awardee will work with eight math and science teachers and one engineering teacher...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $272,364 to Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, Inc. under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. This Project Grant funds comprehensive support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged college students, including low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities. The university will...

This $740,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Higher Education-Institution Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will develop an experiential learning program called MODEXL to support underrepresented minority, first-generation, and limited-resource undergraduate students at Arizona State University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Key activities include: Providing...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $599,044 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez Inc., doing business as Universidad Del Turabo, a private non-profit Hispanic Serving Institution in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. The grant, titled "PROMOTING ADVANCEMENT THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING, FACULTY ADVANCING, INTERNSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (PATHFINDER)", will support the...

Grant Award Summary Universidad Adventista de las Antillas received a $272,364 Project Grant from the U.S. 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. This award specifically supports the university's English as a Second Language (ESL) component of its SSS program, delivering comprehensive student support services to disadvantaged and underrepresented student...

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 from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education provides $499,608 to develop a high-quality academic environment for broadening participation of Hispanic students in computing at the University of North Texas through October 31, 2025. The award supports the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and broaden participation in STEM fields. Specifically, the University of North Texas will implement...

This federal Project Grant award for $1,197,687, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) through the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223), will enhance experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at Texas Tech University. The key components of the project include: providing need-based scholarships, integrating graduate and undergraduate student activities...

This $748,094 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to foster and train an underrepresented workforce in sustainable biomanufacturing. Over five years, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will leverage education, research, and extension activities to engage 50 undergraduate students from minority-serving institutions in research across five relevant modules: biomass deconstruction,...