Project Grant SMX53019GR0140

This $441,059 award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance student success and persistence in STEM fields at Oakton Community College, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Over 3 years, the project will create a leadership development program for STEM Learning Assistants (LAs) and an expanded emerging leaders training program. The LA program will provide mentorship and pedagogical training to up to 60 LAs who will support active learning...

This $261,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support Tuskegee University's leadership training program for college students. Over three years, the university will recruit a total of 180 Generation Z students in two cohorts each year to participate in the program. The program aims to strengthen participants' leadership skills through two training models and assess the impact on knowledge and skills acquisition, as well as...

This $10.8 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation and its sub-awardees to establish a formal Economic Development District Community of Practice over five years. The National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation will organize, manage, and promote the Community of Practice in partnership with the National Association of Regional...

Principals as Instructional Leaders: Promoting Improved Outcomes for Students with Disabilities The Indiana Department of Education received a $1.52M project grant awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education—State Personnel Development program (CFDA 84.323). This competitive project grant supports Indiana's efforts to reform and improve its systems for personnel...

This $394,768 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to strengthen the adaptability and resilience of underserved communities to climate uncertainty through interdisciplinary research and training. The key activities include: Training minority students from underserved regions on climate change adaptation and resilience, equipping them with skills to address environmental challenges and serve the future workforce....

This Project Grant award of $499,795 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a two-year project to examine the impact of a professional development program designed to serve the needs and interests of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "HBCU THRIVE", combines virtual workshops, an in-person writing retreat, and extensive...

This $260,495 one-year project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service will fund planning activities for the Leadership Foundations' proposed full-cost AmeriCorps State and National program. AmeriCorps State and National grants under the 94.006 CFDA program support eligible organizations in developing programs where AmeriCorps members address unmet community needs through activities organized by the awardee. Here, Leadership Foundations will use the planning grant period...

ENGAGE Eastern North Carolina: Capacity Expansion East Carolina University received a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award supports the ENGAGE Eastern North Carolina: Capacity Expansion (ENGAGE ENC: CE)...

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Eclectic Soul Voices Corp, a non-profit organization, with a period of performance from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025. The grant funds will be used by Eclectic Soul Voices Corp to expand its cross-age peer mentor and leadership program in Indianapolis, Indiana. The program will recruit, train,...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...