Project Grant SNEAAC22GR0051

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for the project "MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY FOR FUTURE TEACHERS" from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. The project aims to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program. Specifically, the funding will...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, awarded a $325,000 Cooperative Agreement to Shkola Angliskogo Yazyka, Of, a non-profit organization based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to implement the "English for Young Professionals" program in seven regions of Kyrgyzstan from November 2024 to December 2025. This award is funded under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), which supports civil society and democracy building initiatives across Europe,...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This Project Grant award, totaling $413,700, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The overarching goal is to develop scalable, example-based intelligent tutoring systems to enhance workforce upskilling and reskilling programs. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating an "Exemplify" platform to help instructors develop example-based intelligent tutors for complex...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs has awarded a $173,000 Project Grant to the Public Foundation For Innovation Education "Lingua", a non-profit organization in Kyrgyzstan, under the Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The grant will fund the implementation of a teacher training program for English and STEM teachers in seven regions and Bishkek in 2023-2024. The program aims to strengthen democratic institutions,...

This Project Grant award of $155,000 from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to increase diverse, high-quality media content and strengthen English proficiency among journalists and content creators in Kazakhstan. The awardee, Next Level English, a for-profit sole proprietorship, will provide tailored English language training courses designed to improve the professional skills of journalists, enhance their...

This NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant, awarded to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), focuses on developing an innovative approach called TEEM (Teaching to Empower) to engage students in learning analytics. The $305,953 project, running from July 2024 to June 2029, will integrate data science and data literacy education at the undergraduate level. Key activities include: Design-based research on active-learning analytics activities in data science courses to...

This $195,286 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program will fund the "TUKO PAMOJA: TANZANIAN CREATIVITY AND PERSPECTIVES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE" project implemented by World Learning Inc. The award, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2026, will support an overseas educational and cultural exchange program focused on enhancing foreign language...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $1,499,999 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. to prepare at least 200 early-career English-language teachers from Central Asian countries to teach quality English language programming for adult and youth audiences. The award date is July 31, 2024, with a completion date of July 31, 2026. Under this Cooperative Agreement, World Learning Inc. will manage the C5 + ONE (Opening Networks...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $203,200 Project Grant to the Consortium For Enhancement Of Ukrainian Management Education to develop and implement a pre-service English teacher methodology program in pilot pedagogical universities in Ukraine. This award was made under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, including Ukraine. The grant...