Project Grant SNEAAP18GR0003

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $126,157 to Hampton University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU), to develop innovative tools and approaches to enhance research capacity at HBCUs. The key goals are to: (1) create a "playbook" to help HBCU leaders assess their institution's research strengths and weaknesses and integrate research capacity building into strategic planning, and (2)...

Makerere University School of Public Health received a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs on September 15, 2022 to implement a research and innovation capacity building project in partnership with Michigan State University. The project aims to strengthen Makerere University's research, grant writing and publication capacity through August 31, 2023. This award is provided through the Public Diplomacy Programs of the Department of State...

This $120,590 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research effort across five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to develop and pilot innovative tools and approaches for enhancing the research capacity of HBCUs. The key goals of this project are to: 1) Create a "playbook" to help HBCU leaders assess their research strengths and weaknesses and integrate research capacity building...

This federal Project Grant award of $174,511 from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to develop an effective education strategy to increase provider proficiency with evidence-based interventions that can be scaled up worldwide. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining if the addition of tailored skills training increases refresher knowledge assignment completion above 60% for...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $116,439 to Tuskegee University to develop innovative tools and approaches for enhancing research capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project aims to: (1) create a "playbook" to help HBCU leaders assess their institution's research strengths and weaknesses, and integrate research capacity building into strategic planning, and (2) engage HBCU...

This Project Grant award of $608,507 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of a training program on the treatment of health complications due to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Tanzania. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year award include: 1) conducting a social ecological needs assessment to...

This Project Grant award of $106,050, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a conference and collaborative activities to increase proposal development skills and submission rates for STEM education projects among institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the EPSCoR jurisdictions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct a proposal development workshop for 50 researchers from...

This $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible content...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), provides $2,025,409.00 to the East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI) to implement the "Civil Society Resilience (CSR) Activity" in Cambodia. The project aims to: Undertake analyses of the legal and enabling environment and support capacity development activities to benefit civil society organizations (CSOs)...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to establish a network of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the U.S. and India to enhance the systemic resilience of infrastructure against disaster and climate risks. The cooperative agreement aims to address gaps in infrastructure resilience education, training, and knowledge management by strengthening stakeholder...