Project Grant SPK33020GR1028

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support a 5-year, $1,087,979 collaborative project to advance STEM workforce readiness and promote belonging and professional identity for low-income, high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students across a consortium of six academic institutions in Alabama and Michigan. The project will provide scholarships to 72 full-time students pursuing STEM degrees, coupled with mentoring,...

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 $999,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will fund the Artemis Scholarship Program at Hollins University, a women's college in Roanoke, Virginia. Over a 6-year period, the grant will provide scholarships of up to $8,200 to 18 high-achieving, low-income female students pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, environmental science, chemistry, and mathematics. The program aims to improve retention and graduation of women in STEM fields through...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,997,215 to Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to increase recruitment and retention of talented, low-income undergraduate students in STEM fields over a 6-year period ending September 30, 2030. The project will fund scholarships averaging $12,000 per year for 30 full-time students pursuing STEM bachelor's degrees, including biology, human biology, biomedical science, chemistry,...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields program (CFDA 10.318) will fund the development and deployment of a program to provide barrier-free STEM and leadership education for underserved high school girls and gender non-conforming students in rural areas of Arizona and Michigan. The program will first bring participants...

This $115,189 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to support junior women scholars in international relations through a peer-mentorship workshop program. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: JOURNEYS IN WORLD POLITICS A MENTORING WORKSHOP FOR JUNIOR WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS," will host annual three-day workshops to provide research presentations, feedback, career...

This Project Grant award of $1,156,140.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Pittsburgh. The project focuses on developing learner-co-created social robots to support middle school girls from historically underrepresented backgrounds in developing AI and computing skills. The project will carry out three design-based research iterations with a total of 140 girls in collaboration with two community...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $1,239,952 provides funding from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2025 to develop and research a model for engaging African American young women in STEM and entrepreneurship through community-centered making. Funded under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the awardee Terc, Inc. will partner with The Forge Greensboro makerspace and the Greensboro Housing Authority to introduce participants to product design, computer-aided...

This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development through the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043). The award will fund Miles College, Inc., a private non-profit university designated as a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to deliver training, counseling, and technical assistance aimed at assisting small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $999,828 to Myvillage Project Inc. to develop and deliver an Explorations project. The project aims to address systemic barriers that contribute to the underrepresentation of Black individuals in technology careers by teaching technical skills, exposing students to Black professional role models and mentors, and providing...