Project Grant STU15022GR0034

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Women's Audio Mission (WAM) a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel expenses to enable WAM's continued operations in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. As part of the NEA's efforts to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education,...

This $165,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the implementation of a world-class music education and career development program. The program will train 40 aspiring women vocal artists and musicians in contemporary music and entrepreneurship education, in collaboration with the organization SHEARTS. The grant will fund the delivery of this training program, which aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives,...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $100,000 to the National Academy of Sciences under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) to conduct a one-day workshop titled "MONITORING, MITIGATING, AND LEVERAGING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE FUTURE CAREERS OF WOMEN IN STEM." The workshop will take place in Washington, D.C. between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022. As part of the Integrative Activities program's goal of...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley a $367,643 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the Invisible Women digital school program from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will be used to hire and train staff and interpreters to create and sustain an interactive online field trip experience focused on telling the untold stories of enslaved and free women in colonial and...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) will fund Communityworks, a non-profit Community Development Corporation, to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance services to support small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The goal is...

The Southwestern College Foundation was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development's Women's Business Ownership Assistance program. The grant period is from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Under this award, the Southwestern College Foundation will provide training and counseling services to small businesses owned and controlled by women located in Chula Vista, California. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance...

This Project Grant award of $943,061 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to address gender equity and diversity issues in community college computing programs. The University of Colorado Boulder, in partnership with the National Center for Women & IT and the County College of Morris, will adapt existing research-based resources, develop new resources, and facilitate professional development for faculty at nine community colleges. The goal is to...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...

This $114,410 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund research by Colorado State University to explore potential barriers to women speaking up in work teams. The project aims to understand why and when women are less likely than men to express ideas, emerge as leaders, and participate in work team discussions, which can impact their career advancement and workforce contributions....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $1.4 million to support the "Toward an Ecosystem of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Music Production (TeamUp)" project under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The University of Rochester leads the effort to build foundations for a new ecosystem empowering musicians to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) tools in music creation, performance, and distribution. Key...