Project Grant SWA80022GR0021

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $183,745 Project Grant under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program to World Learning Inc., a nonprofit organization with expertise in international education and exchange programs. The grant, titled "TUKO PA MOJA: TANZANIAN CREATIVITY AND PERSPECTIVES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE," supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development related to modern foreign...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate provides $600,000 to Texas A&M University-Kingsville to establish an integrated research, education, and outreach program focused on data-driven renewable energy research. The goal is to create a community of practice for middle and high school STEM teachers, researchers, and industry partners to conduct collaborative research and develop curricular modules on renewable energy and data science. Specifically,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,993 Project Grant to the Institute For Future Intelligence Inc. under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop innovative educational programs that engage community college and high school students in Hawaii to learn the knowledge and skills needed to address the renewable energy challenge. The project, titled "A Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH)", aims to cultivate the next generation...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,991 Project Grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This 3-year award aims to cultivate the next generation workforce to support Hawaii's transition to 100% renewable energy by 2045. The project, named the Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH), will partner with five Hawaii high schools and Kapiolani Community College to develop...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, received a $141,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad program (CFDA 84.021). The grant funds the development and delivery of a short-term curriculum development seminar for American educators focused on "Understanding the Interplay of Environment and Culture Through Everyday...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $14,377 project grant to support the 2023 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship program in Zimbabwe. The grant was awarded on May 1, 2023 with a completion date of December 31, 2023. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the funding will support the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship, which provides leadership training,...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $199,985 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct a three-week summer institute for thirty English Language Arts teachers. The institute will explore strategies for teaching climate justice using young people's literatures and media. Participants will develop a literature-based, theory-informed, and actionable...

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc. received a $109,060 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal grant program (CFDA 84.021). The grant will fund the development of a short-term curriculum for American educators focused on building cultural and linguistic understanding of daily life in Tanzania. Specifically, the institute will design and deliver a seminar program...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $653,723 project grant under its Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program to the University of Illinois. The 4-year project will develop and test a professional development model that empowers high school science teachers to adapt curriculum materials to integrate students' knowledge and community resources. Working with education researchers, teachers, scientists, and community organizations, the project teams will go through cycles of...

This $649,008 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to infuse climate change curriculum into technology programs. The project, led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Queensborough Community College, seeks to develop 10 educational modules that will integrate climate change topics into existing mechanical and electrical engineering technology programs. Key objectives include...