Project Grant U336S190022

The University of Missouri System received a $4.4 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) on December 15, 2021. The grant will support the Talk to Read program, a culturally responsive approach to literacy recovery, through December 15, 2026. The University will implement the Talk to Read program in collaboration with three sub-awardees. Potosi R-3 School...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Missouri Department of Social Services received a $648.8 million Cooperative Agreement award dated December 29, 2025, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798). This five-year initiative, extending through October 30, 2030, is designed to transform rural healthcare delivery and sustainability across Missouri through a connected system of local community hubs. The project builds on...

Federal Grant Award Summary Missouri Parents Act, operating as the Missouri Parents Training & Information Center, received a $428,497 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Special Education Parent Information Centers program (CFDA 84.328), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The organization delivers comprehensive parent training and information services to families of children with...

The University of Missouri System, doing business as the Curators of the University of Missouri, received a $139,629 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to improve preservice elementary teachers' responsive teaching skills in mathematics through the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots. Over the 3-year project period, the researchers will develop, enact, evaluate, and refine...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $9,398,638 Project Grant titled "SCALING AND SUSTAINING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT SUPPORTS POSITIVE ACCELERATION FOR EARLY-CAREER TEACHERS" to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR). The project period runs from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The grant aims to refine, scale, test, and sustain a teacher professional learning program for early-career...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education received a $19.6 million Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA 93.870) on September 30, 2025. The award funds evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) services for pregnant women and families with children from birth to five years of age in fourteen Missouri...

Federal Grant Award Summary Jordan Valley Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Springfield, Missouri, received a $107,116 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530). The award, effective March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, supports the establishment of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $100,000 to Iowa State University to build partnerships and redesign their Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. The key goals are to: 1) Increase the number and diversity of applicants to the 12-month MAT program that prepares STEM graduates to become secondary math and science teachers, 2) Redesign the MAT curriculum to strengthen teacher candidates' cultural competency and...

The University of Missouri System will provide governance support and strategic planning services for Missouri's No Wrong Door System under a $820,296 cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living. The two-year award, made through the Special Programs for the Aging Title IV and Title II Discretionary Projects program, aims to improve access to long-term services and supports for individuals and family caregivers in the state. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary Missouri Ozarks Community Action Inc. received a $2.86 million Project Grant from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031. Under this five-year award, the organization will deliver comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children and families in Missouri. Services encompass educational instruction, health and nutritional support, social-emotional...