Project Grant V051F190053

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. in Ocala, FL focuses on developing an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform aims to provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education, with the goal of reducing unemployment and skill mismatches by improving career readiness and alignment. The project integrates advanced learning...

This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will enable Youngstown State University (YSU) to establish partnerships, develop capacity, and secure future funding to support ongoing efforts in emerging technology fields and regional innovation ecosystems. The key activities under this award include: Enhancing YSU's industry advisory committee structure by aligning it with the Business and...

This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to Skills For Rhode Island's Future, a non-profit organization, under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant will fund a 33-month initiative to train 500 unemployed, underemployed, and underserved individuals in Rhode Island with industry-aligned skills, ultimately placing at least 325 of those trained into career employment or additional...

This $300,000 Project Grant award was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant will support the development and testing of methods to help evaluate the potential readiness of regional workforces to meet skill demands created by large-scale industry transitions and technological change. This includes leveraging approaches to estimate the similarity of requirements between different occupations and using...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to increase access to work-based learning opportunities in information technology (IT) career paths for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. The $782,729 project, awarded to Broward College on August 1, 2023, will run through July 31, 2026. Key activities include: Validating a "Work-Based Learning Readiness Scale" and evaluating the efficacy and equity of virtual...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support research to explore how technological changes are impacting worker skills and employment. The project will analyze future skill demands driven by technological disruption and develop effective, affordable educational approaches to enable workers, especially those without college degrees, to reskill and upskill. The research aims to leverage...

The University of California, San Diego will receive $1.86 million from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to develop and operate a business acceleration program in La Jolla, California from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The program will provide entrepreneurial firms with workshops, training, advisory services, and mentorship on concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship. It aims to increase...

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $47 million Project Grant to the Washington Student Achievement Council to enhance the Career Connect Washington infrastructure through the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA #11.307). The grant will support building partnerships in six in-demand industry sectors - advanced manufacturing and aerospace, construction, energy and clean technology, financial services, healthcare, and information technology and...