The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $227,749 Project Grant under the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (CFDA 84.120) to Shaw University, a private historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support the "BIOTECH CONNECT: ACADEMIC - BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS TO DIVERSIFY NORTH CAROLINA'S WORKFORCE" project. The project aims...
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $410,596 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Claflin University, an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support a range of scientific research and technological development initiatives at the university over a one-year period, with a final completion date of August 31, 2025....
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded North Carolina Central University (NCCU) a $783,353 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). NCCU will deliver basic, applied, and advanced research in science and engineering disciplines from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2027. As a historically Black university, NCCU will contribute its expertise in areas of long-term potential to Department of Defense technology missions, as...
The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $522,654 Project Grant to Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, titled "Instrumentation for the Investigation of Photonic Nanocomposite Films," will fund research in photonic sciences over a 12-month period from September 2024 to September 2025. As a private, historically Black university, Dillard University will utilize this...
The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $151,169.00 Project Grant to Tuskegee University under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award, dated September 1, 2024, supports scientific research and technological development initiatives across multiple disciplines that contribute to national defense missions while maintaining potential civilian applications. Tuskegee University, a historically Black, private, 1890 land-grant...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), funds the acquisition of a Fourier Transform-Confocal Raman Microscope at Howard University. The $589,167 award, granted on September 15, 2024, will support the university's research and education initiatives focused on investigating quantum dots and nanomaterials. As a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Howard...
This $236,630 federal Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Defense (CFDA 12.630 - Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering) to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), on September 1, 2024. The grant will support ECSU's research and educational initiatives that contribute to national defense missions while maintaining potential civilian applications. ECSU, with its expertise in areas such as aerospace,...
This Project Grant award for $246,000.00 was provided by the Department of Defense's (DoD) Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award was made on May 1, 2025 to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to support the NEW START HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS EQUIPMENT/INSTRUMENTATION program. The funding will enable UMBC to acquire...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded Fisk University a $800,000 project grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) for the period of June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027. Fisk University, a historically Black university located in Nashville, TN, will utilize the funding to support basic, applied, or advanced research in mathematical, physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences with potential to contribute to...
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $247,406 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO), a historically Black, state-controlled institution of higher learning. The grant, with a performance period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, supports scientific research and technological development initiatives that contribute to national defense missions while maintaining...