The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has announced a $99,996 planning grant. The National Science Foundation (NSF) award will support the collaboration of Hispanic-Serving Institutions and other organizations to strengthen pathways to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduate education for Latinx students.
The NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by the NSF’s Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science program (NSF INCLUDES), a national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in STEM at scale.
“Everyone at HACU is very excited to have been awarded this NSF INCLUDES planning grant,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores in a statement. “We look forward to co-developing a framework that strengthens and expands the STEM talent pipeline at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, from community colleges to research-intensive universities, and that remarkably increases Hispanic doctoral graduation rates in STEM fields to meet the national needs.”
The project will include a leadership team of experts from HACU and two Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): The University of California, Santa Barbara, and The University of Arizona.
As part of the project, a collaborative infrastructure will be built among partnering HSIs. The planning grant will be used to lead regional meetings across the country, engage approximately 150 HSI leaders, practitioners, faculty, and national organizations in STEM in order to strengthen educational and workforce pathways.
The planning grant is also funded by the NSF’s Hispanic Serving Institutions program; and the HSI program provides support to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education and to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associates or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.
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