Last year, the National Science Foundation’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program awarded $27 million in 48 grants to Hispanic-serving institutions across the United States. (Photo contributor: TierneyMJ, Shutterstock.com)
The initiative aims to enhance undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and encourage more students to pursue degrees in these fields.
The NSF HSI Program uses innovative approaches to broaden the participation of historically underrepresented students in STEM. It offers three funding tracks, each with varying levels of funding and duration, including Planning or Pilot Projects, Implementation and Evaluation Projects, and Institutional Transformation Projects.
Recently, Kean University received a five-year, $3 million award from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education – Hispanic-Serving Institution (IUSE-HSI) for the Fostering Communities of Practice Through Research and Peer Mentoring project.
This grant will support recruiting and retaining diverse students in STEM fields by enhancing undergraduate research experiences, increasing peer mentoring and supplementary instruction, and building a community among students and faculty. The project will involve 15 faculty and 90 students annually in faculty-led undergraduate research teams.
Kean University also received a grant of nearly $1.7 million in 2019 to create a STEM program that could serve as a model for other universities.
This grant was used to revamp computer science and information technology courses, integrate material from Google and the Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and develop a program that would help students complete their degrees and prepare them for post-graduation life.
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