2510537
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Implementation project: Strengthening the STEM pathway through a holistic multi-layer approach - Implementation projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students receiving undergraduate degrees in STEM and building STEM education research capacity.
This implementation project at Tougaloo College seeks to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI), expand the STEM workforce, and equip students with the skills needed for future careers through early engagement, mentorship, and interdisciplinary research.
The project is grounded in evidence-based practices, specifically leveraging student research experiences to bolster engagement and retention in STEM.
The project is guided and informed by an ongoing evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.
The goals of the project are to 1) streamline the bridge between high school and college academic expectations through teacher-faculty collaboration in the Summer Science and Engineering Program; 2) enhance the interdisciplinary freshmen seminar course to strengthen math and scientific literacy; 3) establish a community college transfer pipeline with partner institutions; and 4) deploy AI-assisted learning tools (e.g., Civitas Learning, ChatGPT) to enhance personalized instruction and predictive analytics.
Successful completion of this project has the potential to transform STEM education at Tougaloo College resulting in improved student success outcomes for STEM students and increased scholarly output for the university’s STEM faculty.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Subawards are not planned for this award.
This implementation project at Tougaloo College seeks to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI), expand the STEM workforce, and equip students with the skills needed for future careers through early engagement, mentorship, and interdisciplinary research.
The project is grounded in evidence-based practices, specifically leveraging student research experiences to bolster engagement and retention in STEM.
The project is guided and informed by an ongoing evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.
The goals of the project are to 1) streamline the bridge between high school and college academic expectations through teacher-faculty collaboration in the Summer Science and Engineering Program; 2) enhance the interdisciplinary freshmen seminar course to strengthen math and scientific literacy; 3) establish a community college transfer pipeline with partner institutions; and 4) deploy AI-assisted learning tools (e.g., Civitas Learning, ChatGPT) to enhance personalized instruction and predictive analytics.
Successful completion of this project has the potential to transform STEM education at Tougaloo College resulting in improved student success outcomes for STEM students and increased scholarly output for the university’s STEM faculty.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Subawards are not planned for this award.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE GOAL OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, "HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM", IS IDENTIFIED IN THE LINK: HTTPS://WWW.NSF.GOV/PUBLICATIONS/PUB_SUMM.JSP?ODS_KEY=NSF23563
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Tougaloo,
Mississippi
39174-9700
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Tougaloo College was awarded
Project Grant 2510537
worth $2,245,846
from the Division of Human Resource Development in August 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Tougaloo Mississippi United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 47.076 Education and Human Resources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/17/25
Period of Performance
8/1/25
Start Date
7/31/30
End Date
Funding Split
$2.2M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$2.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2510537
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Private Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
491106 DIVISION OF EQUITY FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEM
Funding Office
491106 DIVISION OF EQUITY FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEM
Awardee UEI
XELUC5A4AJQ7
Awardee CAGE
1P2L7
Performance District
MS-02
Senators
Roger Wicker
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Modified: 7/17/25