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The Grants Leadership & Development office supports 赌钱app可以微信提现 strategic initiatives by helping faculty and staff translate innovative ideas into competitive grant proposals, then monitoring implementation and compliance of successfully funded projects.

Recently Awarded Grants

October 2024

National Science Foundation
Aligning STEM Trainees for Enterprising Research Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ASTER LSAMP)
During the grant period, up to 50 talented STEM students will participate in activities designed to provide research opportunities and help with transfer to a 4-year institution to pursue a degree in a STEM field.

U.S. Department of Justice
Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program
To purchase training vehicles and supplies for the Johnson County Regional Police Academy at Johnson County Community College.

September 2024

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operator Safety Training Grant
To recruit and enroll in 赌钱app可以微信提现’s CDL program 20 veterans, their spouses, and/or their children. 

U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research
Procurement Technical Assistance Center 2024
To provide Procurement Technical Assistance (PTA) services to local business owners to grow their businesses via sales to the government.

August 2024

Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Nursing Initiative Grant FY25
To support faculty professional development, purchase a medication dispenser simulator for the Healthcare Resource Center, and cover the registration fees for 72 nursing students to enroll in PassPoint, a test prep software.

U.S. Department of Education
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Short-Term
Twelve faculty will participate in a 4-week seminar in Nairobi, Kenya in Summer 2025 to support the development of African studies curricula.

July 2024

U.S. Department of Education / Kansas Board of Regents
Carl Perkins Program Improvement Grant FY25
To develop more fully the academic, career and technical skills of students enrolled in career and technical education programs.

U.S. Department of Education / Kansas Board of Regents
Adult Education Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Grant FY25
The grant funding supports services offered through Johnson County Adult Education (JCAE) / Continuing Education, including adult education, workplace and family literacy, English language acquisition, and workplace preparation.

June 2024

National Endowment for the Humanities / Humanities Kansas
Action Grant
To host a three-part Godzilla film screening series, featuring question-and-answer sessions with Dr. William Tsutsui, the renowned scholar of Godzilla cinema, in September 2024.

National Education Association Foundation
Envision Equity Grant
To support student voter outreach events during the Fall 2024 semester leading up to Election Day.

Lumina Foundation
Lumina Foundation Grant
For the National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute to conduct outreach to Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCUs) across the country to learn about their institutions' specific data collection needs.

April 2024

National Endowment for the Humanities
Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities
To create publicly accessible digital resources—annotated treaties, oral histories, educational videos, curricula—that will foster an in-depth understanding of the Kaw Nation and their history in Kansas.

National Endowment for the Humanities / Humanities Kansas
Sorting Out Race Exhibit
To support a travelling exhibition and accompanying programming to be hosted by the 赌钱app可以微信提现 Collaboration Center and Kansas Studies Institute from May 23 to July 28, 2024. Created by the Kauffman Museum at Bethel College, the exhibition includes vintage and contemporary objects readily found in thrift stores depicting race and ethnicity.

March 2024

U.S. Department of Transportation / Kansas Department of Transportation
National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI)
To host a summer camp for 20 students entering 7th, 8th, or 9th grade. The camp will introduce students to career pathways in transportation industries, including railways, ground transportation, air, and inland waterways.

January 2024

Small Business Administration / Kansas Department of Commerce
Small Business Development Center – SBA and KDC 2024
To provide small business consulting and training to existing and aspiring small business owners.

December 2023

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
FY 2023 Community Project Funding / Congressionally Directed Spending
To enhance the existing Automated Engineer Technology and Welding/Metal Fabrication programs and to launch a new credit Machining & Manufacturing Technology program with new curriculum in Continuing Education.

U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research
Procurement Technical Assistance Center 2023 - Extension
To provide Procurement Technical Assistance (PTA) services to local business owners to grow their businesses via sales to the government. This is a two-month extension of the 2023 grant due to the change in the funder and grant period within the Department of Defense from the Defense Logistics Agency (Feb-Jan) to the Office of Naval Research (Apr-Mar).

November 2023

Cotton Incorporated
Cotton in the Curriculum 2024
To support Fashion Merchandising & Design students’ exploration of cotton materials through draping and patternmaking skills and applying the “right fabric” to the “right style.”