STEM Resource for Community Colleges

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Council on Undergraduate Research:

• Tapping the Potential of All: Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges (publication)

Department of Energy:

• Minority Serving Institutions Opportunities
• The Community College Internships (CCI) Program
• The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program
• The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For community college faculty/administrators:

• NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (NASA MUREP)
• NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES)

For community college students:

• NASA Interns, Fellows & Scholars: One Stop Shopping Initiative (NASA OSSI)
• NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS)

National Institutes of Health:

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
• NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative

National Institutes of Standards and Technology:

• Information Technology Laboratory & Communications Technology Laboratory Undergraduate Research Fellowships

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

• Student Opportunities

National Science Foundation:

• Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU) Opportunities
• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
• Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE: EHR)
• NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
• OSSI NIFS— Opportunities
• Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship (Noyce)
• Innovative Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students (ITEST)
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
• STEM Education Resources
• ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

SBIR/STTR Phase II Supplemental Funding Opportunities (NSF)

• Phase II-CC program
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
• Veterans Research Supplement (VRS) program
  • Internships
• Fellowships
• SPECA Grant Program
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
  * Please carefully review the eligibility requirements in each program's Request for Applications (RFA) and note the 'Strengthening Grants' opportunity within the AFRI Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement Grants Program.Strengthening Grants are available during each funding cycle to ensure that researchers at institutions and states that are underrepresented in terms of Federal research, education, and/or extension funding receive a portion of AFRI funds.
• Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS) Minority Serving Institutions
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI)
  *To qualify as an Hispanic-Serving Institution, applicants must at the time of application, have an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students.
• Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH)
  * Please carefully review the eligibility requirements in the program's Request for Applications (RFA).