Private Foundations and Funds
Helene Fuld Health Trust
Supports and promotes the health, welfare, and education of student nurses. Financial aid for underprivileged students studying Nursing.
William T. Grant Foundation
Funds research in health, social and behavioral sciences; funds programs advocating youth empowerment, leadership development and civic participation.
State and Federal Foundations and Funds
National Science Foundation
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education "Fosters connections by facilitating communication across disciplinary boundaries, across all educational levels and between academia, industry, and professional societies; encouraging faculty to combine teaching and discipline-based research; and collaborating with research communities and with NSF research directorates." DUE supports the following programs and activities
- Advanced Technological Education
- Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships
- Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (which includes the Assessment of Student Achievement)
- Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
- NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars
- National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library
- Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program
- Teacher Professional Continuum
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