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NSF program Innovations in Grad Education (260Y00): 39 awards, $24.5M to 34 organizations

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39 NSF awards ($24.5M) under the program element Innovations in Grad Education (260Y00) to 34 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.

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Program element code: 260Y00
Directorate: Directorate for STEM Education
Division: Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section

Awards

39 awards in the window.

Award	Agency	Institute or division	Fiscal year	Amount in window	Start	End	Principal investigator	Source
NRT-GCR, AI: Immersive Research Traineeship in the Convergence of Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Cyber Security	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$3,000,000	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2029	Maanak Gupta	nsf.gov
IGE Track 2: Graduate Communities for Academic Fellowship & Efficacy (Grad CAFE): A Holistic Multi-tiered Mentoring Model	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$1,000,000	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2029	Celeste Atkins	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: EDU EPSCoR DCL: EMPOWERS: Elevating Mentoring Practices for Optimal Work-life balance in Education and Research in STEM Graduate Studies	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$1,000,000	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Karen A High	nsf.gov
IGE Track 2: Improving STEM Graduate Student Success and Workforce Readiness at a Regional R2 Public University	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2025	$999,989	September 1, 2025	August 31, 2030	David E Thompson	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: Mobilizing Community Cultural Wealth to Transform STEM Graduate Education	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$999,985	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Su-hua Wang	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: Cultivating an Indigenous Graduate Research Environment to Enhance Retention and Scientific Careers	NSF	Division Of Graduate Education	2024	$999,864	October 1, 2024	April 25, 2025	Judith Simcox	nsf.gov
Scaling a Systems Approach to Inclusive Graduate Research Environments: A Track 2 Proposal to NSF's Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$999,699	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Suzanne T Ortega	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: Comparing rotations and direct admissions pathways to graduate education in the sciences: an assessment of policy and practice	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$995,095	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2029	Amanda K Lane	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: The California State University Wellbeing Alliance for Research Masters (CSU WARM)	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$954,032	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Harold Stanislaw	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: Transforming Graduate STEM Education: A Study of a Data Science and AI Credential for STEM Doctoral Students	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$789,218	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2029	Joanna G Schiffman	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track 2: SciComm LIFT: Leveraging Institutional capacity for eFfective graduate student Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$742,253	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Bethann G Merkle	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: AI-Driven Virtual Teaching Assistant (ViTA) in Medical Biophysics Graduate Education	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2025	$700,000	September 1, 2025	August 31, 2029	Ramakrishna Podila	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 2: Flexible Graduate Student Funding Models: Industry Engagement and Internships for Career Development	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2025	$699,994	January 1, 2026	December 31, 2030	Bonnie Ferri	nsf.gov
TRIAGE: Techniques for Resolving Intragroup Conflict to Advance Graduate Education	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$551,776	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Allison M Traylor	nsf.gov
A Personalized Learning Model for STEM Graduate Education	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$500,000	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Susan Fullerton	nsf.gov
Improving Access and Outcomes for Students in Semiconductors and Solar Energy	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$500,000	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Christiana B Honsberg	nsf.gov
IGE (Track 1): Preparing STEM Graduate Students for Inclusive Leadership	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$500,000	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Elizabeth M Jakob	nsf.gov
Evaluating an Innovative, Structured Teaching Assistantship Program: Impacts on Student Success and Career Readiness	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$499,998	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Mark D Garrison	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 1: Empowering Tomorrow's Scholars: A Comprehensive Training Initiative for Graduate Students in Scientific Peer Review	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$499,992	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	STEFANO M BERTOZZI	nsf.gov
IGE: Integrating Data Science into the Applied Mathematics PhD: Generalized Skills for Non-Academic Careers	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$499,985	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Michael Chertkov	nsf.gov
Applying Cognitive Theories of Learning to Improve Graduate Training in STEM Communication	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$499,973	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Elise Demeter	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 1: Transforming Masters-Level Engineering Education through Industry Partnerships, Principled Engineering, and Experiential Learning	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2025	$499,700	January 1, 2026	December 31, 2028	Samantha R Brunhaver	nsf.gov
IGE Track 1: Assessing and improving real-world problem-solving skills in graduate physics coursework	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$499,624	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Eric W Burkholder	nsf.gov
My PhD: Incorporating Student-Centered Assessments into the core of PhD Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$499,418	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Michael B Jarstfer	nsf.gov
Social justice training in graduate engineering education through critical civic engagement	NSF	Division Of Graduate Education	2023	$499,169	October 1, 2023	April 18, 2025	Cristina Poleacovschi	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 1: Science to Policy: Operationalizing Knowledge from Education to Society (SPOKES)	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$498,498	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Susan Hackwood	nsf.gov
IGE Track 1: Place-Based Experiential Learning to Support Interdisciplinary STEM Graduate Degrees	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$496,914	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Emily Wakild	nsf.gov
Creating Bold STEM Leaders Through Graduate Entrepreneurial Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$496,183	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Leila Daneshmandi	nsf.gov
Interdisciplinary Scientific Immersion Program for entering PhD students	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$492,871	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Heather L True	nsf.gov
Applied Graduate STEM Education through an Innovative Hands-On Industrial Work Experience	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$472,369	October 1, 2023	July 31, 2027	Nathan M Jackson	nsf.gov
IGE Track 1: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Technologies into Mining Education	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$442,070	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Pedram Roghanchi	nsf.gov
IGE: Track 1: Overcoming Geographic Isolation with Research Communities	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$436,302	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Elizabeth A Gross	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track1: Caselet: Deliberate Practice with Scalable Case-based Learning to Enhance Data Science Problem Solving Competency	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$365,905	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Lujie K Chen	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Scalable Storytelling Interventions to Support Graduate Student Success in STEM	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$279,997	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Krishna Pakala	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Scalable Storytelling Interventions to Support Graduate Student Success in STEM	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2023	$219,984	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2027	Angela Minichiello	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track1: Caselet: Deliberate Practice with Scalable Case-based Learning to Enhance Data Science Problem Solving Competency	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$134,000	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2027	Roger Azevedo	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track 2: SciComm LIFT: Leveraging Institutional capacity for eFfective graduate student Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$94,602	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Meena M Balgopal	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track 2: SciComm LIFT: Leveraging Institutional capacity for eFfective graduate student Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$89,783	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	Robin Tinghitella	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: IGE: Track 2: SciComm LIFT: Leveraging Institutional capacity for eFfective graduate student Training	NSF	Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section	2024	$73,362	October 1, 2024	September 30, 2028	E Dale Broder	nsf.gov

Organizations

Organization	Place	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
Tennessee Technological University	Cookeville, TN	$0	1	$3 million
Clemson University	Clemson, SC	$0	3	$2.3 million
University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	$0	2	$1.5 million
Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, TX	$0	1	$999,989
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	$0	1	$999,985
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, WI	$0	1	$999,864
Arizona State University	Scottsdale, AZ	$0	2	$999,700
Council of Graduate Schools	Washington, DC	$0	1	$999,699
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	$0	1	$995,095
California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock, CA	$0	1	$954,032
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	$0	1	$789,218
Boise State University	Boise, ID	$0	2	$776,911
University of Wyoming	Laramie, WY	$0	1	$742,253
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	Atlanta, GA	$0	1	$699,994
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	$0	1	$500,000
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, MA	$0	1	$500,000
Morgan State University	Baltimore, MD	$0	1	$499,998
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	$0	1	$499,992
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	$0	1	$499,973
Auburn University	Auburn, AL	$0	1	$499,624
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	$0	1	$499,418
Iowa State University	Ames, IA	$0	1	$499,169
University of California-Riverside	Riverside, CA	$0	1	$498,498
University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	$0	1	$496,183
Washington University	Saint Louis, MO	$0	1	$492,871
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	$0	1	$472,369
University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	$0	1	$442,070
University of Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	$0	1	$436,302
University of Maryland Baltimore County	Baltimore, MD	$0	1	$365,905
Utah State University	Logan, UT	$0	1	$219,984
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	Orlando, FL	$0	1	$134,000
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	$0	1	$94,602
University of Denver	Denver, CO	$0	1	$89,783
American University	Washington, DC	$0	1	$73,362

Funding by fiscal year

Fiscal year	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
2025	$0	5	$5,123,729
2024	$0	23	$13,438,972
2023	$0	13	$5,959,903

Open federal funding opportunities

From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.

Open opportunity	Number	Agency	Listing	Closes	Award ceiling	Why it matches
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs:	26-513	NSF	47.076	November 4, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)	25-540	NSF	47.076	November 17, 2026	$2 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)	26-507	NSF	47.076	November 18, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)	23-595	NSF	47.076	December 4, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)	23-584	NSF	47.076	December 9, 2026	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)	21-595	NSF	47.076	January 11, 2027	$3.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)	23-510	NSF	47.076	January 20, 2027	$2 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure	23-520	NSF	47.076	January 21, 2027	$1 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)	25-515	NSF	47.076	January 25, 2027	$1.2 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)	24-573	NSF	47.076	January 26, 2027	$1.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)	24-527	NSF	47.076	February 8, 2027	$3.6 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1	24-598	NSF	47.076	February 8, 2027	$20 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)	22-603	NSF	47.076	March 1, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)	25-514	NSF	47.076	March 2, 2027	$5 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)	26-506	NSF	47.076	March 2, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	24-529	NSF	47.076	March 25, 2027	$1 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)	26-503	NSF	47.076	April 5, 2027	$2.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)	24-586	NSF	47.076	April 6, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows	24-528	NSF	47.076	April 13, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here
IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)	24-564	NSF	47.076	April 13, 2027	$2 million	Same assistance listing 47.076 as 39 awards here

Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.