$9.6 Million
U.S. Department of Education

GEAR UP

This grant is earmarked for research related to the gallery’s contribution to the Getty’s upcoming Pacific Standard Time initiative, scheduled for 2024. Art Gallery Director Aandrea Stang will co-curate the project, entitled “Brackish Waters Los Angeles,” with Debra Scacco of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

$800,000
Los Angeles County

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The bulk of these funds will help with the acquisition, storage, and preservation of the prestigious Mayme A. Clayton Collection of African American History and Culture in the university’s Gerth Archives. The collection includes more than 2 million rare books, films, documents, and photographs related to Black history and culture in the U.S. Other funds were used to present mixed-media artist Toni Scott’s program “The Intersection of Art and Music,” featuring the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles.

$100,000
Getty Foundation

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY

This grant is earmarked for research related to the gallery’s contribution to the Getty’s upcoming Pacific Standard Time initiative, scheduled for 2024. Art Gallery Director Aandrea Stang will co-curate the project, entitled “Brackish Waters Los Angeles,” with Debra Scacco of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

$250,000
U.S. Department of Education

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Administered through the DOE’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program, the grant provides $250,000 annually to support underrepresented students in STEM fields. Spearheaded by Assistant Professor of Physics Horace Crogman, the grant is expected to run for three years. It will fund activities aimed at boosting recruitment and retention of STEM students through a variety of methods.

$4.9 Million
U.S. Department of Education

CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN STEM EDUCATION

CSUDH’s Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) received a five-year grant totaling $4.9 million for its “Guided Pathways for STEM” program. Obtained in partnership with four local community colleges, the funds will provide support for over 300 Hispanic or underserved first-time STEM students at CSUDH and its partner institutions. The grant was provided through the DOE’s Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and Articulation programs, and will focus on creating paid internships for STEM students in on- and off-campus venues.

$598,000
U.S. Army

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

The U.S. Army awarded the CSUDH physics department $598,000 to assist with the acquisition of new, cutting-edge instrumentation for biophysics research. The grant is part of an ongoing effort to enhance research possibilities and curriculum development for undergraduate students from underserved communities.

$2.7 Million
U.S. Department of Education

TRIO EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH

A pair of five-year grants totaling $2.7 million were awarded to CSUDH’s TRIO Educational Talent Search program. Each grant will provide more than $277,000 per year to the new program, allowing CSUDH to partner with high schools from Inglewood Unified and Los Angeles Unified school districts. The program aims to identify and assist individuals from underserved communities, offering guidance and help to potential first-generation college students and their families.

RESEARCH GRANTS

$234,000
National Science Foundation

SONAL SINGHAL, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

CSUDH is joining several other universities in this multi-institutional research project designed to determine species boundaries of 30 North American lizard species. The grant will fund research for the project, to help better understand biodiversity on the continent.

$140,575
California Attorney General’s Office

JUSTIN VALLIERE, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

CSUDH was one of seven recipients of an Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund grant to study the environmental and ecological impacts of vehicle emissions and other pollution on Southern California ecosystems through the use of dendrochronology—the study of tree rings—and stable isotope analysis.