Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $349,936 grant to University of Cincinnati to examine programs that support retaining underrepresented students and helping them graduate, in order to help meet science and engineering workforce demands in southwest Ohio.
“Ensuring that workers have educational and training opportunities is critical to improving our economy. We unleash more American innovation when we nurture all Ohio talent and everyone is able to participate,” Brown said. “University of Cincinnati is one of Ohio’s premier universities. These awards will help continue Ohio’s leadership in innovation, and help prepare Ohioans for local jobs.”
Brown has cosponsored the Supporting Early Career Researchers Act to establish a two-year pilot program at NSF to award grants to highly-qualified, early-career investigators at independent higher education research institutions for up to two years. This will help prevent research talent loss due to job market disruptions caused by the pandemic.
NSF supports research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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