NIC Recieves New Grants

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Over the course of the summer NIC was awarded several grants to help improve both the NIC campus and help students financially.

 “We work with the campus community to help identify funding opportunities to fulfill funding needs,” said Grants Coordinator Sara Fladeland.

The grants that were given will help fund programs and improve certain aspects on campus such as the replacement of the gangway to the NIC dock, planning and implementation of a statewide reverse and transfer program, student scholarships, the support of student scholarships for undergraduate students studying science and technology engineering and math disciplines.

The first grant received during the summer by NIC was from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for the sum of $28,821 . This grant will help improve and replace certain rundown aspects on the campus such as the NIC beach gangway to the dock. Construction is expected to begin later in the academic year.

The NIC foundation also received two corporate grants that were submitted through the Wells Fargo foundation and the Bank of America foundation amounting to $7,500 which will be directly targeting the support of student scholarships.

“Students are encouraged to apply for scholarships at anytime throughout the year,” Fladeland said.

The deadline to apply for scholarships is March, however, Fladeland said new scholarships and grants are always being found and made available.

A National Science Foundation grant was the most recently received in the amount of $590, 281, to support student scholarships for undergraduate students studying science technology engineering and math disciplines.

NIC is expecting funding announcements from the Department of Education’s title III for a $2,000,000 grant. The grant proposal was originally submitted in late April for the support of eLearning and outreach centers.

NIC also submitted in May for a Department of Labor grant of $3,000,000 for the support of the initiation of an Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing program that is also expected to go through.

Through the Lumina foundation, the NIC grants office paired up with several Idaho colleges, including the College of Southern Idaho, College of Western Idaho, University of Idaho, Boise State University, Lewis and Clark State College, and the Eastern Idaho Technical College, to develop a statewide consortia grant in the amount of $600,000.

The grants office has not yet been received funding from the foundation, but according to Fladeland if the grant was received it would be used to support the implementation of a state-wide reverse and transfer program.