Funded Grants
Recently funded projects
- Project:
- Child Care Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS)
- Amount:
- $674,964
- Agency:
- U.S. Department of Education
- Sample:
- US DOE Program “Child Care Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS)”
This grant will provide highly affordable, subsidized childcare slots and academic support services for Pell-eligible student parents at three PCC campus locations each year (Rock Creek, Sylvania, and Cascade), for about 200 affordable childcare slots during the four year grant period. This program is designed to significantly improve both graduation and retention rates for Pell-eligible student parents at PCC, and increase PCC student access to affordable childcare. It will also help support the preliminary expansion of the ECE/EEFS program to Rock Creek Campus. For further information, email Narce Rodriguez.
- Project:
- Sustainability Training for Technical Educators (STTE)
- Amount:
- $698,095
- Agency:
- National Science Foundation, Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
- Sample:
- NSF ATE Program “Sustainability Training for Technical Educators"
The Sustainability Training for Technical Educators (STTE) project, led by Portland Community College (PCC), will help government and industry meet the demand for a workforce that understands and adopts sustainable practices in building design, construction, and maintenance, energy technology, landscape technology and development-related natural resource management in urban and urbanizing areas of Oregon and SW Washington. Specifically, the STTE project will focus on professional development for 2- and 4-year college faculty members and high school teachers from Portland, Oregon and the surrounding region. Educators will be drawn from a variety of professional-technical programs that impact the built environment. For further information, email Todd Sanders.
- Project:
- International Business Education Initiative
- Amount:
- $172,646
- Agency:
- US Department of Education, Business & International Education (BIE)
- Sample:
- US DOE BIE Program "International Business Education Initiative"
In partnership with federal, state and local trade-assistance agencies, and local businesses, PCC will have a direct impact on students through the internationalization of PCC’s introductory business course and by creating online access to existing international business courses, providing for greater access for student and the local and statewide business community. Other activities to increase awareness and knowledge of international issues will include International Business Forums, visits from Fullbright Occasional Scholars from Asian countries and opportunities for faculty to travel internationally. For further information, email Phillip Seder.
- Project:
- Allied Health Care Career Options in Oregon: A Dual-Credit/Distance Learning Project
- Amount:
- $99,294
- Agency:
- Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development, Healthcare Workforce Initiative
This grant will expand the currently offered distance learning course, “Intro to Today’s Careers: Health” (CG 130H). The existing class, which explores the numerous careers available in the health and allied health fields, will be enhanced with video modules on more profiled career pathways offered at Mt Hood Community College. Students in the PCC and MHCC districts will be able to earn dual high school and college credit for taking the course. This grant was chosen as part of a statewide initiative to increase access for health education. For further information, email Jeff Triplett.
- Project:
- Upward Bound
- Amount:
- $1,000,000
- Agency:
- US Department of Education, TRiO Program
Part of the TRiO programs designed to serve low-income, first-generation college students, Upward Bound provides intensive academic support and career and college exploration opportunities to high school students in Washington County school districts. The program is based at Sylvania and includes an intensive campus-based, six-week summer program that introduces students to college life. Upward Bound is PCC’s third TRiO program, joining Sylvania’s Student Support Services (ROOTS) and Rock Creek’s Educational Talent Search programs. For further information, email Jean Garcia-Chitwood.
- Project:
- Inspiring Philanthropy’s Future
- Amount:
- $17,500
- Agency:
- Campus Compact
This unique program allows students to step into the role of philanthropist to learn about the grantmaking process. Accounting and sociology students will have the opportunity to learn hands-on about community issues and area nonprofits. A charitable gift fund will be set up and the students, through an extensive service learning project, will develop the request for proposals, invite and screen applications, and award grants to area nonprofits. For further information, email Cynthia Killingsworth.
- Project:
- Watershed Investment Fund
- Amount:
- $125,000
- Agency:
- City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services
In partnership with the City of Portland, PCC will create an innovative showcase of sustainable stormwater technologies for managing runoff from the roof of the Central Portland Workforce Training Center and the adjacent city right of way. The project will also incorporate an interpretive area with signage to educate the public on stormwater management, placing PCC in an active role in the greening of our city. For further information, email Keith Gregory.
- Project:
- Practicing Pluralism II
- Amount:
- $100,000
- Agency:
- Ford Foundation
This grant is an extension of the previous Ford Foundation grant Practicing Pluralism: Interactive Theater, Campus Climate and Academic Freedom and will continue funding the Illumination Project. The project’s objective is to create a campus environment where controversial topics can be discussed in an atmosphere of open academic inquiry, with respect for diverse people and perspectives. As a result of Practicing Pluralism, PCC expects to increase the capacity for students and faculty to engage constructively in difficult dialogues across campus, increase the ability of faculty to facilitate and encourage religious and cultural pluralism in their classrooms, increase coursework opportunities that highlight religious and cultural pluralism, and increase capacity of others to replicate the project activities on a local and national basis. For further information, email Jeannie LaFrance.
- Project:
- Increasing Access and Diversity in Technology Programs
- Amount:
- $596,214
- Agency:
- National Science Foundation, Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
- Sample:
- National Science Foundation S-STEM Program "Increasing Access and Diversity in Technology Programs"
This grant will provide scholarships to students seeking a two-year degree in Electrical Engineering, Machine Manufacturing, Civil/Mechanical Engineering and Microelectronics Technology. The program will target underrepresented student groups and those with the most financial need. For further information, email Todd Sanders
- Project:
- Strengthening Student Services to Improve Retention
- Amount:
- $1,790,229
- Agency:
- US Department of Education, Title III
- Sample:
- US DOE Title III Program "Strengthening Student Services to Improve Retention”
This grant provides PCC a new high-tech strategy for improving student retention -- a web-based, student services portal. By linking students to key online functions such as admissions orientation, academic planning, early warning systems, and degree and transfer audits, the portal will allow students access to services whenever and wherever they need them. As a result, advisors and counselors will have more time to spend with students struggling with issues that require more than routine answers. The College expects this project to reduce the number of freshmen being placed on academic alert by 10% and to increase the fall-to-fall retention of degree-seeking freshmen by 15%. For further information, email Heidi Edwards.
- Project:
- PCC Gateway to College Enhancement and Replication
- Amount:
- $4,850,000
- Agency:
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
A five-year Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation award will enhance and replicate PCC Gateway to College, a program that allows high school dropouts to work toward their associate’s degrees while they complete courses for their high school diplomas. The program has produced impressive results, including 90% attendance and 60% completion of college prep courses. The grant will enhance the documentation and standardization of Gateway to College curricula, improve data collection, and provide an evaluation of factors affecting student retention. In addition, the grant will support replication of Gateway to College at community colleges across the country. For further information, email Linda Huddle.
Previously funded projects
Here is a list of projects funded from 2004 through 2009.