Grants and Partnerships

STEM en familia: Guiding Critical Transitions to the Baccalaureate 

CSUSB’s Office of Student Research is collaborating with Riverside City College (RCC) for the National Science Foundation grant project, STEM en familia: Guiding Critical Transitions to the Baccalaureate. STEM en familia provides 400 incoming RCC Promise Program students, who have declared STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) majors, supports to increase retention within the STEM disciplines while they are at RCC, and subsequently increase transfer rates to CSUSB and the University of California, Riverside. CSUSB joins national initiative to support teaching and learning CSUSB launched a partnership with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to equip faculty with the instructional skills shown to promote student motivation, learning and persistence. The CSUSB Teaching Resource Center, in conjunction with ACUE, offered its online Course in Effective Teaching Practices to CSUSB lecture faculty teaching large classes. Faculty who satisfied the program requirements were awarded a nationally recognized Certificate in Effective College Instruction that is co-endorsed by ACUE and the American Council on Education. Kaiser Permanente grant improves mental and behavioral health services CSUSB, along with 15 other nonprofit community partners, will receive a portion of a $6 million grant from Kaiser Permanente Southern California to improve mental and behavioral health services in under-resourced Southern California areas. The grant is part of a five-year Community Mental Health and Wellness Initiative with an immediate Local Partnership Grant (LPG) grant allocation of $1.28 million. CSUSB will receive $80,000 to cover a 24-month period, which started Dec. 1, 2018. With the help of CSUSB’s School of Social Work and Department of Psychology, the grant is used to train and place 30 culturally responsive graduate students in a behavioral health care internship. It also provides a monthly field seminar, and enhances academic advising and support to students.  Nursing department receives grant to expand awareness of research program CSUSB’s Department of Nursing was selected to receive a prestigious grant from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to educate diverse communities about the federal All of Us Research Program, which was created to gather data from U.S. participants to accelerate research and improve health. CSUSB is one of nine schools chosen for the All of Us Research Program funding. Launched by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the All of Us Research Program seeks to build a national research cohort of 1 million or more participants reflecting the diversity of the United States.