AAFAF seeks to promote education in business, tech
April 28, 2021
The executive director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF) Omar J. Marrero announced the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for grant administrator services for a fund created to provide education in business and technical skills, or the 21st Century Technical and Business Education Fund. The grant administrator will be […]
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University of Puerto Rico gets $213K grant to support entrepreneurs crippled by COVID-19
April 12, 2021
The University of Puerto Rico’s (UPR) Center to Foster Innovation and Commercialization, known as I+CARE program, has received $212,828 from the Economic Development Administration’s “Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology” (SPRINT) Challenge, the federal agency announced. The UPR will get another $53,281 in local matching funds, the EDA announced. The I+CARE program “will adapt […]
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Online News Association awards $20K to Sacred Heart University
January 20, 2021
Sacred Heart University in Santurce was one of seven colleges to receive funding through the Online News “2020 Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education,” to experiment with local news collaboration. Each university will partner with local news organizations to explore news ways of teaching journalism and delivering information to their local communities. Sacred Heart […]
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CienciaPR gets $230K grant to connect Puerto Rican audiences with ‘science of COVID-19’
October 13, 2020
Nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) received a $230,000 grant from Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, to create a collection of public engagement resources to help Puerto Ricans prevent COVID-19. The collection will include multimedia content (audio, videos, infographics), educational materials, and messages that are relevant to the Puerto Rican reality and culture, […]
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U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $548K to Caguas gov’t
August 25, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $547,705 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Autonomous Municipality of Caguas, the federal agency’s Secretary Wilbur Ross announced. The funding will capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide “critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by […]
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Rural Development awards $249K to P.R. Community Foundation
October 9, 2019
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation will promote economic development and entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico’s southwestern and eastern areas after receiving a grant of $249,604 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program, the entities announced. The Foundation will match the award dollar-for-dollar to implement the Recovery Program-Rural Community Development Initiative for Puerto Rico, the […]
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Ponce Health Sciences University lands $22M grant for disease research
September 26, 2019
The National Institutes of Health’s Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities has renewed a $22 million grant to the Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) to be used over the next five years. Funding through the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program (RCMI) has enabled PHSU to establish and develop an advanced investigation infrastructure, university […]
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Polytechnic University receives $329K grant from U.S. gov’t
September 24, 2019
The Polytechnic University has received a $329,086 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, an office affiliated with U.S. Department of Commerce, to launch the “Capstone Startup Skills Initiative” pilot program. This program will offer an opportunity for several faculty members from the Georgia Institute of Technology to visit the island during the month of […]
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UPR professor gets $3M grant to develop new tech for future NASA missions
September 6, 2019
Following an “arduous selection process” and after competing with more than 50 proposals from different parts of the United States, Eduardo Nicolau, professor at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Natural Sciences, has received a $3 million grant. The funding is for a project called “Puerto Rico Space Partnership for Research, Innovation and Training […]
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Ponce Health Sciences University gets $2.6M for behavioral healthcare
September 6, 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded $2.6 million to Ponce Health Sciences University’s Primary Care Psychology Program to develop two proposals to train students and professionals to provide behavioral health services and problematic substance use in primary care settings. The Primary Care Psychology Program has been providing mental health services integrated into health […]
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Spotery receives $225K Nat’l Science Foundation grant for geo-location project
August 15, 2019
Spotery receives $225K National Science Foundation grant for geo-location project Spotery, a company that operates a system to manage under-used space in Puerto Rico, received a $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and its Small Business Innovation Research program to conduct research and development for a “Geolocation Name System Development” project. The goal of […]
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Science Trust gets significant grant from U.S. Dept. of Commerce
August 1, 2019
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust was selected as one of the 44 nonprofit entities will receive funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies Program, which will award a total of $23 million to expand high impact entrepreneurship. The Trust will launch the Investor Bridge Project based on Puerto Rico’s […]
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LMM Int’l Airport gets $1.5M U.S. Dept. of Transportation infrastructure grant
August 1, 2019
The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina will receive a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a runway, the federal agency said. The funding will come through the Federal Aviation Administration, which will award a total of $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total […]
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce invests $1.2M to stoke post-disaster business growth in P.R.
July 19, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.2 million grant to Operation Hope Inc., to provide up to 300 technical assistance workshops in Puerto Rico to help small businesses and entrepreneurs “grow and succeed” following Hurricanes Irma and María in 2017. The project, to be located […]
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P.R. included in USDA home repair pilot program
June 4, 2019
Puerto Rico has been selected to participate in a pilot program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program, which is kicking off “National Homeownership Month.” USDA Rural Development State Director for Puerto Rico, Josué E. Rivera, said the island has been included in the Single-Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants program, also […]
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