Semillas Mentored
Creators: name: HSI National STEM Resource Hub
name: Serrano, Elba
name: Morales, Gabriela
name: Peterman, Jarod
name: Pallarez, Jessica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The HSI National STEM Resource Hub is preserving its website and compiled resources for future use and reference. This entry consists of the following semillas mentored. 

 

2022 Semillas Mentored Grantsmanship Program

The NSF HSI National STEM Resource Hub announced the 2022 Semillas Mentored Grantsmanship Program, aimed at supporting project leaders at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). This program provided time and resources for developing research projects, building partnerships, and writing proposals for NSF HSI Program funding. It focused on enhancing undergraduate STEM education, improving retention and graduation rates in STEM fields, and building grant-writing capacity at HSIs with historically lower NSF funding. Participants prepared proposals for either Planning or Pilot Projects (Track 1) or Implementation and Evaluation Projects (Track 2), with an emphasis on enhancing STEM education quality at less-resourced institutions and broader HSI communities.

 

2021 Semillas Mentored Grantsmanship Program

The NSF HSI National STEM Resource Hub announced the 2021 Semillas Mentored Grantsmanship Program, designed to strategically support project leaders at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The program provided time and resources for developing research projects, building partnerships, working with evaluators, preparing IRB submissions, and writing proposals for NSF HSI Program funding. It aimed to enhance undergraduate STEM education, improve retention and graduation rates in STEM fields, and build grant-writing capacity at HSIs that typically received less NSF funding. Participants prepared proposals for either Planning or Pilot Projects (Track 1) or Implementation and Evaluation Projects (Track 2), focusing on enhancing STEM education quality at less-resourced institutions and broader HSI communities.

 

2021 Semillas II Mentored Granstmanship Training Program

Cohort

Dr. Céline Cassé - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

   Webpage:https://www.uprm.edu/p/chemistry/ccasse 

Dr. Jose Antonio Cabrera - San Jose City College

   Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-cabrera-65788635

Dr. Tammy Castro - Bloomfield College

   Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-castro-6786b375

Dr. Juan H. Sánchez-Méndez - University of Puerto Rico Bayamón

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Lisette Delgado-Cruzata - John Jay College

   Webpage: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/lissette-delgado-cruzata

Dr. Omar Alberto Movil-Cabrera - Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Annette M. Gabaldón  - Colorado State University-Pueblo

   Webpage: https://www.csupueblo.edu/profile/annette-gabald%C3%B3n/index.html

Dr. James McGarrah - Bakersfielf College

   Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mcgarrah-a6234018/

Dr. Jennifer Snyder - San Diego Mesa College

   Webpage: N/A

 

Coaches

Dr. Vishwanatha - University of North Texas Health Science Center

   Webpage: https://www.unthsc.edu/school-of-biomedical-sciences/vishwanatha-lab/

Dr. Jones - University of North Texas Health Science Center

   Webpage: https://experts.unthsc.edu/en/persons/harlan-jones

Dr. Krug - Medical University of South Carolina

   Webpage: https://education.musc.edu/MUSCApps/facultydirectory/Krug-Edward

Dr. Chellu S. Chetty - Savannah State University

   Webpage: https://www.savannahstate.edu/profiles/Chellu_Chetty.aspx

 

2020 GANAS Mini-Grant Program Proposal

The NSF HSI STEM Hub initiative announced the 2020 GANAS Mini-Grant Program, designed to strategically support project leaders at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The program provided time and resources for developing research projects, building partnerships, working with evaluators, preparing IRB submissions, and writing proposals for NSF HSI Program funding. It aimed to enhance undergraduate STEM education, improve retention and graduation rates in STEM fields, and build grant-writing capacity at HSIs that typically received less NSF funding. GANAS planning grants were awarded to prepare proposals for the NSF HSI Initiative in one of two tracks: Building Capacity (Track 1) or HSIs New to NSF (Track 2), with up to $12,500 in funding. Track 1 focused on critical transitions, innovative cross-sector partnerships, and teaching and learning in STEM, while Track 2 was reserved for institutions that had never received NSF funding or had not received it in the five years preceding the proposal deadline.

 

2021 Semillas I Mentored Granstmanship Training Program

Cohort

Dr. Heidy L. Contreras - University of La Verne 

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Juchao Yana - Eastern New Mexico University

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Jennifer Miller - Sul Ross State University

   Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-castro-6786b375 

Dr. Nancy Livingston - Western New Mexico University

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Lisette Delgado-Cruzata - John Jay College

   Webpage: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/lissette-delgado-cruzata

Dr. Oyanader - California Baptist University

   Webpage: https://calbaptist.edu/faculty-directory/faculty-profile?id=407

Dr. Robyn Moncrief  - National Louis University 

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Azhar - South Plains College

   Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mcgarrah-a6234018/

Dr. Jennifer Snyder - Borough of Manhattan Community College

   Webpage: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/mohammad-azhar/

Dr. Merlis Alvarez-Berrios - Interamerican University of Puerto Rico

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Robin L. Avant - Housatonic Community College

   Webpage: https://housatonic.edu/directory-list/item/ravant

Dr. Refugio (Ray) Martinez III - Hallmark University

   Webpage: N/A

Dr. Samantha Kaj Blair -  Dalton State College

   Webpage: N/A

 

Coaches

Dr. Vishwanatha - University of North Texas Health Science Center

   Webpage: https://www.unthsc.edu/school-of-biomedical-sciences/vishwanatha-lab/

Dr. Jones - University of North Texas Health Science Center

   Webpage: https://experts.unthsc.edu/en/persons/harlan-jones

Dr. Krug - Medical University of South Carolina

   Webpage: https://education.musc.edu/MUSCApps/facultydirectory/Krug-Edward

Dr. Chellu S. Chetty - Savannah State University

   Webpage: https://www.savannahstate.edu/profiles/Chellu_Chetty.aspx