VR STEM Learning to Cut Indiana Cost Barriers
GrantID: 75529
Grant Funding Amount Low: Open
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: Open
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Grant Overview
Indiana's cost constraints for advanced laboratory equipment shape access to the HBCU fellowship. The state's average per-pupil STEM instructional expenditure in non-metropolitan districts falls $1,240 below the national median, limiting hands-on preparation that fellowship applications require. Applicants must therefore demonstrate how virtual reality modules or remote instrumentation will substitute for equipment purchases exceeding typical HBCU departmental budgets.
Students from counties along the Indiana-Ohio border face additional transportation costs averaging $380 per round trip to reach the nearest HBCU partner institutions. Fellowship proposals must itemize these costs and identify cost-sharing arrangements with Indiana's community college system rather than assuming institutional coverage.
Implementation centers on measurable skill acquisition through VR-simulated engineering challenges that replicate challenges at Purdue University or Eli Lilly research facilities. Proposals quantify expected reductions in time-to-degree by at least one semester for participating HBCU students, a metric tracked by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Indiana's manufacturing employment share of 17 percent requires that fellowship research topics include documented applicability to advanced manufacturing processes. Cost realism is assessed through line-item budgets showing that equipment or software license fees do not exceed 12 percent of the total fellowship stipend.
Unlike states with higher public research university density, Indiana requires explicit statements confirming that selected HBCU fellows will not duplicate coursework already available through Indiana's dual-credit programs, thereby avoiding redundant state expenditures.
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