Alabama NewsCenter — Auburn University Awarded $10 Million by NSF to Lead National STEM Initiative for Students With Disabilities

By Mitch Emmons
Auburn University

Auburn University has been awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a national research effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education among students with disabilities.

The grant will support a five-year program that will grow as it progresses, says Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for special projects and initiatives at Auburn, whose office will administer the initiative.

“We are starting out as a 27-institution alliance,” said Jenda, a professor of mathematics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. “The award was made official on Aug. 1, and the first 90 days involves the development of a strategic plan that will guide the alliance.”

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