Farmingdale State College Awarded $2.9M Federal Grant

Farmingdale State College was awarded a $2.9 million federal grant, making it the only college or university in New York State to win a 2015 First in the World US Department of Education grant.

The grant will be used by the college to provide innovative educational programs for FSC students through Sept. 2019

“This is great news for Dr. Beverly Kahn, Project Director for the First in the World grant, and especially for our students,” Farmingdale President W. Hubert Keen said in a press release. “Providing innovative mentored research experiences which will assist our students to graduate within four years and gain experiences that will serve them well in the development of their careers is a win-win for everyone.”

The college was one of only 17 schools awarded from a national pool of 300 competitors.

Through the grant, Farmingdale looks to:

• Improve four-year graduation rates by 20 percent over Farmingdale’s baseline for first-year and transfer students.
• Support on-campus research and place faculty and students in mentored research experiences off campus in national laboratories, research universities, business accelerators, and other research venues.
• Created partnerships with four other institutions: Bowie State University, Central Connecticut State University, Kean University and SUNY College at Old Westbury. A total of 3,600 students at the five institutions will benefit from engaged teaching and research experiences over the course of four years.
• Extend assistance to its partners in its “Mid-Atlantic Consortium,” enabling them to replicate the best practices in applied learning that will be developed at Farmingdale.