2007 JumpStart Grants
In January 2007, funds were awarded through the JumpStart grant program, the first subgrant process of the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative. JumpStart supports collaborations among existing education, training, entrepreneurship and other workforce or industry-specific career development partners that expand and/or replicate successful programs to serve the needs of the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative’s target industries. Of the 25 applications received through a Request for Proposal process, ten were funded a total of $3.7 million.
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Leading Applicant |
Project |
Grant Amount |
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Community College of Aurora |
A Replicable Model for Higher Education to Engage and Prepare High School Faculty and Staff in bioscience |
$430,000 |
|
Colorado Minority Engineering Association (CMEA) / Colorado Mathematics Engineering Achievement (MESA) |
Pre-collegiate and college-prep STEM competencies and career pathway mentoring programs |
$350,000 |
|
Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) |
DSST 11th Grade Internship Program |
$160,000 |
|
Red Rocks Community College |
Energizing Metro Denver’s Workforce: Building and Sustaining a Pipeline of Process and Maintenance Technicians for the Energy Sector |
$400,000 |
|
University of Denver, owned and operated by the Colorado Seminary |
Making of an Engineer summer camp to develop skills for a post-secondary education in engineering and bioengineering |
$450,000 |
|
Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) – Colorado |
Preparing high school students for careers in aerospace, bioscience, energy, and information technology industries |
$350,000 |
|
Community College of Denver |
JumpStart into Aerospace leverages an existing NASA-funded degree program in aerospace systems engineering technology that targets underserved populations |
$360,000 |
|
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) |
Light Up Your Future: Education Today, Energy Tomorrow - an online education program for high school students to build their skill levels and industry knowledge, and create a pipeline of students into high-growth careers at local energy companies |
$350,000 |
|
Regis University |
A novel "hybrid" degree in business and IT management with a focus on underrepresented students and offering the degree and services in a bilingual format |
$450,000 |
|
Thompson School District R2-J |
Sustaining Transformation through STEM by increasing STEM sourse options and the number of underrepresented students successfully completing higher level science and math courses |
$400,000 |