As part of the Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Research Universities, UCF joins the University of Texas at El Paso on a $9.3 million project to accelerate STEM education and research.

The Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Research Universities (HSRU) will lead a project to increase the number of doctoral graduates in technical fields from its 22 institutions from across the nation. The initiative is supported by a new $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

The effort, titled Hispanic Serving Research Institutions Research and STEM Education (HSI-RSE) Project, is co-led by UCF and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). UCF’s portion of the funding totals approximately $4.8 million.