November 2, 2019

GSW awarded portion of $3 million National Science Foundation grant to promote minority participation in STEM

AMERICUS, GA (October 30, 2019) — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a portion of a $3 million grant to Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) to increase the number of underrepresented minority students (URM) graduating with degrees in the STEM fields—science, technology, mathematics and engineering.
GSW is a founding member of the first-ever Southwest Georgia consortium of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), or the Southwest Georgia LSAMP Alliance