Federal and other HSI grants help Chico State strengthen institutional capacity, expand opportunity, and improve student success. These competitive grants support strategic initiatives that advance the University's long-term priorities as a Hispanic-Serving Institution while contributing to broader institutional goals.
Since 2016, Chico State has secured more than $26.8 million in competitive HSI funding to support initiatives that strengthen institutional capacity, expand opportunity, and advance student success.
Current Grant-Funded Initiatives
U.S. Department of Education
Our U.S. Department of Education HSI grants have concluded; some at the end of their scheduled grant cycles and others as a result of changes in federal funding policy.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Enhancing Undergrad STEM Education with a Universal Testing Machine (equipment only; abstract)
- Fostering Software Engineering Competence through Valid, Reliable, and Practical Assessments of Individual Contributions to Team Projects (abstract)
- How are students' academic and affective success impacted by faculty training in Universal Design for Learning? (abstract)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- A Pipeline To Enhance The Competitiveness Of Underrepresented Scholars For Entry Into Agriculture, Scientific And Professional Careers (sub-award via NMSU)
Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub
- Culture Is Currency: Where Community Knowledge Meets STEAM Innovation
Collectively, these grant-funded initiatives strengthen Chico State's institutional capacity by expanding opportunities, enhancing teaching and learning, supporting research and innovation, and advancing equitable student success across the University.
HSI Alianza
The HSI Alianza is a community of practice that brings together committed HSI grant project directors, principal investigators (PIs), leaders from Chico State Enterprises (CSE), and the Director of Latinx Equity and Success. The Alianza meets a few times each year, or as needed, to strengthen collaboration and advance shared goals.
Together, the HSI Alianza works to:
- Share knowledge and effective practices
- Foster collaboration across HSI grant initiatives
- Advance strategic, mission-aligned grant development
- Promote the long-term sustainability of successful initiatives
- Support colleagues pursuing HSI and other equity-centered funding opportunities.
"Alianza" is Spanish for "alliance," reflecting our shared commitment to collaboration, equity, excellence, and student success.