INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GRANTS AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS provide funding for specific programs or general operating support for the College. The following grants and sponsored programs are recognized for the period between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. For a more complete list of corporate and foundation funders, please see BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS.

The Boyd Foundation – to provide scholarship support

Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. – to provide capital funds for Brodbeck Hall

Frederick County Government – to support Data Driven Frederick’s development of a dashboard on the working poor.

The Gudelsky Foundation – to provide scholarship support

The Maryland Center for Computing Education – to support computational education projects

The Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling – to fund a program that addresses problem gambling

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources – to fund lab analysis for the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

The Maryland Historical Trust – to provide capital funds for Brodbeck Hall

The Maryland Soybean Board – to provide funding for a research project involving soybean waste

The Gates Foundation – to support the “HIV in 2024: Progress, Problems, and Prospects” symposium

The George L. Shields Foundation – to provide scholarships for nursing students

The G. Frank Thomas Foundation – to support student scholarships

The Harry Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology – to support the study of PFAS in watershed streams

The Heart of the Civil War Heritage Areas – to fund a digitization project

The Lake Linganore Association – to provide funding for a water monitoring project

The Loats Foundation, Inc. – to provide scholarships for students from Frederick County, Maryland.

The PNC Foundation – to fund the Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day for high school girls

The Potomac Riverkeeper Network – to support water monitoring projects

The Rice Family Foundation – to provide scholarship support

The U.S. Department of Energy – to provide AlgaePrize funding for student research