Current Awards

Central Piedmont will build upon our existing relationship with Loaves & Fishes to identify food needs related to specific faith traditions. This will be done via a needs assessment, two food share events, and hosting a community forum. The community forum will also be a launching event to recruit students for a new Central Piedmont interfaith student organization.

• Funding agency: Interfaith Youth Core
• Award amount: $25,000

Removes tuition barriers for 30 students seeking to obtain state-regulated or industry-recognized credentials through the workforce continuing education division. Credentials must lead to sustainable wage careers within the local community.

• Funding agency: SECU Foundation
• Award amount: $18,000

Provides support for student recruitment, program development, and implementation of a new study abroad program to Cape Town, South Africa in 2020. Funds also support staff and faculty participation in the Cape Town site visit.

• Funding agencies:
  • World Learning
  • U.S. Department of State
• Award amount: $34,998

Identifies and prepares students to complete an associate degree, transfer to UNC Chapel Hill, and earn a bachelor’s degree in two to three years of additional study. 

• Funding agencies:
  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • GlaxoSmithKline
• Award amount: $18,500

Develops clinical sites in counties throughout North Carolina to advance the education of nursing students.

• Funding agency: NC Area Health Education Center
• Award amount: $10,000

Grant funds will be used to conduct outreach and recruitment and provide academic coaching and student support services to early childhood professionals in the early childhood education program.

• Funding agencies:
  • Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
  • NC Partnership for Children
• Award amount: $130,490

Funds will be used to develop innovative programs that will strengthen career pathways in information technology and lead to more students graduating career and college ready.

• Funding agencies:
  • Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
  • NC Department of Public Instruction
• Award amount: $25,000 

The Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure program is designed to expand the state's light duty zero emission vehicle charging infrastructure network. Central Piedmont will install three two-port systems. Systems will be located on Cato Campus, Harper Campus, and Levine Campus.

• Funding agency: NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality
• Award amount: $24,000

Funding will support the development and incorporation of an evidenced-based, comprehensive student support model that emphasizes equitable access to mobility career pathways, and focuses attention on the unique needs of students taking online courses in IT, including cybersecurity, health, and business, including forensic accounting.

• Funding agency: JPMorgan Chase Foundation
• Award amount: $500,000

Provides support for financial emergencies that students may face, including course materials, housing, medical needs, dependent care, or other. Part of a statewide initiative driven by the governor’s office. These funds are awarded to Charlotte Works to serve Central Piedmont students.

• Funding agencies:
  • Charlotte Works
  • U.S. Department of Labor via NC Governor’s Office
• Award amount: $200,000

Funds used to establish and maintain a standardized process for administering the Finish Line Grants program.

• Funding agencies:
  • Charlotte Works
  • U.S. Department of Labor via NC Governor’s Office
• Award amount: $31,432 

Provides scholarships and NIMS certifications/accreditations for students in the manufacturing and engineering programs.

• Funding agency: Gene Haas Foundation
• Award amount: $15,000 (October 11, 2019–October 10, 2021)
• Award Amount: $20,000: (January 1, 2021–March 31, 2021)

Grant funds from the Metallica Scholars Initiative will provide direct support for students enrolled in healthcare career programs that need financial assistance to continue or complete and become licensed healthcare professionals.

• Funding agencies:
  • All Within My Hands Foundation
  • American Association of Community Colleges
• Award amount: $25,000

Engages minority male students through one-on-one coaching, mentoring relationships, and activities that promote personal development, academic improvement, and social and educational advancement.

• Funding agency: North Carolina Community College System
• Award amount:  $23,608

Provides outreach, career advising, and academic advising services to high school students. NC Career Coach will assist students with determining their career goals and selecting appropriate community college programs that empower students to achieve their goals.

• Funding agency: North Carolina Community College System
• Award amount: $39,582

Partnership proposal with Central Piedmont, Guilford Technical Community College, and Forsyth Technical Community College to enhance academic and student support activities to promote retention and success of underrepresented minority students pursuing STEM degrees and careers.

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation
• Award amount: $1,500,000

Prepares at-risk youth, aged 16–24, for academic and employment success by providing participants with support in completing a high school diploma and enrolling in a career pathway.

• Funding agencies:
  • Charlotte Works
  • Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• Award amount: $1,064,140

Supports the development of comprehensive transfer agreements in sociology and psychology to promote transfer access from two-year community colleges to four-year independent colleges in NC.

• Funding agencies:
  • Teagle Foundation
  • NCICU
• Award amount: $2,000 

The Preparing Addictions Counselors of Tomorrow (PACT) Program will prepare eligible students in the substance abuse program for careers in the addictions counseling field and assist them in the process of state credentialing toward becoming a certified or licensed substance abuse counselor.

• Funding agency: Mecklenburg County ABC Board
• Award amount: $48,865

Provides participants with assessments, information and referral, English language and civics instruction, transportation support, and translation and interpretation services to become self-sufficient residents.

• Funding agencies:
  • NC Division of Social Services, State Refugee office
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Award amount: $110,000

Supports two education navigators who collaborate with Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services to provide educational assessments, determine educational pathways, develop employability plans of action, and assist participants in accessing college resources. A portion of the funds are used to cover Rise2Work participant training costs, including registration, tuition, and fees.

• Funding agencies:
  • North Carolina Community College System
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Award amount: $88,222

Funds will be used to address manufacturers’ needs for new curriculum that integrates robotics, automation and cybersecurity. Central Piedmont is a subaward of the NC Manufacturing Extension Partnership located at North Carolina State University.

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation
• Award amount: $34,237

(Perkins) Funds are intended to develop more fully the academic, vocational, and technical sills of students enrolled in career and technical education programs. During 2021–22, Central Piedmont will maintain a multi-disciplinary investment strategy targeting funds to health Sciences, business administration and information technology.

• Funding agencies:
  • North Carolina Community College System
  • U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $777,399

Strengthening Teachers, Reaching Individuals, Valuing Everyone (STRIVE) supports higher education access and success for students pursuing an Associate in Applied Science or certificate in early childhood education.

• Funding agencies:
  • Mecklenburg County
  • Foundation for the Carolinas
  • Charlotte Executive Leadership Council
• Award amount: $4,000,195

Partnership proposal led by Norco College to increase the number of highly trained supply chain automation technicians to meet the growing national need.

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation
• Award amount: $207,854

Enables Central Piedmont to offer transition support to qualifying adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

• Funding agencies:
  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Award amount: $23,797

Provides support services to low-literacy students and English language learners, as well as other special populations.

• Funding agencies:
  • North Carolina Community College System
  • U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $3,479,928 

Focuses on increasing the capacity for community colleges to provide students in recovery the support and skills necessary to help them successfully obtain, transition to, or reclaim desired life and academic pursuits.

• Funding agency: Transforming Youth Recovery
• Award amount: $10,000

Increases the number of disadvantaged, low-income, first-generation college students, and college students with disabilities by providing support services to increase the retention and graduation rates of participants.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $1,576,415

UNC Charlotte and Central Piedmont will work together to develop an interactive Artificial Intelligence (AI) research lab to develop and test technology for the detection of crime using real-time edge detection and re-identification. A cohort of fellows will participate in a cohort-based approach that includes leadership and service activities.

• Funding agencies:
  • UNC Charlotte
  • National Science Foundation
• Award amount: $30,000

Funding supports emergency financial aid grants to students (which may include students exclusively enrolled in distance education), to be used for any component of the student’s cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to the coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, healthcare (including mental healthcare), or child care.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $20,288,235

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll.

Funds will also be used to carry out student support activities authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965. A portion of funding must be used to implement evidence-based practices to monitor and suppress coronavirus in accordance to public health guidelines and conduct direct outreach to financial aid applicants about the opportunity to receive a financial aid adjustment.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $18,857,723

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll.

A portion of the funds must be used to implement evidence-based practices to monitor and suppress coronavirus in accordance with public health guidelines and to conduct direct outreach to financial aid recipients about the opportunity to receive a financial aid adjustment. 

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $1,702,364

Funds used to address a variety of student needs caused by and/or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as financial aid, technology, food, housing, books, childcare, etc. Funds must provide emergency financial aid grants to Title IV-eligible students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the coronavirus.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $5,393,777

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $5,393,777

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $536,013

Funds will be used for any component of the student’s cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care (including mental health care) or child care

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $5,393,777

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll. Funds will also be used to carry out student support activities authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $16,760,579

Funds may be used to provide additional emergency grants directly to students and to defray expenses incurred by the college, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll. Funds will also be used to carry out student support activities authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965.

• Funding agency: U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $920,908

Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) is CARES Act funds to provide tuition assistance to students enrolled in short-term workforce training programs leading to a state or industry-recognized credential in a high-demand field.

• Funding agencies:
  • North Carolina Community College System
  • U.S. Department of Education
• Award amount: $277,556

Funds will support the cost of virtual skills labs and lab-based online resources and will enhance course delivery and outcomes. 

• Funding agency: North Carolina Community College System, 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act
• Award amount: $112,361

Funds to support course certification through Quality Matters and/or Quality Matters membership. The Quality Matters mission is to promote and improve the quality of online education and student learning.

• Funding agency: North Carolina Community College System, 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act
• Award amount: $15,000