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, 2025, and June 30, 2026. For a more complete list of corporate and foundation funders, please see BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS.

American Genetics – to support student registration fees for a summer workshop in Introductory Conservation Genetics

Boyd Foundation – to support student scholarships

Community Foundation of Frederick County – to support expanding the Frederick Food Security Network’s hydroponic growing capacity

Delaplaine Foundation – to support Hood’s community-based Summer Reading Clinic and Yearlong Tutoring initiatives

Department of Commerce, through the NIST Construction Projects Program – to fund the renovation of the Bioscience Research and Education Center

Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation – to support the Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation Scholarship

Kahlert Foundation – to fund the renovation of the Bioscience Research and Education Center

Lake Linganore Homeowners Association – to support a local lake monitoring project

M&T Foundation – to support the Hood Fund

Maryland Center of Computing Education – to support the development of a Pre-K Coding Camp

Maryland Higher Education Commission – to support nursing faculty through the Nursing Faculty Annual Recognition program

Maryland Higher Education Commission, through the NSP II Program – to support local community nursing hubs

Maryland Higher Education Commission, through the NSP II Instructional Innovation Equipment and Simulation Capacity Program – to support upgrading simulation equipment for nursing program

Maryland State Department of Natural Resources – to support a Maryland Lakes Algae Monitoring project

Rice Family Foundation – to support the Arlene Utz Hollinger ’37 Scholarship

G. Frank Thomas Foundation – to support the G. Frank Thomas Foundation Scholarship

Transform Mid-Atlantic – to support a service-learning collaborative project

U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Plant Pest and Disease Management Program – to implement a classical biological control program for the spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii in the mid-Atlantic states

U.S. National Science Foundation, through the ExLENT Program – to support a biomanufacturing training program for students