INSTITUTIONAL AND ACACDEMIC GRANTS provide funding for specific programs or general operating support for the College. The following grants were awarded to the College between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018. For a more complete list of corporate and foundation funders, please see BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS.

The Ausherman Foundation – to support the Engaging Families to Build Better Readers program

The Chesapeake Bay Trust – to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

The Delaplaine Foundation – to support the summer reading clinic and the creation of a multimedia lab

G. Frank Thomas Foundation – to support student scholarships

M&T Bank – to provide general operating support

Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Commission – to purchase equipment for clinical simulation within the nursing program

Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission/Maryland Higher Education Commission, Nursing Support Program II – to support the growth of the baccalaureate nursing program

Monarch Alliance – to support the expansion of a monarch garden

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – to support a summer research experience for students

PNC Foundation – to support Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day to encourage high school girls to continue their study of mathematics

Rotary Club of Carroll Creek – to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – to fund the research and development of cost-effective biofuels

United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – to support the study of downy mildew

United Way of Frederick County – to support the Engaging Families to Build Better Readers program