About the Program: Texas Tech
University has received five grants (in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002
and 2006) from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Undergraduate Science Education Program totaling $7.8 million
dollars. TTU was the only Texas institution to receive a grant
in the 2002 competition, and is the only Texas institution to
receive continuous funding from HHMI. CISER is primarily funded
by the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program. CISER, in
partnerships with the Region 17 Education Service Center (ESC),
the Texas High School Project, the TTU TSTEM Center, and the
Noyce grant at TTU, supports professional development activities
for preservice and inservice STEM teachers.