Project Funding Agency Amount Project Period Grant Manager
Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL)  Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $1,236,641 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Megan Jones
mjones@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4109
Advanced Technical Education (ATE) Grant National Science Foundation (NSF) $350,000 7.1.2024-6.30.2027

Dr. Sheela Vemu
svemu@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-2581

Dr. Nancy Christensen
nchristensen@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-2472

CIBC Foundation Grant: Waubonsee SBDC Support Grant CIBC Bank $7,500 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Noelia Ruiz
nruiz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4664
Digital Instruction for Adult Education Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $25,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Megan Jones
mjones@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4109

Gene Haas Foundation Post-Secondary CNC Education Scholarship Grant
 
Gene Haas Foundation $19,500 7.1.2025-6.30.2027 Dr Jeanine McMillen
jmcmillen@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-2264

Grow Your Own Teachers Grant 
 
Grow Your Own-Illinois $50,000 1.1.2026-6.30.2026 Dr. Tamekia Smith 
tsmith2@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-2358

Innovative Bridge and Transitions (IBT)
 
Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $140,853 1.1.2026-
3.31.2027
Megan Jones
mjones@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4109
Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Grant Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) TBD 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Adam Schauer
aschauer@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4110
Noncredit Strategies at Work
(NSAW) Grant - CY26
Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $110,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Suzanne Markin smarkin@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4101
Nurse Educator Fellowship Program Grant Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) $10,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Dr. Mary Beth Hutches
mhutches@waubonsee.edu
630.870.3903
Pipeline for the Advancement of the Healthcare (PATH) Workforce Grant Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $387,449 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Robert Cofield rcofield@waubonsee.edu
(630) 870-3904
Perkins Post-Secondary Grant Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) $351,236 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Dr. Alyson Gaspar
agaspar@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-2846
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Grant National Science Foundation (NSF) $228,839 4.1.2022-3.31.2027 Dr. Chassie Sherretz
csherretz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-5757
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Grant Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCEO) $158,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Noelia Ruiz
nruiz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4664
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Appropriation Grant #1 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCEO) $250,000 5.1.2025-6.30.2026 Noelia Ruiz
nruiz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4664

Small Business Development
Center (SBDC) Appropriation
Grant #2
 
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCEO) $200,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Noelia Ruiz
nruiz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4664
SparkForce Summer 
Manufacturing Camp Grant
The FMA Foundation $2,000 1.1.2026-12.31.2026 Renee Skrabacz
rskrabacz@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-3173
TRIO Upward Bound Grant (EAHS) U.S. Department of Education $1,488,005 9.1.2022-8.31.2027 Dr. Robert Cook
rcook@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-6800
TRIO Upward Bound Grant (WAHS) U.S. Department of Education $1,488,005 9.1.2022-8.31.2027 Dr. Robert Cook
rcook@waubonsee.edu
(630) 466-6800
WIOA Youth Services/ Waubonsee Works Program Grant Kane County Office of Community Reinvestment (KCOCR) $406,000 7.1.2025-6.30.2026 Jennifer Lara
jlara1@waubonsee.edu
(630) 906-4176