Cooperative Agreement 83998201

This $143,130 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides funding to the University of Delaware to implement a STEM education project focused on environmental sustainability. The key activities include: 12-15 teachers will teach approximately 360 middle and high school students in 6 Title I schools across Delaware about environmental sustainability concepts using a 4-module instructional...

This $564,686 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Loyola University of Chicago in providing pre-service secondary science and mathematics teachers authentic STEM research experiences in biodiversity studies through a summer program. Over five years, the university aims to mentor 40 prospective teachers pursuing biology, ecology, or environmental science degrees through hands-on research and professional development opportunities...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $137,500 Project Grant to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education program in Jefferson County, Colorado. The 2-year project, beginning on February 1, 2025 and ending on January 31, 2027, will be funded through the EPA's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The project aims to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase...

The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded a $1,364,121 Project Grant to Columbia University under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program. The grant will support Columbia University's project "Engaging Young Black and Latino Students in Data Science Through Water Security" from June 2021 through May 2025. The project aims to engage underrepresented high school students in New York City in data science education...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $133,520 Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) grant to Minnesota State University Mankato to implement environmental education initiatives in southern Minnesota. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques focused on increasing environmental literacy and pro-environmental behaviors among middle, high school, and university students. Key program...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $6 million project grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support an integrated research and education traineeship from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027. The traineeship will provide master's and doctoral level training to approximately 300 students, including 20 directly funded trainees, in convergent research areas focused on cultural change, social equity, and the circular use of water and...

This $298,351 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will fund the development of a data sensing learning environment called DASLET to enhance middle school students' computational thinking skills. Over the four-year period from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2027, the Rochester Institute of Technology will create an immersive virtual reality environment allowing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,397 Project Grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to Illinois Central College (ICC) in East Peoria, Illinois. The grant is funding a project to create a pipeline of STEM technicians trained in water quality analysis to meet regional employer demands and contribute data to Illinois' Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. Over three years, the project will improve student proficiency in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $599,919 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site focused on integrating STEM education around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The RET site will provide six-week summer research experiences for four pre-service and four in-service high school STEM teachers from high-needs school districts. Participants will work with WPI...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...