Cooperative Agreement FEO2I00221

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Sierra Streams Institute, a nonprofit organization in California, to implement an environmental education initiative. The key activities include: Developing a Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) to enhance students' critical thinking and science literacy by facilitating communication between peers on regional watershed issues. The WCT will...

This two-year, $299,722 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the New York Hall of Science to deliver exploratory research and co-design efforts with caregivers in Corona, Queens. Working with the New York City Department of Education, the awardee will conduct interviews and intersectional research to understand caregiver engagement in STEM learning from multiple cultural perspectives. They will then engage in collaborative...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) provides $199,907 to the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative in Lowell, Michigan. The project, titled "Advancing K-12 Environmental Literacy through Place-Based Stewardship Education (PBSE) in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region", aims to build capacity for increased statewide environmental literacy through PBSE and climate change education. The key...

This $497,829 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will fund a research synthesis study led by BSCS Science Learning and its partners NatureBridge and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The study will examine the impacts of outdoor and nature-based environmental education programs on educators and youth participants over a 30-year period, with a focus on the role of climate-related emotions. The...

The La Promise Fund will receive $4.5 million through December 2026 under a Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The funding is provided through the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to support the Black College Success Initiative. This Initiative will create and implement evidence-based strategies to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through field-initiated innovations. The...

This $80,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund a comprehensive environmental education initiative led by Learning Endeavors, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in the Hawaiian Islands and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities has awarded a $415,863 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) to implement a 3-year program titled "GP-IN: Bridging the Gap into Geosciences for Underrepresented Pre-College Populations through Experiential Learning Opportunities" (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences). The project aims to improve awareness and increase the diversity of students interested in geoscience careers by exposing underrepresented pre-college...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215), provides $380,000.00 to the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) to support a STEM education, entrepreneurship, media, and research micro-innovation...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,625,889 five-year Project Grant titled "Equitable Access to STEM Engagement (EASE)" to Young Audiences, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City. The grant, funded through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), supports the creation, development, implementation, replication, and scaling of evidence-based educational innovations designed to improve...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $246,857 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to improve and broaden participation in undergraduate STEM education through faculty professional development. Specifically, the American Association of Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, and American Physical Society will redesign and expand their successful physics and astronomy faculty workshops to focus on developing individualized plans...