Cooperative Agreement FEOI190011

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is focused on enhancing outdoor informal STEM learning opportunities for early adolescent youth. The $806,460 award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University aims to develop shared outcome measures, establish an evidence-based learning network, conduct systematic program evaluations, and create comparative case studies on effective outdoor education practices. The project 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...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,625,889 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to Young Audiences, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City. The grant, titled "Equitable Access to STEM Engagement (EASE)", will fund a five-year initiative to generate evidence-based educational solutions that enhance STEM engagement, critical thinking, and creative learning...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,909,226 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to Wilderness Education Project, Corp. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will fund the PROJECT TRAILS training program for social studies teachers and students in grades K-12. Wilderness Education Project, Corp is a non-profit organization that specializes in educational programming...

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...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $703,651 Project Grant 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) to Moco Kidsco Inc. The project, titled "The Latino STEM Education Initiative: Engaging Kids and Families in STEM Pathways," aims to develop and improve...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) aims to enhance student engagement in office hours within STEM courses, particularly in biology courses, at multiple Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging HSIs in Southern California. The $271,523 project will: Characterize student and faculty perceptions of office hours Investigate the impact of different office hours practices on student engagement Identify factors that promote office hours...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $149,588 to the Sierra Streams Institute, doing business as Friends Of Deer Creek, to develop a partnership strategy for informal environmental science learning experiences in California's Sierra Nevada region. The primary objectives of the partnership are to: a) establish a generative and community-based partnership based on mutual benefit, trust, responsibility, power-sharing,...

This $441,059 award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance student success and persistence in STEM fields at Oakton Community College, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Over 3 years, the project will create a leadership development program for STEM Learning Assistants (LAs) and an expanded emerging leaders training program. The LA program will provide mentorship and pedagogical training to up to 60 LAs who will support active learning...

This $315,618 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support a four-year design-based research project that centers community knowledge and lived experience to develop and study the implementation of a justice-centered water literacy curriculum for grades 3-8 in partnership with public charter schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project aims to engage approximately 16 teachers and 640 students to build relationships between...