Cooperative Agreement FEOI190061

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 Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $909,167 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to the Wilderness Education Project Corporation. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will fund PROJECT EXCEL, a training program for K-12 social studies teachers. The project aims to enhance the teaching and learning of American history, civics, and government in elementary and secondary...

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)", supports a five-year initiative focused on generating evidence-based educational solutions to enhance STEM engagement, critical thinking, and creative learning...

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 $149,433 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a partnership development and planning project between community leaders and informal STEM learning institutions in New Orleans, LA and St. Louis, MO. The project aims to cultivate partnerships that can use films addressing anti-racism, science, and environmental justice to facilitate critical dialogues and foster stronger relationships between the institutions and communities...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $137,500.00 to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education initiative in Jefferson County, Colorado. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include: updating the...

This Project Grant award, valued at $255,493.00 and awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a collaborative research project to develop and study a justice-centered water literacy curriculum for marginalized communities in southeast Louisiana. Over four years, the research team at the University of Arizona, in partnership with local community organizations and a network of public charter schools, will engage approximately 16...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 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 the Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown, Inc. (FAWC) to provide arts and educational opportunities in Massachusetts. The grant supports FAWC's collaboration with...

This $631,404 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in developing resources to help informal STEM educators conduct more effective and culturally responsive program evaluations. Over the 2-year project period from September 2024 to August 2026, NYSCI will collaborate with caregivers to identify meaningful evaluation metrics and develop a toolkit to empower educators to gather and apply...