Cooperative Agreement FEOI20032

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...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,619,611 Project Grant to the Center for Civic Education, a non-profit organization based in Calabasas, California. The grant, part of the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), will fund the "Integrated Civic SEL" project from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. The project will deliver media literacy and public policy engagement programs aimed at enhancing civic...

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 $137,500 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will support the Outdoor Lab Foundation in Jefferson County, Colorado to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. The primary activities will include: Expanding and enhancing the food waste and recycling curriculum within Outdoor Lab's sustainability unit to educate 5,000 sixth graders per...

This $380,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under CFDA 84.215 (Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects) supports the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) in delivering a STEM education, culture, entrepreneurship, media, and research micro-innovation network. The...

The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center will provide coastal restoration and water quality education to over 300 fifth-grade students through its "Explore the Coast" program funded by a $132,442 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program. The two-year grant will support in-class instruction and field trips focused on teaching students how ecosystems function and watershed characteristics through hands-on science experiments and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $366,027 to the CAL Poly Corporation, a non-profit organization serving as the auxiliary for California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The project, titled "AGENTS OF CHANGE: INVESTIGATING HOW PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FACULTY AND LEARNING ASSISTANTS ENABLE PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL AND CLASSROOM...