Cooperative Agreement FH400G10013

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 $184,742 National Science Foundation project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research at Texas A&M University to study the role of co-curricular physics outreach activities on undergraduate student persistence and success. The project aims to survey undergraduate physics majors nationwide regarding their participation in informal physics outreach programs for K-12 students and analyze the relationship to student success factors. A subaward of $30,000 to the...

This $137,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable the Outdoor Lab Foundation to expand and enhance its environmental education curriculum 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 among 6th grade students....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) a $843,830 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program. The goal of this 2-year award is to develop strategies for creating more inclusive pathways into geoscience careers, particularly targeting underserved youth. The "Connecting Opportunities for Research Experiences (CORE) in the Geosciences" project will leverage SMM's expertise in STEM education and community engagement through...

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 awarded a $266,162 Project Grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's National Center for Atmospheric Research to support the "EAGER: Elevating and Empowering Hispanic/Latinx Voices through Video: Reducing Barriers in Academia and Building an Ecosystem for Success in the Earth System Sciences" program. The funding will support the Geosciences program, which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) IUSE: EHR (CFDA #47.076) Project Grant award of $164,956 to Chico State Enterprises aims to quantify the relationship between teaching methods, student learning, and student attitudes in introductory geoscience courses. The project will design a series of lessons classified as teacher-centered, transitional, and student-centered based on classroom observation protocols. These lessons will be implemented at four institutions over multiple semesters, with...

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 (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 $787,042 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research and design project that engages Latinx families as design partners to develop equitable informal engineering learning opportunities for young children. The project involves a partnership between community leaders at Palenque LSNA, educators at the Chicago Children's Museum, and researchers at Loyola University Chicago. Through a community-engaged...