Cooperative Agreement FH400G14036

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, 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...

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...

This $787,042 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a collaborative research project titled "From Stories to Solutions: Engaging Latinx Families as Design Partners to Advance Equitable Informal Engineering Learning Opportunities for Young Children." The project is a partnership between community leaders at Palenque LSNA, educators at the Chicago Children's Museum, and researchers at Loyola University Chicago. The...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $252,218 to Chico State Enterprises, a Hispanic Serving Institution, to develop marketing materials that can attract more diverse student populations to the geosciences field. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting surveys and focus groups with students in introductory STEM courses at California State University, Chico, as well as high school and community...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), provides $133,500 to Trail Blazer Camps, a non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY. The award supports a comprehensive environmental education program targeting 60 middle and high school students from the Brooklyn Green Magnet School of Eco-Activism. Key program activities include a one-week summer camp, a 6-week educational session, outdoor field...

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 $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...

This two-year, $299,984 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to strengthen data science education and workforce development opportunities in Chicago. Loyola University of Chicago's Institute for Racial Justice will partner with Arrupe College and the Chicago Youth Learning Organization to design a data science pathway for underrepresented scholars. Undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will...