Cooperative Agreement SPK33024CA5031

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $139,650.04 Cooperative Agreement to Christ Trust, a private university and non-profit educational institution in India, to train 250-300 journalists and media professionals across 6 workshops in 6 Indian cities on climate reporting. The goal is to influence policy and inform the public about climate change and its effects. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program,...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $199,985.00 to fund a three-week summer institute for 30 English Language Arts teachers. The institute aims to help teachers develop strategies for teaching about climate justice using young people's literature and media. The project will provide participants with a theory-informed, actionable understanding of climate justice issues...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $281,037 to develop online and classroom training materials for careers in the weather, water and climate industry. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Research Application Lab will collaborate with private industry subject matter experts and atmospheric science...

This $341,949 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) seeks to build teaching capacity and improve equitable access to climate resilience resources for cultural heritage organizations. The key products and services to be delivered include: Evaluating and improving existing climate resilience resources to enhance their usability and remove access barriers. Developing and...

This $449,885 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program aims to design, implement, and test climate science and history professional learning materials and experiences for high school teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The University of California, Berkeley, as the prime awardee, will work with a team of scientists, historians, and educators to co-develop curricular planning tools and lesson plans to help teachers integrate...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA #47.075) program awarded Northwestern University a $100,000 Project Grant to plan for the creation of an interdisciplinary center that would study the social and behavioral aspects of climate change. The planning will involve meetings of experts from disciplines including psychology, sociology, and environmental science to explore how people receive, process, and respond to information about climate change....

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support a $430,000 combined in-person and virtual summer institute for 25 English teachers of grades 6-12. The institute aims to guide participants in an in-depth inquiry into climate futurism through literary works and engagement with subject matter experts from October 2022 to September 2024. Hosted by Sonoma State University both virtually and with field trips across Northern California, the institute curriculum explores...

This $394,768 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to strengthen the adaptability and resilience of underserved communities to climate uncertainty through interdisciplinary research and training. The key activities include: Training minority students from underserved regions on climate change adaptation and resilience, equipping them with skills to address environmental challenges and serve the future workforce....

This $204,248 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program aims to integrate climate change data into a regional community health assessment and engage local stakeholders in the rural Appalachian region. The overarching goals are to: Incorporate climate change impacts into the regional community health assessment process to identify climate-sensitive health priorities. Co-design visual storytelling...

This five-year, $622,775 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's National Center for Atmospheric Research to generate actionable climate intervention scenarios. The research team will advance the scientific understanding of portfolio approaches combining mitigation, carbon dioxide removal, and solar radiation management strategies to limit global warming to 1.5...