Project Grant 80NSSC23K0799

This $234,639 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS) will support the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCO) to develop the USA Sky Partners program. The program aims to expand access to authentic astronomy research experiences for undergraduates at Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, LCO will partner with Occidental College and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences supports the Exploration of Astronomy by Kentucky Students (OAKS) program, a new research and education partnership in astronomy. The $111,074 award will be used to develop OAKS, a sustainable collaboration between rural-serving institutions and astrophysics research departments, to provide personalized mentoring, financial, and academic support to Kentucky undergraduate students. This...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $465,000 to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to develop and assess a Remote Engagement and Access to Learning (REAL) field trip model that will allow any school, regardless of location or funding, to actively participate in large-scale scientific events such as the 2024 total solar eclipse. The REAL field trip model will be tested with 6 middle schools, 3 within and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences provides $229,131 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to develop a new research and education partnership in astronomy with Texas Southmost College (TSC). The partnership will engage Hispanic community college students in South Texas in multi-messenger and time domain astronomy research, including observational techniques, data analysis, and machine learning. Key activities...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award provides $300,000 over three years to Northern Arizona University (NAU), Lowell Observatory, and the USGS Astrogeology Science Center to host an astronomy and planetary science research program. The project will pair 10 undergraduate students per year with scientists from these organizations to conduct astrophysics research across a range of topics, including planetary, solar, stellar, and galactic...

This $283,812 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program aims to support rural elementary teachers and administrators in incorporating locally and culturally significant, place-based science phenomena into their classroom teaching practices. Over a 4-year period from November 2024 to October 2028, the University of Hawaii at Manoa will lead a professional learning initiative that builds the pedagogical design capacity of...

This federal Project Grant award of $289,578 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOPATHS:GO: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS)" project. The goal of this 4-year project is to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and careers in the geosciences by providing undergraduate students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, with...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Mount Washington Observatory received a $243,199 cooperative agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), CFDA 43.008, awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. Under this three-year agreement, the Observatory will develop and deliver authentic learning experiences designed to attract students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines while...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: TOWARDS AN ACCESSIBLE RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY IN RURAL MIDWEST", provides $302,906 in funding to Winona State University over 5 years starting on Aug 1, 2024. The project aims to build local expertise and capabilities at the predominantly undergraduate university to support an accessible radio astronomy observatory in the rural Midwest region. Key products and services to be delivered include: Hiring 3...

Arizona State University was awarded a $299,840 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds the development and delivery of a fully online course-based undergraduate research experience for astronomy majors titled "Bringing Authentic Research to the Remote Classroom." The project aims to provide remote students...