Project Grant 2119982

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities provides $173,236 to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for its "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GP-IN: CONNECTED TO EARTH: CROSS-CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE FOR ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE LEARNING" program. The funding supports the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and understanding of the...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $206,815 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOPATHS IN: DIG CAMP - DATA IN GEOSCIENCES: COLLABORATION AND MENTORING PROGRAM?TEAMING LATINX HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR DATA USE IN GEOSCIENC." The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will provide funding for the University of California,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $133,138 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funded the "VOICES OF INTEGRATING CULTURE IN THE EARTH SCIENCES" project from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023. The project aimed to assess measures of identity, belonging, place, and security for workshop participants through surveys and interviews. San Francisco State University served as a sub-awardee to design the...

The University of California Santa Cruz will provide collaborative research and mentoring programs focused on geosciences data use under a $194,760 National Science Foundation project grant. The funding supports "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOPATHS IN: DIG CAMP - DATA IN GEOSCIENCES: COLLABORATION AND MENTORING PROGRAM?TEAMING LATINX HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR DATA USE IN GEOSCIENC." Through September 2024, UC Santa Cruz will partner Latinx high school and college students to...

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...

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 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities provides $202,295 to Unavco, Inc. to engage community college students in geoscience career pathways under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The funding will support Unavco's COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GP-UP: GEO-LAUNCHPAD project from September 2021 through August 2024. As the primary awardee and vendor, Unavco will deliver engagement activities to strengthen students' understanding of the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $299,000 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to build equitable university-community research collaborations on Chicago's South Side. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2.5-year grant include: Formalizing a partnership between UIC's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department and the Urban Growers...

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 $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...