Project Grant 2336447
- Grant Summary Carleton College received a $310,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop upper-level undergraduate teaching modules that integrate data analysis skills within solid earth geoscience courses. The primary deliverables include: (1) creation of freely available...
- This three-year, $284,543 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will fund the development of curricular modules and faculty professional development resources to improve quantitative skills among undergraduate Earth science majors. Awarded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to strengthen students' math proficiency and confidence through a multi-pronged approach. Specifically, the awardee Unavco, Inc. will...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Highline College a $211,083 Project Grant under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop quantitative skills curriculum for undergraduate earth science majors. The three-year award running from December 2022 through November 2025 will support creation of modular online learning resources and faculty professional development to strengthen geoscience students' math proficiency and application abilities. Central to the resource design is...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $114,619 to Carleton College on April 15, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support a collaborative research project implementing the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop. The award funds a three-year initiative (through March 31, 2029) delivering annual five-day professional development workshops for early-career...
- Carleton College received a $111,125 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and implement a Community Contribution Tool. The tool will allow geoscience instructors to continually update teaching materials on the Teach the Earth website with current data sets and content. This will extend the usefulness of freely available online curriculum resources utilized by thousands of educators. As part of the award, Carleton College...
- This $196,032 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on modeling disturbance and resilience in ecosystems and natural/social communities. The project aims to advance the mathematical theory of non-equilibrium dynamics, including generalizing resilience metrics beyond equilibrium states and investigating the impacts of periodic disturbances on continuous recovery processes. The research...
- This $1,798,726 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports a 6-year initiative at San Jose State University (SJSU) to increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing Bachelor's degrees in Geology and Earth System Science. The project will provide 4-year scholarships for 6 first-year students and 2-year scholarships for 24 transfer students at SJSU, a...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide Fullerton College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, with $172,967 to strengthen undergraduate learning in earth science. The grant will secure a breadth of educational equipment, including drones, weather stations, water column systems, bioreactors, and multi-parameter probes. This equipment will allow over 1,000 students and numerous faculty to engage in hands-on learning...
- This $119,548 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development and delivery of introductory geoscience lessons at the University of South Carolina aimed at quantifying the relationship between instructional reform practices, student learning, and student attitudes. Specifically, the grantee will design lessons delivered at varying levels of reformed teaching methodology as measured by the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol and Classroom Observation Protocol for...
- North Carolina State University will apply a digital tool to support self-regulated learning strategies in introductory geoscience courses under a $480,225 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The funding supports the university's work under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which aims to ensure the vitality of the Nation's science, technology,...
This $102,362 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Carleton College in developing curricular resources and faculty professional development to improve quantitative skills and confidence among undergraduate Earth science majors. The key products to be delivered include: The modular approach will allow faculty to adopt relevant content for their specific courses and help scaffold quantitative skills across the geoscience curriculum. The free online module collection will be hosted on the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) website to facilitate broad access and discovery by instructors. This multi-pronged project aims to strengthen the quantitative preparedness of the future Earth science workforce, which is critical to meeting the nation's needs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $102.4k | 9/8/23 |