This $420,316 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program will fund the 28th Annual Meeting of The GLOBE Program, a community that has created an openly accessible database with over 300 million environmental measurements. The meeting will focus on "Climate and Resilience", exploring how GLOBE's science and data can deepen understanding of climate-related issues and increase community resilience. Key meeting strands will address using GLOBE to explore...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $536,591 provides funding for the 27th Annual Globe Meeting from April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The meeting will focus on open science and how the Globe Program's openly accessible database of over 233 million environmental measurements exemplifies the principles of open data accessibility, a priority of the sponsoring Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Sessions will explore mobilizing data collection beyond borders, expanding...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $2,961,800 Cooperative Agreement to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) on July 11, 2024 under the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001). The funding will support EDC's project "BROADENING ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT IN GEOSCIENCES THROUGH GLOBE: EXPANDING THE MISSION OF THE GIO" over a 5-year period ending on July 10, 2029. The project aims to increase participation and engagement in...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $749,435, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) on January 1, 2025. The award provides funding for UNH to continue facilitating the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program in the United States and assume the role of the North American Regional Office (NARO). GLOBE is an...
This $1,223,730 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of a collaboration model for how planetariums can work with local communities to co-create data-driven visual narratives about the local impacts of climate change. The project aims to create a collaboration guide and evaluation toolkit that other planetariums and informal science education institutions can use to develop their own localized climate...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), awarded a $129,436 Project Grant to the University of Illinois to convene an international summit in Fall 2024 to discuss the feasibility of creating a special-purpose computational system for frontier Earth system science and climate projection. The scientific objectives of this project are to bring together international leaders from academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations to examine...
This $652,363 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports capacity building and engagement activities for U.S. scientists conducting global change research through Future Earth. Future Earth will provide strategic communications, publications like the award-winning Anthropocene magazine, and convenings like the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress to connect the global scientific community studying sustainability...
This $237,278 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports U.S. researchers participating in a multinational research project on biocultural heritage and climate adaptation in Arctic cities. The project, competitively selected by the 55-country Belmont Forum research consortium, will develop transdisciplinary approaches to investigate the complex interactions between natural and social systems and the ability of Arctic urban...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides support for the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress to be held in Chicago from June 16-20, 2025. The SRI Congress is the world's largest annual event focused on sustainability science and innovation, bringing together research, government, business, and civil society leaders from over 100 countries to advance progress toward sustainability. The award...
This $563,190 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of a community-driven roadmap to advance broadening participation goals in the geoscience community over the next 50 years. The University of Texas at Austin will convene a conference for stakeholders from academia, industry, professional organizations, and government agencies to reflect on past efforts and cultivate new partnerships to support diversity, equity and...
This $667,964 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the 2025 annual meeting for the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program. The meeting, which marks GLOBE's 30th anniversary, will be held July 13-17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The goals of the meeting are to allow the GLOBE community to share challenges, collaborate on strategies, and engage STEM professionals, educators, students, and citizen scientists in building environmental awareness, community-based Earth systems monitoring, and STEM skills. Key activities will include alumni and scientist panels, regional spotlights, an interactive timeline, and keynote speakers to recognize GLOBE's past impact and future opportunities. The award recipient, Education Development Center, Inc., will lead the meeting as the leader of the GLOBE Implementation Office's Community Engagement and Support strand. No sub-awards are planned for this grant.