Funding will be utilized to enhance stem education quality by updating and expanding evergreen¿S range of scientific instruments to provide students with hands-on training in scientific research and…

This $2,135,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (CFDA 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects) will fund The Evergreen State College's efforts to enhance STEM education quality by procuring and installing state-of-the-art scientific equipment. The college will acquire and integrate a scanning electron microscope, gas chromatography-mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, and environmental monitoring sensors for carbon efflux, water quality, and climate monitoring. This equipment will enable Evergreen students to engage in hands-on, practical research and data analysis, preparing them for careers in modern STEM fields. The grant period runs from October 2024 through September 2025, with acquisition and installation activities planned through Summer 2025. The Evergreen State College will directly implement the grant activities and does not intend to issue any subawards.

Activities

The evergreen state college will procure and install state-of-the-art equipment, including a scanning electron microscope, gas chromatography-mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, and an array of environmental monitoring sensors for carbon efflux, water quality, and climate monitoring. Acquisition will begin in fall 2024, with comprehensive installation and training phases planned through summer 2025.

Expected outcomes

This equipment will allow students to engage in hands-on, practical research and data analysis, skills imperative for modern stem fields. Students will utilize the equipment and become prepared to enter the scientific workforce in their field of study.

Intended beneficiaries

Funding will benefit the students of the evergreen state college by providing them with access and training with state-of-the-art scientific equipment that will be integrated not the stem curriculum. In addition, faculty researchers will also benefit as the equipment will support new scientific research.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.