Project Grant 96854501

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,293,270 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028. The project aims to develop new technological and pedagogical frameworks that can be used to integrate data modeling and agent-based modeling in middle school environmental science classrooms. It will design three technology-rich...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $446,465 to Stroud Water Research Center Inc. on September 15, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support collaborative research on integrating spatial computing technologies into elementary environmental science instruction. The project, which extends through August 31, 2029, delivers an enhanced Shared Waters curriculum that...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $145,352 to the University Enterprises, Inc. at Sacramento State University to develop a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed. The project will engage sophomore and transfer students across three California State University campuses in a year-long learning...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $137,500 Project Grant to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education program in Jefferson County, Colorado. The 2-year project, beginning on February 1, 2025 and ending on January 31, 2027, will be funded through the EPA's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The project aims to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase...

The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded a $1,364,121 Project Grant to Columbia University under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program. The grant will support Columbia University's project "Engaging Young Black and Latino Students in Data Science Through Water Security" from June 2021 through May 2025. The project aims to engage underrepresented high school students in New York City in data science education...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,397 Project Grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to Illinois Central College (ICC) in East Peoria, Illinois. The grant is funding a project to create a pipeline of STEM technicians trained in water quality analysis to meet regional employer demands and contribute data to Illinois' Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. Over three years, the project will improve student proficiency in...

This $348,706 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and implement a curricular program for middle-school students in community-based settings. The program will focus on building data visualization skills to help students become critical consumers and interpreters of data. The research goals are to provide empirical evidence of middle school students building data visualization practices through learning technologies and to...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $129,450.00 in funding to the High Country Conservation Center (HC3) from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behaviors in Summit County, Colorado through two main components: (1) educating 550 7th grade students on water conservation through the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $418,531 Project Grant titled "DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT: COLORADO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INQUIRY COLLABORATIVE" to the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), a U.S. state government educational institution, with a performance period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant supports the design and development of an educational infrastructure to enhance rural Colorado middle and high school students'...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to strengthen urban stormwater infrastructure and improve water quality management in Chicago. The project leverages citizen science approaches to collect hydrological data and engage the public, while also developing a training program to prepare the next generation of engineers, scientists, and advocates to address challenges in...