Project Grant NA12SEC0080014

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $239,095 to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to develop a series of educational modules that will teach university-level Earth systems science (ESS) students and early-career professionals the conceptual foundations and practical applications of machine learning techniques. The project aims to bridge the gap between advanced...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) IUSE: EHR (CFDA #47.076) Project Grant award of $164,956 to Chico State Enterprises aims to quantify the relationship between teaching methods, student learning, and student attitudes in introductory geoscience courses. The project will design a series of lessons classified as teacher-centered, transitional, and student-centered based on classroom observation protocols. These lessons will be implemented at four institutions over multiple semesters, with...

This $243,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) aims to establish a "Geoscience Learning Community and Network (GEONET)" to support secondary science teachers in Nebraska in integrating geoscience content into their curricula. The key objectives are to: 1) Provide professional development and training to help teachers craft new lesson plans infusing geoscience themes, 2) Facilitate incorporation of geoscience concepts aligned...

This $311,988 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of equitable science teaching practices for elementary teacher candidates. Specifically, the Ohio State University will design learning activities for elementary science methods courses that leverage immersive learning, collaborative planning, and reflection to help teacher candidates develop ideologies supporting multiple pathways for learning science. Activities will...

This five-year, $1.33 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund scholarships for 40 academically talented, low-income transfer students pursuing bachelor's degrees in geography and environmental resources or geology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Earth-Sustainability Scholarship program aims to increase degree completion in STEM fields among this target student population through two-year scholarships of $10,000...

This $557,548 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds the Smithsonian Institution to deliver their Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center from February 2022 through January 2025. The RET program will provide hands-on research training to middle school teachers from Maryland and Washington, D.C. school districts on topics related to global change ecology. Teachers will study...

This $222,051 project grant from the National Science Foundation will support the Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites project. Under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), pairs of high school teachers from schools with large populations of underrepresented students in STEM fields will conduct authentic research at three Long Term Ecological Research sites spanning Arctic, temperate forest, and coastal marine ecosystems. Over an 18-month...

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...

This $634,504 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program (CFDA 47.076) supports a four-year research initiative titled "Teaching for the Anthropocene: Teacher Learning and Practice for Critical Systems Thinking." The project aims to investigate how a professional development program can help middle and high school science teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern Massachusetts, and London, UK, develop critical...