The New York Hall of Science was awarded a $749,372 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program. The grant supports the development of childhood space science programs and curriculum, as well as facility rehabilitation, with...
This $4,399,735 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) supports the development and implementation of the ENGAGING SCIENCE LEARNING WITH OPENSCIED initiative by BSCS Science Learning, a non-profit organization experienced in science education research, curriculum development, and professional learning. The project aims to create innovative...
This $631,404 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in developing resources to help informal STEM educators conduct more effective and culturally responsive program evaluations. Over the 2-year project period from September 2024 to August 2026, NYSCI will collaborate with caregivers to identify meaningful evaluation metrics and develop a toolkit to empower educators to gather and apply...
The New York Hall of Science was awarded a $1.6 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant will support the organization's efforts to develop teacher understanding of emergent computational thinking in early elementary school students. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, this award will help the New York Hall of...
The federal Project Grant award of $5,071,516.50, granted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), supports the "Project REACH: Raising Engagement and Attendance through Community and Home-School Partnerships" initiative. This five-year project, awarded to the City of New York Board of Education, aims to create, develop, and implement innovative educational practices to...
The University City Science Center was awarded a $4,449,706 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) federal grant program (CFDA 84.411). The grant will support the Science Center's "EXPERIENCING STEM FIRSTHAND: THE IMPACT OF A NOVEL APPROACH TO BOLSTERING SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY, INTEREST, AND KNOWLEDGE IN LOW-INCOME MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF COLOR" program from December 2021...
This two-year, $299,722 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the New York Hall of Science to deliver exploratory research and co-design efforts with caregivers in Corona, Queens. Working with the New York City Department of Education, the awardee will conduct interviews and intersectional research to understand caregiver engagement in STEM learning from multiple cultural perspectives. They will then engage in collaborative...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,443,907 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program grant (CFDA 84.411) to Teachers College Columbia University. The 5-year project, titled "EXCELL IN SCIENCE FOR HIGH-NEED PRE-KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS: THE EARLY PHASE," aims to create, develop, implement, and scale innovative educational practices to improve student achievement and attainment, particularly for high-need pre-K students. As...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,444,433 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to Urban Arts Partnership, a non-profit organization, to deliver the "CREATIVE CODERS: MIDDLE SCHOOL CS PATHWAYS THROUGH GAME DESIGN" project. This grant will fund the development and implementation of innovative game design curricula and programs to enhance computer science education for underserved...