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Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (from the IRS e-File system), Tax Year 2024
Total Revenue
βΌ$64.9K
Total Contributions
$56.2K
Total Expenses
βΌ$59.5K
Total Assets
$585.4K
Total Liabilities
βΌ$0
Net Assets
$585.4K
Officer Compensation
βN/A
Other Salaries
N/A
Investment Income
$8,759
Fundraising
βΌN/A
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VA/DoD Awards
$30M
VA/DoD Award Count
6
Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs and/or Department of Defense.
Total Federal Funding (partial)
$486.3M
Awards Found
200+
Additional awards may exist. View all on USAspending.gov β
| Awarding Agency | Description | Amount | Fiscal Year | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Homeland Security | CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM. | $50M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Dec 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | NANOSCALE INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK | $21.7M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Feb 2016 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF U.S. FREEDOM PAVILLION LAND SEA & AIR. | $19.7M | FY2010 | Apr 2010 β Dec 2011 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AMNH, IN COLLABORATION WITH INFORMAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS ISI, NASA MISSION TEAMS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS S | $13.8M | FY2016 | Jan 2016 β Sep 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | NANOSCALE INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK | $11.7M | FY2006 | Oct 2005 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $10M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Commerce | THIS EDA INVESTMENT FUNDS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUMβS 90,000-SF EXPANSION IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRONG MUSEUM'S NEW PLAZA AND COMMONS AND THREE NEW EXHIBITS: THE OUTDOOR PLAY GARDEN, DIGITAL WORLDS: HIGH SCORE, AND DIGITAL WORLDS: LEVEL UP. THE PLAZA AND COMMONS WILL CONSIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUSEUM'S FRONT ENTRANCE OUTDOOR SPACE, INCLUDING SPACE FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS. THE EXHIBITS WILL REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION WORK INCLUDING EXHIBIT STRUCTURES, EXTERIOR HEATING, PAINTING, FLOORING, WALLS, AND IT CABLING. THE PROJECT WILL HELP ADDRESSES ECONOMIC HARM TO THE TRAVEL, TOURISM, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION INDUSTRY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BY SUPPORTING INCREASED TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB GROWTH, AND POST COVID RESILIENCY FOR ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE REGION SERVE AS A ONE-OF-A-KIND DESTINATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR A DIVERSE AUDIENCE FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES. | $7.5M | β | β β β |
| Agency for International Development | PROMOTING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF PARQUE NACIONAL CORDILLERA AZUL. | $4.8M | FY2008 | Aug 2008 β Aug 2013 |
| Department of Education | A PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT A MUSEUM- AND SCHOOL-BASED TEACHING RESIDENCY FOR EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS | $4.6M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 β Sep 2024 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA, TOGETHER WITH PROJECT TEAM PARTNERS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIF | $4.5M | FY2016 | Jan 2016 β β |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS (ATALM) WILL PROVIDE CULTURALLY RELEVANT TRAININGOPPORTUNITIES TARGETED TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF CURRENT AND EMERGING STAFF OF INDIGENOUS ARCHIVES,LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS, AS WELL AS STAFF OF ORGANIZATIONS SERVING INDIGENOUS AUDIENCES OR HOLDING INDIGENOUSCOLLECTIONS. TRAINING INCLUDES HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, SITE VISITS, FIELD TRIPS, POSTER PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONFORUMS, AND 108 SESSIONS ON CASE STUDIES, BEST PRACTICES, AND TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE FIELD. THESE PROGRAMS,NOW IN THEIR 13TH YEAR, HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION SERVICESTO AMERICA?S 4.5 MILLION NATIVE PEOPLES. THE ACTIVITIES PROPOSED FALL WITHIN THE ?PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?PROJECT CATEGORY IN THAT THEY PROVIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THEPROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE OF INDIGENOUS STAFF OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. | $4.3M | FY2021 | Feb 2021 β Sep 2028 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM [THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS, AN ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL AND GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2010, PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A $3,614,198 REGRANTING PROGRAM TO HELP NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND REESTABLISH COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH HUMANITIES PROGRAMS. ELIGIBLE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE USA'S 574 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, AS WELL AS NON-NATIVE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES, MAY SEEK FUNDING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. GRANTS RANGE FROM $5,000-$50,000 AND ARE FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. SELECTION WILL BE THROUGH A PEER-REVIEW PROCESS.] [PURPOSE: EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, TRIBAL CULTURAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING WITH TRIBES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANTMAKING PROGRAM COMPRISED OF 100-175 SUBAWARDS OF $5,000-$50,000. THIS PROGRAM WILL DELIVER OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR PROGRAMS THAT CONVENE SCHOLARS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS AROUND NATIVE AMERICAN TOPICS.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EMERGENCY RELIEF TO BETWEEN 100-175 HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; TRIBAL CULTURAL FACILITIES WITH NON-PROFIT STATUS; NON-TRIBAL 501(C)3 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES; AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITIES PROJECTS THAT BRING TOGETHER SCHOLARS, CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, AND THE PUBLIC.] | $4.1M | FY2021 | Sep 2021 β Feb 2024 |
| Department of the Interior | THE 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON-SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TERRORIST ATTACKS. THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE ONGOING CARE OF THE MEMORIAL PLAZA AT THE 9 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. FUNDING WILL PROVIDE FOR MAINTENANCE OF MEMORIAL POOLS AND PARAPETS AT THE SITE. FUNDING WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR SECURITY SERVICES AT THE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. | $4M | FY2025 | Sep 2025 β Sep 2026 |
| Department of the Interior | OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY FOR THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM | $4M | FY2024 | Sep 2024 β Sep 2025 |
| Department of the Interior | FUNDING OPPORTUNITY P23AS00413 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON-SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM, THESE ON-SITE MEMORIALS ARE REFERRED TO AS COVERED MEMORIALS. A COVERED MEMORIAL IS DEFINED AS A MEMORIAL LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF, AND HONOR THE VICTIMS OF, THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AT THE SITES OF THE ATTACKS. THE MISSION OF THE 9 11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM IS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE 2,983 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND THE FEBRUARY 26, 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS AND ALL WHO DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACKS. THE FY 2023 GRANT AWARDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FULFILLS THE MISSION THROUGH COMMEMORATION, EXHIBITIONS, AND EDUCATION. | $4M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Aug 2024 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | ARREST DETERIORATION OF FORD ISLAND AVIATION CONTROL TOWER | $3.8M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of Education | TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS | $3.7M | FY2015 | Oct 2014 β Mar 2021 |
| National Science Foundation | EFFICACY STUDY OF METROPOLITAN DENVER'S URBAN ADVANTAGE PROGRAM: A PROJECT TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AMONG URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS | $3.3M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Aug 2016 |
| Department of Energy | DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE & HISTORY | $3.2M | FY2006 | Sep 2006 β Sep 2009 |
| National Science Foundation | MOVING NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS INTO PRACTICE: A MIDDLE SCHOOL ECOLOGY UNIT AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL | $3.2M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 β Aug 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | ACCESS ALGEBRA | $3M | FY2007 | Aug 2007 β Jul 2012 |
| Department of the Interior | 1. EXPAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION. 2.IMPROVE INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC 3. PRESERVE HISTORIC SITES ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORY 4. SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN UNCOVERING AND TELLING THEIR HISTORY B. PROJECT OBJECTIVES - COMPETITIVELY FUND RESEARCH, INTERPRETATION, AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS BY SITES, INTERPRETIVE/EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, OR RESEARCH FACILITIES. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES: THIS PROJECT WILL AWARD GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK REGARDING AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS. PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES, MILESTONES, AND TIMELINES. 1. PLAN, EXECUTE, AND ADMINISTER ONE GRANT APPLICATION CYCLE PER FISCAL YEAR FOR RECIPIENTS, SUBJECT TO FUND AVAILABILITY, DURING THIS AGREEMENT. 2. PLAN AND EXECUTE PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE WITH NPS FOR EACH GRANT CYCLE. 3. ADMINISTER PROJECT AGREEMENTS AND FUNDS TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WITH NPS: 4. PUBLICIZE PROJECTS THROUGH THE NETWORK OF MEMBERS, SCHOLARLY COMMUNITIES, AND STAKEHOLDERS. 5. PLAN, DEVELOP, AND EXECUTE GRANTEE WORKSHOP AND PARTICIPATION AT ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS (AAAM) ANNUAL CONFERENCE(S) WITH NPS DURING THE AGREEMENT. 6. PLAN, ARRANGE LOGISTICS, AND STAFFING (IF NEEDED) FOR ONE EXHIBIT SPACE AT EACH AAAM ANNUAL CONFERENCE DURING THE AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF NPS/ AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK (AACRN) PROGRAM 7. RECIPIENT SHALL ADHERE TO APPROVED STATEMENT OF WORK. | $3M | FY2022 | Jun 2022 β Dec 2026 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEARβS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD. | $3M | FY2024 | Aug 2024 β Aug 2032 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $3M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $3M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $3M | FY2023 | Oct 2022 β Aug 2030 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $3M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2030 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $3M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2030 |
| National Science Foundation | EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY (E4) | $3M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 β Aug 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | FUTURE EARTH INITIATIVE | $3M | FY2008 | Sep 2008 β Aug 2012 |
| National Science Foundation | BROAD IMPLEMENTATION: CREATING COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS FOR INFORMAL COGNITIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION | $3M | FY2011 | Sep 2011 β Aug 2017 |
| Department of Education | NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH | $3M | FY2010 | Mar 2010 β Jun 2014 |
| National Science Foundation | RAMP: UNDERSTANDING NATURE AND LOS ANGELES BIODIVERSITY (UNLAB) THROUGH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND FIELD-BASED RESEARCH -THE POSTBACCALAUREATE MENTORING PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING NATURE AND LOS ANGELES BIODIVERSITY THROUGH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND FIELD-BASED RESEARCH (UNLAB) WILL FACILITATE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH, MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR MENTEES. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL HOST AND MENTOR UNLAB MENTEES IN RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUSED ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING PLANET. RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THIS THEME WITHIN THREE RELATED TRACKS: BIODIVERSITY BEFORE HUMANS; BIODIVERSITY INTRODUCED, REMOVED, OR GEOGRAPHICALLY CHANGED BY HUMANS; AND BIODIVERSITY RESPONSES TO HUMANS. PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE MODERN SPECIES AND FOSSILS, THOSE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEAN, AND BOTH ANIMALS AND PLANTS, PROVIDING BROAD-RANGING INSIGHTS AND VARIED EXPERIENCES FOR MENTEES. RESULTS FROM MENTEES' GUIDED RESEARCH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMANS SHAPE BIODIVERSITY MORE BROADLY. MENTORS AND UNLAB?S EXTENDED NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA WILL FOSTER MENTEE CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STEM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. BASING UNLAB IN A PUBLIC MUSEUM SETTING WILL ALLOW MENTEES TO DEVELOP A BROAD RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT THEY CAN APPLY TO CONTINUING THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION OR THE CAREER OF THEIR CHOICE. A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE ON EARTH?S BIODIVERSITY REQUIRES RESEARCH THAT SPANS PALEONTOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND MODERN TIMESCALES. UNLAB MENTEE RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE TAXONOMICALLY DIVERSE, COLLECTIONS-BASED, AND PURPOSEFULLY VARIED. THEY ADDRESS BIOTIC RESPONSES TO ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS, MORPHOMETRICS, COMMUNITY SCIENCE AS WELL AS BEHAVIORAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, FAUNAL, AND SPATIAL ANALYSES. RESEARCH OUTCOMES ARE RELEVANT TO LAND USE DECISIONS AS WELL AS TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENA OF BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION AND SPECIES INTRODUCTION, FLORAL AND FAUNAL COMMUNITY CHANGE, EXTINCTION, SPECIES FRAGMENTATION, AND URBAN EVOLUTION. THE VARIETY AND INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF UNLAB MENTEE PROJECTS WILL ALLOW FOR WITHIN-COHORT COLLABORATION AND BROADLY RELEVANT RESULTS. UNLAB WILL PROVIDE MENTORSHIP UNDER AN INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESS FRAMEWORK, AND WILL KEENLY FOCUS ON DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS THAT COMPLEMENT TRADITIONALLY EMPHASIZED RESEARCH SKILLS. THUS, UNLAB AND ITS THEME OF BIODIVERSITY IN A TIME OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE WILL PREPARE MENTEES - AS SCIENTISTS, ANALYSTS, AND EDUCATORS - FOR A STEM WORKFORCE THAT MUST CONTEND WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGING PLANET. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | $3M | FY2023 | Oct 2022 β Apr 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER URBAN RESIDENCY PROGRAM: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A MUSEUM AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | $3M | FY2019 | Jul 2019 β Jun 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | IPAGE 2.0: UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE TOWARD EQUITY IN THE ISE SECTOR | $3M | FY2020 | Sep 2020 β Aug 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | CHEMATTITUDES: USING DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT CHEMISTRY INTEREST, RELEVANCE, AND SELF-EFF | $2.9M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 β Mar 2021 |
| National Science Foundation | GSE/EXT: PEER ALLIANCE FOR GENDER EQUITY (PAGE) | $2.8M | FY2011 | Jul 2011 β Jun 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION: UNITING SCIENCE, INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND SCHOOLS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT | $2.8M | FY2011 | Sep 2011 β Aug 2016 |
| National Science Foundation | INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT INVERTEBRATE RESEARCH AT THE FIELD MUSEUM | $2.8M | FY2010 | Aug 2010 β Jul 2012 |
| Department of the Interior | THE 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT, THESE ON SITE MEMORIALS ARE REFERRED TO AS COVERED MEMORIALS A COVERED MEMORIAL IS DEFINED AS A MEMORIAL LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF, AND HONOR THE VICTIMS OF, THE TERRORISTATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AT THE SITES OF THE ATTACKS | $2.8M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 β Aug 2023 |
| National Science Foundation | DESIGNING OUR TOMORROW: MOBILIZING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS | $2.7M | FY2018 | Aug 2018 β Jul 2023 |
| Department of Energy | TAS::89 0331::TAS RECOVERY RECOVERY ACT: EDUCATION AND COLLECTION FACILITY GROUND HEAT PUMP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT | $2.6M | FY2010 | Dec 2009 β Dec 2014 |
| National Science Foundation | MATH CORE FOR MUSEUMS | $2.6M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 β Aug 2014 |
| National Science Foundation | GSE/EXT: GIRLS RISE (RAISING INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING) MUSEUM NETWORK | $2.6M | FY2010 | Oct 2009 β Sep 2014 |
| National Science Foundation | GENERATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE: TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | $2.6M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Aug 2016 |
| National Science Foundation | HOTSPOT CALIFORNIA: BRINGING DIORAMAS TO LIFE THROUGH COMMUNITY VOICES | $2.5M | FY2010 | Oct 2009 β Sep 2013 |
| Department of the Interior | 9/11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM | $2.5M | FY2021 | Aug 2021 β Sep 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | LEARNING SCIENCE AS INQUIRY WITH THE URBAN ADVANTAGE: FORMAL-INFORMAL COLLABORATIONS TO INCREASE SCIENCE LITERACY AND STUDENT LEARNING | $2.5M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 β Aug 2013 |
| National Science Foundation | CHILDREN INVESTIGATING SCIENCE WITH PARENTS AND AFTERSCHOOL (CHISPA) | $2.5M | FY2014 | Oct 2013 β Sep 2017 |
| Department of Agriculture | CF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED GRANTS | $2.5M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Feb 2025 |
| Agency for International Development | MEPPA: EIN DOR MUSEUM FOR ARCHEOLOGY: ECO-PLAY ACTIVITY: THE ECOβPLAY PROGRAM IS A BI-NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WILL ENGAGE APPROXIMATELY 250 ARAB AND JEWISH YOUTH FROM THE GALILEE TOGETHER FOR AN INTENSIVE MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AS LEADERS TOGETHER. FOCUSING ON THE SHARED GENERATIONAL CONCERN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF AN ECO-PARK CONSISTING OF AN ECOLOGICAL PLAYGROUND, A COMMUNITY GARDEN, A RECYCLED ART EXHIBITION, AND SOCIAL GAMES EVENTS. AS PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM, THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO LOOK TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS COHORT TO ENGAGE WITH PALESTINIAN YOUNG LEADERS. | $2.3M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Sep 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | SUSTAINABILITY: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DECISION MAKING IN INFORMAL EDUCATION | $2.3M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 β Aug 2014 |
| Department of Commerce | PURPOSE: THE CENTER FOR THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE HEAT MONITORING INTENDS TO ADDRESS TWO CLOSELY CONNECTED PROBLEMS: (1) THE CONTINUED CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERSTANDING AND FULFILLING URGENT DATA NEEDS ABOUT INEQUITABLE EXPOSURE TO HEAT IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND (2) THE CONTINUED DE-FACTO EXCLUSION OF HEAT-IMPERILED COMMUNITIES FROM LARGE-SCALE PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE CAMPAIGNS. OUR PROPOSED APPROACH IS TO GAIN A MORE NUANCED AND DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF DATA NEEDS, DESIRES, AND CAPACITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT FROM INEQUITABLY HEAT-BURDENED AND IMPERILED COMMUNITIES, AND THEN TAILOR COMMUNITY SCIENCE CAMPAIGNS WITH THESE COMMUNITIES THROUGH A NOVEL SCIENCE-TO-CIVICS APPROACH. THIS APPROACH WILL LOCALIZE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES ABOUT HEAT THROUGH PROLONGED ENGAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, AND FLEXIBILITY IN MONITORING CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO VARIED DATA AND SCIENCE NEEDS. OUR PROPOSED CENTER WILL CENTER EQUITY IN OUR APPROACH ENSURING THAT THE NATIONAL PRESENCE OF OUR CENTER IS ACCESSIBLE, THAT APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESSES ARE NOT BURDENSOME OR TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES, AND THAT OUR PROCESS FOR SELECTION IS BUILT AROUND JUSTICE40 ENSURING THAT EACH YEAR, WE ARE WORKING WITH SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES TO BROADEN THE IMPACT AND BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE, HEAT DATA AND INFORMATION, AND MODELING TO MORE COMMUNITIES NOT-YET SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS. OUR PROPOSAL IS BUILT AROUND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH REPLICABLE MODELS FOR MOBILE, STATIONARY, WEARABLE, AND LONG-TERM HEAT MONITORING BY CITIZENS IN EACH COMMUNITY, A LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT APPROACH THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITYS NEEDS AND DESIRES, AND OUR CAPACITY FOR SITUATIONAL MODELING TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY SNAPSHOT DATA ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT MODEL WHAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, UNDER DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS, OR AFTER INTERVENTIONS. | $2.3M | FY2024 | May 2024 β May 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | MULTI-SITE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (INNOVATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT) | $2.3M | FY2015 | Oct 2014 β Sep 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | PRAIRIE SCIENCE: INTEGRATING INFORMAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY LEARNING THROUGH FAMILY DIALOGUE | $2.3M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 β Aug 2016 |
| National Science Foundation | BRIGHTER FUTURES: PUBLIC DELIBERATION ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. | $2.3M | FY2008 | Sep 2008 β Aug 2012 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS PROPOSING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES TO AMPLIFY SCHOLARSHIP, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE SPRINGBOARD FOR THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS THE NEH-FUNDED EXHIBITION, THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY (OCTOBER 18, 2025 - JANUARY 3, 2027), COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY WILL SERVE AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMMING FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. THE PROPOSED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ENCOMPASSES FIVE AREAS OF ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO FURTHER EXTEND THE REACH OF THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY: A TWO-DAY SCHOLARLY CONVENING; A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING SCHOLARSHIP ON THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE DECLARATION; A DIGITAL INTERACTIVE; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND NATIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES; AND A SCHOLARLY EXHIBITION CATALOG.] | $2.2M | FY2026 | Apr 2026 β Mar 2028 |
| National Science Foundation | LUPE'S STORY | $2.2M | FY2008 | Sep 2008 β Aug 2012 |
| Department of the Interior | THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND EFFORTS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OTHER SPECIFIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THE GOAL OF THIS AGREEMENT IS COLLABORATION BETWEEN A NATIONAL NETWORK OF NPS AND MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE NPS AND PARTNER RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS IN URBAN AREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE AGREEMENT WILL SUPPORT COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LEARNING, INQUIRY, AND PRACTICE TO SUPPORT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SOME OF THE NATIONS MOST POPULOUS CITIES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. | $2.2M | FY2023 | Aug 2023 β Dec 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | IPAGE - DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN INFORMAL STEM INSTITUTIONS | $2.1M | FY2016 | Sep 2016 β Aug 2020 |
| National Science Foundation | EQUIPMENT:MRI TRACK 2 ACQUISITION OF A 3D X-RAY MICROSCOPE FOR ADVANCED SPECIMEN-BASED ORGANISMAL RESEARCH -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD WILL PROVIDE FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AN X-RAY MICROSCOPE TO SUPPORT CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) IN NEW YORK. WITH OVER 170 WORKING SCIENTISTS, THE AMNH IS A GLOBALLY-LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTION FOR THE STUDY OF ORGANISMAL STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, SYSTEMATICS, AND EVOLUTION, AS WELL AS ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES. THE X-RAY MICROSCOPE IS A NEXT-GENERATION IMAGING DEVICE THAT ALLOWS VISUALIZATION OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF OBJECTS, RESOLVING FEATURES AS SMALL AS ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A MILLIMETER. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ALLOW HIGH RESOLUTION 3D VISUALIZATION OF AMNH?S WORLD-CLASS NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDES 34 MILLION SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS, PRIMARILY BIOLOGICAL, FOSSIL, AND GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. THE RESULTING RESEARCH WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING THE ANATOMY, EVOLUTION, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF ORGANISMS, AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS, ACROSS THE FIELDS OF PALEONTOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND MINERALOGY. THE NEW INSTRUMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS VIA THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL AND AFFILIATED PROGRAMS (E.G., CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY). IT WILL INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF AMNH SPECIMENS BY ALLOWING ONLINE SHARING OF DIGITAL DATA. IT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BY GENERATING SUPERB 3D VISUALIZATIONS OF IMPORTANT SPECIMENS, INCLUDING MINUTE DETAILS OF TINY INSECTS AND FOSSIL SPECIMENS THAT CANNOT BE EXTRACTED FROM THE ROCKS THEY WERE PRESERVED IN. THE 630 VERSA X-RAY MICROSCOPE (XRM) IS A MICRO- TO NANO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SYSTEM WITH CAPABILITIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THE NEXT-GENERATION OF SPECIMEN-BASED RESEARCH, INCLUDING SUB-MICRON RESOLUTION (TRUE SPATIAL RESOLUTION DOWN TO 0.5 ?M), HIGH X-RAY FLUX ALLOWING FASTER THROUGHPUT AND INCREASED SCAN QUALITY, AND PROPAGATION PHASE-CONTRAST TO ENHANCE EDGE-DETECTION AND THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN STRUCTURES OF SIMILAR DENSITIES FOR LOW-ABSORBING MATERIALS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL EXTEND THE FRONTIERS OF SPECIMEN-BASED RESEARCH BY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING ACHIEVABLE SCAN RESOLUTION AND THE QUALITY OF SCANS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AT HIGH RESOLUTIONS WITHIN A WIDE RANGE OF INTACT SPECIMEN SIZES. THE INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS AT THE AMNH AS WELL AS AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS ACROSS OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND CONSORTIA IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION. IT WILL STIMULATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DISCOVERIES BY EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF OUR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACROSS A WIDE USER BASE. IT WILL DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH PROGRAMS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE ORIGINS AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, DIVERSIFICATION OF ARTHROPODS, SKELETAL FUNCTION OF EXTINCT HOMININS, EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE ORGANISMS, PROCESSES OF SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION, THE TRACHEAL SYSTEM OF INSECTS, MICROSTRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF ANIMAL TISSUES, THE FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SMALL-BODIED VERTEBRATES INCLUDING BATS AND FISHES, AND MANY OTHERS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | $2.1M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Aug 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT: DESIGNING OUR WORLD: A COMMUNITY ENVISIONING GIRLS AS ENGINEERS | $2.1M | FY2014 | Oct 2013 β Sep 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | VOCES DE ESPERANZA (VOICES OF HOPE): AN EXHIBIT AND FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS WITH LATINE AUDIENCES -THIS INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE PROJECT LEVERAGES MUSEUM EXHIBITS AS UNIQUE FAMILY LEARNING SPACES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS. MOST SCIENCE CENTERS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO HELP DIVERSE LEARNERS ENGAGE IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, IN PART BECAUSE TESTED CLIMATE COMMUNICATION APPROACHES HAVE NOT INCLUDED CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT NEED. THROUGH EQUITABLE, CULTURALLY-DRIVEN CO-DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE LATINE(X/O) COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, THIS PROJECT WILL OFFER LATINE(X/O) YOUTH AND FAMILIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD AWARENESS OF AND SKILLS IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS THAT CAN FOSTER CLIMATE ACTIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AB CULTURAL DRIVERS (ABCD) AND OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI) WILL COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH A COLABORATIVO (A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE), FORMED THROUGH PARTNER ORGANIZATION, ADELANTE MUJERES. TOGETHER THEY WILL WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A 500-800 SQ. FT. BILINGUAL (SPANISH-ENGLISH) MUSEUM EXHIBIT, DOCUMENT AND DEVELOP RESOURCES TO HELP OTHERS IN THE INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING (ISL) FIELD CO-CREATE AND CO-EVALUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND CO-DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK THAT FOREFRONTS COLABORATIVO PROCESSES AND IDENTIFIES CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY AMONG LATINE(X/O) EXHIBIT VISITORS. KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING EVALUATION WILL INVESTIGATE COLABORATIVO PROCESSES, EXHIBIT DESIGN FOR CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, AND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AT THE EXHIBIT. ALL EVALUATION QUESTIONS, OUTCOMES, METHODS, AND INTERPRETATIONS WILL BE SELECTED WITH THE COLABORATIVO, WITH SUPPORT FROM EVALUATION TEAM MEMBERS. LEVERAGING EXISTING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, THE TEAM WILL USE, AND DOCUMENT FOR OTHERS TO USE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION STRUCTURES THAT HELP COMMUNITY GROUPS FORM, BE CREATIVE, AND EXERCISE THEIR POWER TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE COLABORATIVO MEMBERS' SENSE OF BELONGING AND LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS' UNDERSTANDING OF PRACTICES THAT FOSTER BELONGING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND MEMBERS. METHODS FOR COLABORATIVO PROCESSES MAY INCLUDE JOURNALING, PHOTOVOICE, AND INTERVIEWS THAT COULD BE QUALITATIVELY CODED FOR THEMES. THE EXHIBITION WILL INTEGRATE PRIOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH IN CLIMATE ANXIETY, HOPE, AND BELONGING WHICH INCLUDE WELL-TESTED APPROACHES TO STARTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS AND KEEPING THEM OPEN. DRAWING ON PARTICIPATORY POPULAR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, THE COLABORATIVO WILL SHAPE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. EVALUATION FOR EXHIBIT EXPERIENCES WILL LIKELY EXPLORE PERCEPTIONS OF PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE RELEVANCE, SKILLS FOR ENGAGING IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO INFORM EXHIBIT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FRONT END, FORMATIVE, REMEDIAL, AND SUMMATIVE PHASES. METHODS MAY INCLUDE 100 NATURALISTIC OBSERVATIONS, 100 INTERVIEWS, AND VIDEO OBSERVATIONS OF 25 FAMILIES, AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM REGIONAL LATINE(X/O)-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS. THE RESULTING RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCES WILL BE INFORMED BY COLABORATIVO-LED REVIEW THAT INCLUDES ALL PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS AND EXTERNAL REVIEW FROM PROJECT ADVISORS. RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL ILLUSTRATE AND SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, AND BE DEVELOPED TO CAPTURE INTEREST--A GRAPHIC ONE-SHEET, A FACILITATION GUIDE, AND A VIDEO GUIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK, RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE TOOLKITS FOR OTHERS TO USE TO IMPLEMENT A COLABORATIVO APPROACH, INFOGRAPHICS, AND VIDEOS TO SUMMARIZE PROJECT FINDINGS FOR THE ISL FIELD. THIS INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT: (A) CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE THAT CONSIDERS INFORMAL STEM LEARNING'S ROLE IN EQUITY AND BELONGING IN STEM; (B) PROMOTE PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS IN STEM; (C) ADVANCE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; (D) FOSTER INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS; (E) CREATE AND ENHANCE THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMAL STEM LEARNING; (F) IMPROVE COMMUNITY VIBRANCY; AND/OR (G) ENHANCE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND THE PUBLIC'S ENGAGEMENT IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF STEM AND STEM PROCESSES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | $2.1M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Apr 2025 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND WORKFORCE PROGRAM | $2M | FY2022 | Feb 2022 β Jan 2025 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $2M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of the Interior | 9/11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT | $2M | FY2020 | Aug 2020 β Dec 2021 |
| Department of Energy | TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW EERE AWARD DE-EE0004018 WITH RIVER MUSEUM, INCORPORATED FOR A PROJECT TITLED, 'HOUSATONIC RIVER MUSEUM NET-ZERO BUILDING' | $2M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Jan 2015 |
| Department of Agriculture | COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS CONGRESSIONALLY DELEGATED | $2M | FY2024 | Sep 2024 β Sep 2026 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $2M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Commerce | RESTORATION PAVILION | $2M | FY2010 | Mar 2010 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of Energy | TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW AWARD TO MIAMI CHILDRENS MUSEUM ENTITLED "GREEN MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM GOING GREEN INITIATIVE (FL)" | $2M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Jun 2015 |
| National Science Foundation | DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR USING MUSEUM-BASED THEATER AND GAMING TO SUPPORT VISITOR UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS | $2M | FY2018 | Oct 2017 β Sep 2020 |
| National Science Foundation | STAYING IN SCIENCE: INVESTIGATING STEM PERSISTENCE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH | $2M | FY2021 | Jul 2021 β Jun 2026 |
| Department of Justice | THE CLUBHOUSE NETWORK: INCREASING MENTOR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS | $2M | FY2018 | Oct 2017 β Jan 2021 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | CONTINUATION OF NOVEL ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN AND PREDICTION OF PATHOGENICITY | $2M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Aug 2012 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | REASON CAN- MEASURING VEGETATION HEALTH | $2M | FY2004 | Apr 2004 β Mar 2010 |
| National Science Foundation | PPE (PRESCHOOLERS, PARENTS, AND EDUCATORS: STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT EARLY SCIENCE LITERACY) | $1.9M | FY2007 | Jun 2007 β May 2010 |
| National Science Foundation | BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE | $1.9M | FY2018 | Jul 2018 β Jun 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | DECODING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING INTEGRATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM | $1.9M | FY2020 | Jan 2020 β Dec 2022 |
| Department of Commerce | DEEP-CRES 2019: MESOPHOTIC CORAL ECOSYSTEMS OF AMERICAN SAMOA | $1.9M | FY2019 | Sep 2019 β Aug 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | PREPARING AND SUPPORTING NEW EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS THROUGH A MUSEUM- AND SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM | $1.9M | FY2014 | Oct 2013 β Sep 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING CHALLENGING AND REWARDING INTERACTIVE SCIENCE EXHIBITS | $1.8M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 β Sep 2020 |
| National Science Foundation | DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DOCUMENTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY THROUGH DIGITIZATION OF INVERTEBRATE COLLECTIONS (DIGIN) | $1.8M | FY2021 | Nov 2020 β Oct 2024 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS WILL BE SCALING UP AND EXPANDING OPTIONS TO THE MUSEUM ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO HELP MUSEUMS, PARTICULARLY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED MUSEUMS, OF ALL TYPES BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE AND PROFESSIONAL, BUILD CAPACITY, AND BE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE TWO-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOCUSES ON REVISING NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF THE EXISTING MAP PROGRAM AND PILOTING THE REVISIONS WITH ADDITIONAL PEER REVIEWERS AND 100 NEW AND 50 RETURNING MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS. THIS INCLUDES: REVISING THREE EXISTING ASSESSMENTS, RESURRECTING AND REVISING A PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT, AND CREATING ONE NEW ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING PEER REVIEWER RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES; CREATING NEW RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT FOR MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS; IMPLEMENTING ALL PROGRAM REVISIONS; AND GATHERING AND ANALYZING PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK. | $1.8M | FY2019 | Mar 2019 β Mar 2024 |
| Department of Education | EDUCATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS | $1.8M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Aug 2014 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $1.7M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Education | CENTER FOR STEAM ADVANCEMENT COLLABORATIVE | $1.6M | FY2023 | Oct 2022 β Sep 2026 |
| Department of Commerce | MUSEUM/W/WW/SIDEWALK | $1.6M | FY2002 | Jun 2002 β Sep 2009 |
| Department of Energy | AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ENERGY (βAMSEβ) OPERATIONS | $1.6M | FY2021 | Mar 2021 β Mar 2029 |
| National Science Foundation | PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN MACHINE LEARNING THROUGH MENTORED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | $1.6M | FY2021 | Jul 2021 β Dec 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PLANTS, HERBIVORES, AND PARASITOIDS: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF TRI-TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS | $1.6M | FY2011 | Jul 2011 β Jan 2016 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. | $1.6M | FY2020 | Jul 2020 β Jun 2023 |
| National Science Foundation | PBI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE MEGADIVERSE, MICRODISTRIBUTED SPIDER FAMILY OONOPIDAE | $1.6M | FY2006 | Sep 2006 β Aug 2011 |
| Agency for International Development | COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EIN DOR MUSEUM TO IMPLEMENT A CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION (CMM) PROGRAM | $1.6M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 β Sep 2023 |
| Department of the Interior | 15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P25AS00488 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. | $1.5M | FY2025 | Oct 2024 β Sep 2027 |
| Department of the Interior | 15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID (SHPO) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P24AS00506 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. | $1.5M | FY2024 | Oct 2023 β Sep 2026 |
| Department of the Interior | 15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID (SHPO) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P23AS00477 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. | $1.5M | FY2023 | Oct 2022 β Sep 2025 |
| Department of the Interior | THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) FOR GRANTS TO STATES. STATES WILL COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN 8 PROGRAM AREAS, ASAPPLICABLE AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA. A MINIMUM OF 10.0% OF THE AWARD MUST BE SUBGRANTEDTO COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, AS APPLICABLE. | $1.5M | FY2022 | Oct 2021 β Dec 2024 |
| Department of the Interior | NON-FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF 4.14 ACRES OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. FUNDS WILL BE SUBGRANTED. | $1.5M | FY2015 | Nov 2014 β Oct 2015 |
| Department of the Interior | HPF EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL SANDY RELIEF - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.5M | FY2014 | Dec 2013 β Aug 2020 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE STARS. A DIGITAL SPACE SHOWTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) SEEKS TO PARTNER WITH NASA AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF A | $1.5M | FY2008 | Dec 2007 β Nov 2009 |
| Department of Energy | TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW AWARD #DE-EE0003898 WITH CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER (BT CDP) ENTITLED "SUSTAINABILITY AT CINCINNATI'S UNION TERMINAL" | $1.5M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Apr 2012 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $1.5M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $1.5M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | PLANETARIUM PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: SPACE SHOW VII AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $1.5M | FY2023 | Jul 2023 β Jun 2025 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICES BTO MONITORING OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION PROJECT. THIS EFFORT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT GENERALLY AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT B, RESEARCH DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT, DATED JANUARY 24, 2023, AND IN THE RECIPIENTS REVISED PROPOSAL TITLED, PREDICTION AND MONITORING OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION, DATED JANUARY 24, 2023, COPIES OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF BOTH PARTIES. | $1.5M | FY2023 | May 2023 β Nov 2024 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (MOS) WILL LAUNCH ADVANCING AI IN AMERICA (A3), A NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO EXPAND K-12 AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL RESOURCES. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) ISSUED ON APRIL 23, 2025, ENTITLED βADVANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN YOUTH.β OVER TWO YEARS, MOS WILL UPDATE ITS EXPLORING AI EXHIBITION WITH FIVE NEW INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS; DEVELOP AI-THEMED STEM CAREER FAIRS, HACKATHONS, AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS; PRODUCE DIGITAL CONTENT ON THE THEME OF AI; AND CREATE EDUCATOR RESOURCES. PRODUCTS WILL BE SHARED THROUGH MOS'S DIGITAL CHANNELS, AND THE FAST AND AIM MUSEUM NETWORKS, ENABLING REPLICATION NATIONWIDE. GUIDED BY A NATIONAL EDUCATOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND RIGOROUS EVALUATION, A3 WILL ADVANCE AI LITERACY, INCREASE TEACHER CONFIDENCE, AND FOSTER STUDENT INTEREST IN AI CAREERS, BUILDING ENDURING CAPACITY FOR AI EDUCATION ACROSS MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS. | $1.5M | FY2026 | Oct 2025 β Sep 2027 |
| Department of Education | IMPACT CENTER: INTEGRATED MARINE PROGRAM AND COLLEGE TRAINING (AN UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER AT THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE) | $1.5M | FY2017 | Sep 2017 β Aug 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HURRICANE KATRINA - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? | $1.5M | FY2008 | Aug 2008 β Jul 2011 |
| National Science Foundation | STAYING IN SCIENCE: EXAMINING THE PATHWAYS OF UNDERREPRESENTED YOUTH MENTORED IN RESEARCH | $1.5M | FY2016 | Sep 2016 β Aug 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | SUCCESSFUL SCAFFOLDING STRATEGIES IN URBAN MUSEUMS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ON MEDIATED SCIENTIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES AND MUSEUM EDUCATORS | $1.5M | FY2006 | Nov 2005 β Oct 2010 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2009 | Oct 2008 β Sep 2009 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2009 | Oct 2008 β Sep 2010 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2011 | Oct 2010 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2011 | Oct 2010 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2010 | Oct 2009 β Sep 2010 |
| Department of Education | CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA | $1.5M | FY2010 | Oct 2009 β Sep 2011 |
| Department of the Interior | PHMC 2020-2021 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND | $1.5M | FY2021 | Oct 2020 β Sep 2024 |
| Department of Energy | CDP 143.08, "MIAMI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT (FL)" | $1.5M | FY2008 | Sep 2008 β Jun 2011 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS - MUSEUMS | $1.4M | FY2014 | Jan 2014 β Mar 2019 |
| Department of the Interior | LOWER EASTSIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM | $1.4M | FY2013 | Oct 2012 β Sep 2017 |
| National Science Foundation | DEVELOPING STEM SKILLS THROUGH PLAY AND EXHIBIT DESIGN FOR EARLY LEARNERS IN CHILDREN?S MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE CENTERS | $1.4M | FY2020 | Aug 2020 β Jul 2024 |
| National Science Foundation | SNOW: MUSEUM EXHIBIT, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND LEARNING RESEARCH | $1.4M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 β Aug 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | THE HIDDEN WORLD OF PERMAFROST | $1.4M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 β Aug 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | SCIENCE LEARNING+: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF EMBODIED INTERACTION IN PRE-K CHILDREN'S LEARNING ABOUT SCIENCE IN INFORMAL SETTINGS | $1.4M | FY2017 | Mar 2017 β Feb 2020 |
| National Science Foundation | ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY: ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY LESSONS FOR CHILDREN | $1.4M | FY2005 | Jun 2005 β May 2009 |
| Department of the Interior | 2020 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.4M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 β Dec 2021 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | TRIBAL AMBASSADORS THROUGH BUSINESS | $1.4M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 β Sep 2019 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE: MAKING INFORMED HEALTH CARE DECISIONS (A TRAVELING EXHIBI | $1.3M | FY2012 | Jul 2012 β Jun 2018 |
| National Science Foundation | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ATOL: PHYLOGENY ON THE HALF-SHELL -- ASSEMBLING THE BIVALVE TREE OF LIFE | $1.3M | FY2007 | Sep 2007 β Aug 2012 |
| National Science Foundation | DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING ACCESS TO TAXONOMIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DATA TO STEM THE TIDE OF EXTINCTION OF THE HIGHLY IMPERILED PACIFIC ISLAND LAND SNAILS | $1.3M | FY2019 | Aug 2019 β Jul 2023 |
| National Science Foundation | MODERN CABINETRY FOR THE ORNITHOLOGY COLLECTION AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY -AN AWARD IS MADE TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO ENABLE THE PURCHASE OF NEW CABINETS TO HOUSE THE ORNITHOLOGY SPECIMENS, ENSURE THE COLLECTION IS PEST FREE WITH CRYOFUMIGATION, AND RESEQUENCE THE SPECIMENS IN A MODERN TAXONOMIC ORDER. THIS AWARD WILL ENSURE THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IS SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE, ENABLING ITS USE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. IN ADDITION, THIS AWARD WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC LITERACY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES AND VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT. THE PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND STAFF MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL FEATURE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH TABLES SHOWCASING RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AT MUSEUM FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, AN UPDATED EXHIBIT CASE VISIBLE TO ALL MUSEUM VISITORS HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES SHOWCASING THE PROCESS OF DE- AND RE-INSTALLATION THAT WILL ENGAGE A BROAD AUDIENCE. NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS PROVIDE AN IRREPLACEABLE RECORD OF CURRENT AND HISTORIC BIODIVERSITY. THEY ONLY BECOME MORE VALUABLE AS TECHNOLOGIES PROGRESS, FACILITATING EVER INCREASING POSSIBILITIES FOR RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY. PROTECTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. THE NEW CABINETRY FUNDED HERE WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND HELP ENSURE THAT THESE SPECIMENS ARE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY PROVIDING THE PROTECTION THEY NEED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND PESTS. THE NEW CABINETRY WITH EASILY OPENED DOORS, AND TRAYS THAT FIT PROPERLY IN THEIR CABINETS WILL FACILITATE THEIR USE BY STAFF, STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS, AND VOLUNTEERS. STAFF TIME FORMERLY SPENT MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF THESE OLD CABINETS CAN BE REALLOCATED TOWARD EFFORTS TO GROW THE COLLECTIONS OR MAKE THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A BROAD AUDIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH DIGITIZATION. THUS, THIS AWARD WILL HAVE CASCADING EFFECTS ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE USE OF THE COLLECTIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | $1.3M | FY2025 | Sep 2025 β Aug 2028 |
| Department of Education | UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE | $1.3M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 β Aug 2017 |
| Department of Education | INTEGRATED MARINE PROGRAM AND COLLEGE TRAINING (IMPACT): AN UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER AT THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, INC. | $1.3M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 β Aug 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HOW DID TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS REBUILD FOLLOWING THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE MASS EXTINCTION? -DURING THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/PG) MASS EXTINCTION (CA. 66 MILLION YEARS AGO), ~75% OF ALL SPECIES ON EARTH WENT EXTINCT, NOTABLY INCLUDING ALL NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS. THIS EVENT COMPLETELY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF LIFE, LEADING ULTIMATELY TO THE FORMATION OF TODAY?S MAMMAL-DOMINATED COMMUNITIES. THE AFTERMATH OF THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION REPRESENTS A NATURAL LABORATORY IN WHICH ECOSYSTEM REORGANIZATION CAN BE STUDIED WITH HIGH GEOLOGIC RESOLUTION. SOME STUDIES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO EXAMINE HOW MARINE ECOSYSTEMS WERE REBUILT, BUT THE RESPONSE OF TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS IS POORLY DOCUMENTED. THIS PROJECT WILL EXAMINE ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED ON LAND ACROSS THE K/PG BOUNDARY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THE RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE EXTENSIVE PALEONTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF EXISTING FOSSIL COLLECTIONS AND INTRODUCE NOVEL DATA THAT WILL REVEAL THE VARIABILITY IN THE TIMING AND PATTERN OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM REBUILDING AFTER THE MASS EXTINCTION. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE HOW THE BIODIVERSITY OF ECOSYSTEMS RECOVER AT THE CONTINENTAL SCALE AND HOW MODERN TERRESTRIAL BIOTA EVOLVED. THE RESULTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE DATA FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS TO PREDICT THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF CURRENT RAPID CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY AND HELP INFORM CONSERVATION PRIORITIES TO ALLEVIATE ECOSYSTEM DISRUPTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL USE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS IN CLASSROOMS, MUSEUM EXHIBITS, AND OUTREACH AT THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS TO REACH AUDIENCES OF MULTIPLE AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION COMPLETELY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF LIFE AND MOST RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ON MARINE SYSTEMS. POST-EXTINCTION PATTERNS OF ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING ON LAND, FUNDAMENTAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN TAXA OF MAMMALS AND PLANTS, HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION BECAUSE FOSSIL COLLECTIONS, DATA, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY RARE. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD ON EXTENSIVE FOSSIL COLLECTIONS FROM THREE PRIMARY STUDY AREAS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, INVOLVE NEW FIELDWORK DESIGNED TO AUGMENT COLLECTIONS AND DATA FROM CRITICAL INTERVALS, AND DEVELOP DIVERSE INORGANIC AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL RECORDS TO CHARACTERIZE AND IDENTIFY BIOTIC PATTERNS, LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND FACTORS INVOLVED IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING FOLLOWING THE K/PG EXTINCTION. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL: COLLECT AND INTERPRET MEGAFLORAL, PALYNOLOGICAL, INVERTEBRATE, AND VERTEBRATE FOSSILS AND ASSOCIATED CONTEXTUAL DATA FROM THREE WELL-STUDIED STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS; USE FOSSIL LEAF PHYSIOGNOMIC TRAITS AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO CONSTRUCT RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND FIRE FREQUENCY; INTEGRATE ECOLOGICAL PROXIES OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OVER TIME AND SPACE AS THEY RELATE TO THE THREE STUDY AREAS, TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, OR TROPHIC INTERACTIONS THAT ENHANCE OR IMPEDE ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING AFTER THE K/PG EXTINCTION. IN ADDITION, GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES FOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY WILL BE EXAMINED TO RESOLVE THE INFLUENCE OF THE EXTENSIVE BASALT ERUPTIONS OF THE DECCAN TRAPS ON THE BIOTA WITHIN THE STUDY AREAS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | $1.3M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 β Aug 2028 |
| National Science Foundation | INVESTIGATING HOW MUSEUM EXPERIENCES INFORM YOUTHS' STEM CAREER AWARENESS AND INTEREST | $1.3M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 β Mar 2026 |
| National Science Foundation | UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE DESIGN AND PLAY | $1.3M | FY2016 | Sep 2016 β Aug 2019 |
| Department of the Interior | 2019 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.3M | FY2019 | Oct 2018 β Dec 2021 |
| Department of State | MUSEUMS & COMMUNITIES COLLOBORATIONS ABROAD (MCCA) PROGRAM | $1.3M | FY2010 | Jul 2010 β Jul 2012 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE SCIENCENTER, ITHACA, NY PROPOSES LIFE ON THE EDGE, A 1,500SQ FT TRAVELING EXHIBITION TO ENGAGE MUSEUM GUESTS WITH SPACE, SPACE EXPLORATION, AND T | $1.3M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 β Sep 2022 |
| Department of Commerce | PURPOSE: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NARRATIVE INTRODUCTION THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH A ROBUST, INNOVATIVE, AND SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE AIMED AT DRIVING ACTION, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. DRAWING ON THE DEEP EXPERTISE AND WIDE BREADTH OF FOCUS OF AMNHS EDUCATION AND SCIENCE DIVISIONS, AND WITH A STRATEGIC FOCUS ON DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS, THIS INITIATIVE WILL GENERATE MULTIPLE AREAS OF IMPACT CENTERED IN NEW YORK CITY (NYC) WITH REGIONAL REACH. AS A PREEMINENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, CENTER OF RESEARCH, AND TOURISM DESTINATION, BOTH LOCALLY BELOVED AND GLOBALLY RENOWNED, AMNH IS UNIQUELY WELL-POSITIONED TO UNDERTAKE THIS CRITICAL AND URGENT PROJECT. THE CLIMATE CRISIS CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, RESULTING IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION THAT COMBINES WITH SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES TO RESULT IN DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS, BY THE 2050S, NEW YORK WILL REACH UNPRECEDENTED TEMPERATURES, EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY UP TO 5.7 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND HEAT-RELATED DEATHS EXPECTED TO BE FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY ARE TODAY; WITH SEA LEVELS RISING BY UP TO 30 INCHES, COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NEARLY ONE MILLION NEW YORKERS (ONENYC 2050: A LIVABLE CLIMATE, 2022). TO ENGAGE WITH THIS CRISISAND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONSALL OF SOCIETY MUST BE INVOLVED IN BUILDING A NEW FUTURE THROUGH RAPID SYSTEM-WIDE TRANSFORMATION. AMNHS CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE AIMS TO MEET THIS NEED BY BUILDING ON AND ADVANCING ONGOING CLIMATE-RELATED WORK AT THE MUSEUM AND DEVELOPING NEW MODES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE CREATION OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN NYC AND THE REGION, IN WAYS THAT ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND RESPONSIVE TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF AMNHS MOST IMMEDIATE COMMUNITIES. THE INITIATIVE WILL INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT NYCS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GREEN ECONOMY ACTION PLAN THAT LAYS OUT A ROADMAP FOR INVESTING IN JOBS AND SECTORS THAT WILL HELP THE CITY COMPANY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND TRAIN AND POSITION NEW YORKERSPARTICULARLY THOSE FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY-DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIESTO BENEFIT FROM THE NEARLY 400,0000 PROJECTED GREEN-COLLAR JOBS IN NYC BY 2040 (NYCEDC, 2024). ABOUT AMNH: SINCE 1869, AMNH HAS ADVANCED ITS GLOBAL MISSION TO DISCOVER, INTERPRET, AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT HUMAN CULTURES, THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE UNIVERSE THROUGH A WIDE PROGRAM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXHIBITION. IT IS A LEADER IN SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES, OFFERING ROBUST PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS FROM THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THROUGH COLLEGE AND GRADUATE LEVELS, AND EXCELS AT PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND INFORMATION IN WAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE PUBLIC LEARNERS. AMNH IS ALSO HOME TO THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL (RGGS), WHICH CONFERS THE PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE, MAKING AMNH THE ONLY MUSEUM IN THE UNITED STATES TO CONFER THESE DEGREES. AMNH IS WORLD-RENOWNED FOR NOT ONLY ITS EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF OVER 34 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS, WHICH SERVE AS A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PLANET AND PRESENT A PANORAMA OF THE WORLD'S CULTURES, BUT ALSO FOR ITS ROBUST ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES. APPROXIMATELY 200 IN-HOUSE SCIENTISTS WORK ACROSS THE BROAD DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ASTROPHYSICS, BIOLOGY, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, AND PALEONTOLOGY, AND RESEARCHERS CARRY OUT AROUND 100 INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPEDITIONS EACH YEAR. THE CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE WILL DRAW ON THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE EXPERTISE OF AMNHS EDUCATIONAL, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF--MANY OF WHOM HAVE FOCUSED THEIR RESEARCH ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES LOSS AND ON INVESTIGATING HOW PALEOCLIMATE SYSTEMS CAN INFORM PREDICTIONS ABOUT TODAYS CLIMATE. AMNH IS CURRENTLY UNDER | $1.3M | FY2024 | Sep 2024 β Aug 2026 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | $1.3M | FY2023 | Feb 2023 β Aug 2031 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA COLLABORATING WITH THE EDUCATION AND CONSTELLATION OFFICES OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND WITH SMM'S FIVE PARTNER M | $1.2M | FY2011 | Oct 2010 β Sep 2015 |
| Department of the Interior | 2018 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.2M | FY2018 | Oct 2017 β Dec 2021 |
| Department of Education | UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION | $1.2M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Aug 2012 |
| Department of State | RESTORATION & PRESERVATION OF THE EARLY 17TH-CENTURY SHEIKHUPURA FORT | $1.2M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Sep 2015 |
| Department of the Interior | 2017 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.2M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 β Dec 2021 |
| National Science Foundation | COASTAL SEES COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING COUPLED BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RESILIENCE ACROSS COASTAL PACIFIC ISLAND SYSTEMS | $1.2M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 β Aug 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | BRAINS ON! THE MOVE: STEM PODCASTS AS FACILITATORS OF AUTOMOBILE-BASED FAMILY LEARNING EXPERIENCES | $1.2M | FY2019 | Aug 2019 β Jul 2023 |
| National Science Foundation | EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF A CO-DESIGNED CULTURALLY SUSTAINING STEM LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS MODEL FOR YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES | $1.2M | FY2021 | Sep 2021 β Aug 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | BITS-2-BITES: YOUTH APPLYING STEM CONTENT AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING TO LEARN ABOUT NUTRITION AND ADVOCATE FOR FOOD JUSTICE | $1.2M | FY2014 | Oct 2013 β Sep 2016 |
| National Science Foundation | LINCT: LINKING EDUCATORS, YOUTH, AND LEARNERS IN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING | $1.2M | FY2015 | Aug 2015 β Jul 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | STRATEGIES: SCIENCE RESEARCH MENTORING PROGRAM (SRMP) | $1.2M | FY2009 | Nov 2008 β Oct 2011 |
| National Science Foundation | DIGITAL WAVE: WARMING WINDS AND WATER | $1.2M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 β Aug 2012 |
| Department of the Interior | 2016 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA | $1.2M | FY2016 | Oct 2015 β Sep 2017 |
| Department of the Interior | FY14 GRANT TO COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SHPO | $1.2M | FY2014 | Oct 2013 β Sep 2018 |
| Department of the Interior | 2015 HPF | $1.2M | FY2015 | Oct 2014 β Sep 2018 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. | $1.2M | FY2019 | Jul 2019 β Jun 2023 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROGRAM - A NATIONAL, BRANDED ACCESS PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO VISIT MUSEUMS REGULARLY AND BUILD LIFELONG MUSEUM HABITS. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO PARTICIPATION BY ALL TYPES OF MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROVIDES VISITORS WITH FREE OR REDUCED ADMISSION TO PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS SIMPLY BY PRESENTING THEIR SNAP EBT (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER) CARDS. THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS WILL DEVELOP A ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS PLAN; UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM WEBSITE; UNDERTAKE FOCUSED RECRUITMENT OF NEW MUSEUMS TO PARTICIPATE; BUILD STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS AMONG FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND RELATED NONPROFITS THAT SERVE THE TARGET AUDIENCE; AND EVALUATE PARTICIPATING MUSEUMSβ EXPERIENCES WITH THE PLATFORM AS WELL AS THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON THESE INSTITUTIONS. | $1.2M | FY2023 | Mar 2023 β Feb 2028 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | MISSION LEAP (LUNAR EXPEDITION FOR ASTRONAUT PIONEERS) IS AN INNOVATIVE HANDS-ON IMMERSIVE MIXED REA | $1.2M | FY2010 | May 2010 β May 2013 |
| Department of Commerce | THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (FROST SCIENCE) RECEIVED A CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $1,150,000 TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF AT FROST SCIENCE WILL BE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY HUB FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, ACTIONABLE CONSERVATION EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. LEVERAGING RESOURCES AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE MUSEUM - INCLUDING ITS PUBLIC AQUARIUM, FUNCTIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION LAB, CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE AND RESEARCH VESSEL - THE NEW CENTER WILL PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS EDUCATION, RESEARCH, RESEARCH DISSEMINATION, AND ACTIVE FIELD CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF, WHILE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO MARINE SCIENCE, STEM-BASED EDUCATION, BIODIVERSITY, AND RESTORATION. | $1.1M | FY2023 | Jan 2023 β Dec 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | EXPANDING ACTIVITIES FOR OUTDOOR, NATURE SITUATED MAKING -THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) WILL COLLABORATE WITH FOUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) AUDIENCES TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A NOVEL OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE THAT ENGAGES FAMILIES IN STEM LEARNING. A MAKERSPACE IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER ON CREATIVE, INTEREST DRIVEN PROJECTS. IN WORKING WITH BIPOC FAMILIES, THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THREE FORMS OF HISTORICAL (AND PRESENT DAY) EXCLUSION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN OF INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES, AND OVERALL ENGAGEMENT IN STEM. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER STEM LEARNING USING NATURAL MATERIALS IN AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE, INFORMED THROUGH ROBUST COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE AT SMM THAT WILL INCLUDE 3-4 SETTINGS (APPROXIMATELY 2500 SQUARE FEET TOTAL) THAT HOUSE AND SUPPORT MULTIPLE MAKING ACTIVITIES IN AN OUTDOOR CONTEXT. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPLORING HOW BIPOC FAMILIES DEFINE LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES AND HOW YOUNGER CHILDREN CAN BE FULLY ENGAGED IN FAMILY LEARNING. THE PROJECT WILL SHARE THE INCLUSIVE DESIGN AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PRACTICES DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS WORK WITH OTHER MUSEUMS, MAKER EDUCATORS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN DEVELOP OR EXPAND THEIR OWN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACES IN WAYS THAT WILL RESPECT AND REFLECT BIPOC FAMILIES? PERSPECTIVES. BIPOC FAMILIES WILL JOIN MUSEUM STAFF AS CONTRIBUTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ITERATION OF AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE AND COLLABORATORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZED DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DISSEMINATION OF THE RESEARCH. VISITOR-CAPTURED VIDEO OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE, SURVEYS, AND MEMOS FROM DESIGN MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUTDOOR INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION SPACES WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES. ALL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL BE GUIDED BY A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND USE STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THE MULTICULTURAL VALIDITY SUCH AS VIDEO MEANING-MAKING WITH FAMILY RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND MEMBER-CHECKING INSTRUMENTS, DATA ANALYSES, AND FINDINGS WITH DESIGN PARTNERS. PROJECT RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS THREE QUESTIONS: (1) WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY LEARNING IN AN OUTDOOR NATURE-SITUATED MAKERSPACE, INCLUDING HOW BIPOC FAMILIES IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE STEM LEARNING AND HOW OUTDOOR SPACES CAN BE BUILT TO SUPPORT BIPOC FAMILIES? PERSPECTIVES? (2) HOW CAN THE SPACE BE BUILT TO SUPPORT MULTI-AGE FAMILIES TO ENGAGED IN MAKING, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON WHAT DESIGN ELEMENTS SUPPORT PRESCHOOL LEARNER?S ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION BY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS? AND (3) HOW DO THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING WITH WIDELY AVAILABLE MATERIALS TRANSLATE FROM INDOOR TO OUTDOOR SPACES AND MATERIALS? RESEARCH FINDINGS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GUIDES WILL BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO RESEARCHERS, DESIGNERS, PROGRAM DEVELOPERS, INFORMAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO (A) ADVANCE NEW APPROACHES TO AND EVIDENCE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS; (B) PROVIDE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR BROADENING ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT IN STEM LEARNING EXPERIENCES; (C) ADVANCE INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON AND ASSESSMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS; AND (D) ENGAGE THE PUBLIC OF ALL AGES IN LEARNING STEM IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | $1.1M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 β Apr 2025 |
| Department of the Interior | FY13 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANT - PENNSYLVANIA SHPO | $1.1M | FY2013 | Oct 2012 β Sep 2014 |
| Department of State | GRANT PROGRAMS | $1.1M | FY2012 | Jul 2012 β Jul 2014 |
| Department of State | MUSEUMS & COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS ABROAD PROGRAM (MCCA) | $1.1M | FY2011 | Jul 2011 β Jul 2013 |
| Department of State | CULTURAL PROGRAMS | $1.1M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 β Jul 2011 |
| Department of Education | ARTS IN EDUCATION - DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION GRANT PROGRAM | $1.1M | FY2006 | Jul 2006 β Jun 2011 |
| National Science Foundation | LEARNING THEORY IN MUSEUMS: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SERENDIPITY IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OF STEM -SERENDIPITY, OR INSIGHT COUPLED WITH CHANCE, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE WORK OF COUNTLESS SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS. FOR INSTANCE, EXAMPLES OF SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERIES INCLUDE PENICILLIN, RADIOACTIVITY, AND THE ADHESIVE FOR POST-IT NOTES. YET SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS ARE NEITHER RARE NOR SOLELY THE DOMAIN OF MAGNIFICENT DISCOVERIES; THEY HAPPEN REGULARLY TO ALL. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW UNPLANNED YET MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES-TERMED SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS-CAN SPARK CURIOSITY, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING, AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS LIKE MUSEUMS. SERENDIPITOUS LEARNING OCCURS WHEN A LEARNER ENCOUNTERS AN INSIGHT BY CHANCE WHILE HAVING THE BACKGROUND TO RECOGNIZE AND ACT ON THE DISCOVERY. THESE MOMENTS OFTEN ARISE WHEN VISITORS ENCOUNTER SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT CONNECTS WITH THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND, WHEN THEY FEEL A SENSE OF AGENCY, LEADS TO INSIGHTS THAT ENCOURAGE FURTHER EXPLORATION. WHILE RESEARCH ON SERENDIPITY HAS BURGEONED IN THE LAST TWO DECADES IN THE CONTEXT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING LEARNING IN EDUCATION CONTEXTS IS ONLY BEGINNING. BY EXAMINING WHEN, HOW, AND FOR WHOM SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS OCCUR, THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENON IN INFORMAL LEARNING SPACES LIKE MUSEUMS. THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN STEM. THIS THEORY-BUILDING EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SERENDIPITY IN LEARNING AT MUSEUMS. IT BUILDS ON AND REFINES A NEW MODEL OF LEARNING IN MUSEUMS - SAIL (SERENDIPITY AND AGENCY IN INFORMAL LEARNING) CONCEPTUALIZED DURING EARLY PILOT WORK. THE CORE RESEARCH QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES AND CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT EXHIBIT TYPES? USING A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL CONDUCT SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS, AND IN-MUSEUM EXPERIENCE SAMPLING TO DOCUMENT WHEN AND WHERE THESE MOMENTS OCCUR, WHAT TRIGGERS THEM, AND WHAT COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES THEY PRODUCE. THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERENDIPITY AND PRIOR EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL AGENCY, AND SPATIAL CONTEXT (E.G., LIMINAL OR TRANSITIONAL AREAS WITHIN MUSEUMS THAT FOSTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPACES). A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING YOUTH CO-RESEARCHERS AND MUSEUM STAFF, WILL GUIDE THE STUDY TO ENSURE RELEVANCE TO REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS. AS FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH, FINDINGS WILL ADVANCE A NEW THEORY OF LEARNING IN INFORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. TO ENSURE THIS STUDY CONSIDERS POTENTIAL PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS, THE TEAM WILL REGULARLY EXPLORE EMERGING FINDINGS IN COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSEUM EDUCATORS AND EXHIBIT DEVELOPERS. THIS AISL INTEGRATING RESEARCH & PRACTICE AWARD IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO ADVANCE NEW APPROACHES TO, AND EVIDENCE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF, THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING EVERYONE WITH MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR ACCESSING AND ENGAGING IN STEM LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD. | $1.1M | FY2025 | Sep 2025 β Aug 2027 |
| Department of State | MUSEUMS CONNECT PROGRAM | $1.1M | FY2013 | Jul 2013 β Jul 2015 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION, MOA, IS A LEADING AIR FORCE HERITAGE, EXHIBIT, AND EDUCATION CENTER IN THE SOUTHEAST. OPENED IN 1984, IT IS THE NATIONS SECON | $1M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 β Jan 2020 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. | $1M | FY2025 | Jul 2025 β Jun 2027 |
| National Science Foundation | BUILDING MORE INCLUSIVE MAKERSPACES TO SUPPORT INFORMAL ENGINEERING LEARNING EXPERIENCES | $1M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 β Sep 2024 |
| National Science Foundation | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COLLABORATIVE DATABASING OF NORTH AMERICAN BEE COLLECTIONS WITHIN A GLOBAL INFORMATICS NETWORK | $1M | FY2010 | Jun 2010 β May 2013 |
| Department of Education | MSI SUPPORT FOR FORMAL AND INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMMING | $1M | FY2024 | Oct 2023 β Sep 2024 |
| Department of the Interior | CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | $1M | FY2019 | Oct 2018 β Dec 2021 |
| Department of State | CULTURAL PROGRAMS - GRANT PROGRAMS | $1M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Dec 2012 |
| Small Business Administration | CALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER-FY24 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING | $1M | FY2025 | Jan 2025 β Dec 2029 |
| Department of Education | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FY23 CDS/CPF ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS | $1M | FY2024 | Jan 2024 β Dec 2024 |
| Department of Education | PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM'S KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM HELPS MORE CHILDREN SUCCEED AND THRIVE IN SCHOOLβESPECIALLY CHILDREN WHO LACK ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCES. | $1M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 β Aug 2024 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | VIRTUAL MISSIONS AND EXOPLANETS (VMAX) WILL DEVELOP AND TEST A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ENGAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS A | $1M | FY2014 | Jan 2014 β Apr 2017 |
| Department of Energy | TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW DOE GRANT TO THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, INC. ENTITLED "ENERGY SAVINGS INITIATIVE AND GREENING THE GRID EXHIBITION AND EDUCA | $1M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 β Oct 2013 |
| Department of Energy | ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY UPGRADE OF HVAC CONTROLS | $1M | FY2010 | Jul 2010 β Mar 2012 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEARβS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD. | $1M | FY2024 | Aug 2024 β Aug 2032 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | BUILD A MARS HABITAT - SURVIVE AND THRIVE . . . AN ADDITION TO THE SUN EARTH UNIVERSE EXHIBITION | $1M | FY2020 | Jan 2020 β Dec 2023 |
| Department of Justice | COMPUTER CLUBHOUSE: PROJECT IMPACTS (INCREASING MENTOR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS) | $1M | FY2015 | Oct 2014 β Dec 2017 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) REQUESTS NASA SUPPORT FOR ENGINEERING FOR SPACE EXPLORATION, WHICH WILL CREATE THREE IMPORTANT NEW SECTIONS IN | $1000K | FY2014 | Jan 2014 β Jan 2016 |
| National Science Foundation | INVESTIGATING EFFECTIVE STEM TEACHING THROUGH A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LENS | $999.9K | FY2020 | Jul 2020 β Jun 2026 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE SCIENCENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) THE CHILDREN S CREATIVITY MUSEUM (CCM) AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THE NATIONAL INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION (NISE) NETWORK PROPOSES EXPLORE SCIENCE: DESTINATION MOON. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CREATE A NEW TOOLKIT OF HANDS-ON STEM (SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH) ACTIVITIES BASED ON NASA'S CONTINUING PURSUIT OF HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND A MOBILE APP THAT STARTS AT THE MOON AND LAUNCHES USERS TOWARDS MARS AND FARTHER OUT IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM EXTENDING LEARNING BEYOND MUSEUM WALLS. EXPANDING ON THE SUCCESSFUL EXPLORE SCIENCE SERIES FROM THE NISE NETWORK THE TOOLKIT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO 350 NISE NETWORK PARTNER SCIENCE CENTERS CHILDREN S MUSEUMS AND PLANETARIUMS. THE TOOLKIT WILL FEATURE UNIQUE NASA ASSETS AND CONTENT FOR MUSEUM VISITORS AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS WHILE THE APP WILL BRIDGE STEM ENGAGEMENT IN MUSEUMS TO LEARNING EXPERIENCES AT HOME THROUGH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY GUIDES AND CUSTOMIZED CONNECTIONS TO NASA VISUALIZATIONS AND MISSION DATA FOR FAMILIES AND YOUTH IN GRADES 4-8. THIS PROJECT WILL REACH AN ESTIMATED 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THREE YEARS THROUGH A NATIONAL NETWORK ACTIVELY ENGAGING UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS THROUGH NASA S PUSH TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN PRESENCE IN SPACE. BY LEVERAGING NASA PEOPLE AND RESOURCES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE AT NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER THE SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO AT NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND COLLABORATORS WITHIN NASA HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE (HEOMD) AND SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD) THE PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE CONTENT VISUALIZATIONS AND OTHER UNIQUE NASA ASSETS THAT WILL SERVE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION. THE PROJECT HAS TARGET TWO AUDIENCES: 1) YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8 AND 2) MUSEUM EDUCATORS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: . PROVIDE ACCESS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO HIGH-QUALITY STEM EDUCATION RESOURCES WITH POWERFUL CONNECTIONS TO NASA THAT WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS. . ENGAGE MUSEUMS AS STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO STRENGTHEN STEM ECOSYSTEMS TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT INVESTMENTS. . ENGAGE GROUPS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED IN STEM FIELDS THROUGH LOCAL MUSEUMS SUPPORTED BY A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INFORMAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS. DESTINATION MOON WILL USE EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN STRATEGIES TO REACH DIVERSE PUBLIC AUDIENCES AT 350 PARTNER MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BY DEVELOPING DISSEMINATING AND EVALUATING A TOOLKIT OF INQUIRY-BASED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR MUSEUM EDUCATORS AND A NEW DIY APP. THE OUTCOMES FOR THE PROJECT S TARGET AUDIENCES ARE: YOUTH AND FAMILIES STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8: . INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE EXPLORATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. . BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND MISSIONS WITHIN NASA HEOMD AND STMD. . INCREASED STEM LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NASA-UNIQUE CONTENT MUSEUM EDUCATORS . INCREASED CAPACITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE STEM ENGAGEMENT WITH NASA-UNIQUE CONTENT THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO MULTIPLE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES. . INCREASED CAPACITY TO SUPPORT LEARNING THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE MUSEUM VISIT. DESTINATION MOON WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE EXPLORATION BY CONNECTING TO CURRENT NASA HEOMD AND STMD ACTIVITIES AND MISSIONS WHILE BUILDING STEM LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO NASA S STRATEGIC GOAL TO EXTEND HUMAN PRESENCE DEEPER INTO SPACE AND TO THE MOON FOR SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION. | $998.4K | FY2021 | Jan 2021 β Jan 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | FROM COMMUNITY TO CAREER - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAM AND YOUTH FROM POPULATIONS UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM | $996.2K | FY2015 | Sep 2015 β Aug 2019 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL, THE WANTS TO PROVIDE NASA WITH A PERMANENT PRESENCE AT ITS EXISTING FACILITY, AS WELL AS ITS NEW WING, VIA A MYRIAD OF SCIENC | $995.4K | FY2010 | Apr 2010 β Jul 2014 |
| National Science Foundation | SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF PEDIPALPI (WHIP SPIDERS AND WHIP SCORPIONS): PHYLOGENOMICS AND MORPHOLOGY OF UNDERSTUDIED ARACHNIDS | $984.2K | FY2020 | Sep 2020 β Aug 2024 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | BIOMEDTECH: STUDENTS TRANSLATING AND EXPLORING MEDICINE | $982.4K | FY2011 | May 2011 β Apr 2017 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | SIMLAB: USING PATIENT SIMULATION FOR STUDENT EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSU | $980.8K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 β Jun 2017 |
| ποΈ VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | NOVEL ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN AND PREDICTION OF PATHOGENICITY | $980K | FY2005 | Jun 2005 β May 2010 |
| National Science Foundation | MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTRON MICROPROBE AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $980K | FY2019 | Oct 2018 β Sep 2021 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | NORTHSTAR (PHASES I AND II) | $974.9K | FY2006 | Sep 2006 β Aug 2011 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. | $969.5K | FY2024 | Jul 2024 β Jun 2026 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (MSI) IN CHICAGO INTENDS TO BROADEN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WITH AND LEARNING ABOUT NASA RESEARCH AND GOALS THROUGH A NEW | $964.9K | FY2010 | Jul 2010 β Dec 2015 |
| Department of Energy | MARS ENCOUNTER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS | $964.7K | FY2004 | Sep 2004 β Sep 2007 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. | $964.5K | FY2023 | Jul 2023 β Jun 2025 |
Department of Homeland Security
$50M
CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM.
National Science Foundation
$21.7M
NANOSCALE INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK
Department of Defense
$19.7M
TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF U.S. FREEDOM PAVILLION LAND SEA & AIR.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$13.8M
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AMNH, IN COLLABORATION WITH INFORMAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS ISI, NASA MISSION TEAMS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS S
National Science Foundation
$11.7M
NANOSCALE INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$10M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Commerce
$7.5M
THIS EDA INVESTMENT FUNDS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUMβS 90,000-SF EXPANSION IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRONG MUSEUM'S NEW PLAZA AND COMMONS AND THREE NEW EXHIBITS: THE OUTDOOR PLAY GARDEN, DIGITAL WORLDS: HIGH SCORE, AND DIGITAL WORLDS: LEVEL UP. THE PLAZA AND COMMONS WILL CONSIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUSEUM'S FRONT ENTRANCE OUTDOOR SPACE, INCLUDING SPACE FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS. THE EXHIBITS WILL REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION WORK INCLUDING EXHIBIT STRUCTURES, EXTERIOR HEATING, PAINTING, FLOORING, WALLS, AND IT CABLING. THE PROJECT WILL HELP ADDRESSES ECONOMIC HARM TO THE TRAVEL, TOURISM, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION INDUSTRY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BY SUPPORTING INCREASED TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB GROWTH, AND POST COVID RESILIENCY FOR ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE REGION SERVE AS A ONE-OF-A-KIND DESTINATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR A DIVERSE AUDIENCE FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES.
Agency for International Development
$4.8M
PROMOTING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF PARQUE NACIONAL CORDILLERA AZUL.
Department of Education
$4.6M
A PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT A MUSEUM- AND SCHOOL-BASED TEACHING RESIDENCY FOR EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$4.5M
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA, TOGETHER WITH PROJECT TEAM PARTNERS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIF
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$4.3M
THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS (ATALM) WILL PROVIDE CULTURALLY RELEVANT TRAININGOPPORTUNITIES TARGETED TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF CURRENT AND EMERGING STAFF OF INDIGENOUS ARCHIVES,LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS, AS WELL AS STAFF OF ORGANIZATIONS SERVING INDIGENOUS AUDIENCES OR HOLDING INDIGENOUSCOLLECTIONS. TRAINING INCLUDES HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, SITE VISITS, FIELD TRIPS, POSTER PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONFORUMS, AND 108 SESSIONS ON CASE STUDIES, BEST PRACTICES, AND TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE FIELD. THESE PROGRAMS,NOW IN THEIR 13TH YEAR, HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION SERVICESTO AMERICA?S 4.5 MILLION NATIVE PEOPLES. THE ACTIVITIES PROPOSED FALL WITHIN THE ?PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?PROJECT CATEGORY IN THAT THEY PROVIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THEPROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE OF INDIGENOUS STAFF OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
National Endowment for the Humanities
$4.1M
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM [THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS, AN ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL AND GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2010, PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A $3,614,198 REGRANTING PROGRAM TO HELP NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND REESTABLISH COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH HUMANITIES PROGRAMS. ELIGIBLE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE USA'S 574 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, AS WELL AS NON-NATIVE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES, MAY SEEK FUNDING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. GRANTS RANGE FROM $5,000-$50,000 AND ARE FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. SELECTION WILL BE THROUGH A PEER-REVIEW PROCESS.] [PURPOSE: EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, TRIBAL CULTURAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING WITH TRIBES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANTMAKING PROGRAM COMPRISED OF 100-175 SUBAWARDS OF $5,000-$50,000. THIS PROGRAM WILL DELIVER OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR PROGRAMS THAT CONVENE SCHOLARS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS AROUND NATIVE AMERICAN TOPICS.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EMERGENCY RELIEF TO BETWEEN 100-175 HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; TRIBAL CULTURAL FACILITIES WITH NON-PROFIT STATUS; NON-TRIBAL 501(C)3 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES; AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITIES PROJECTS THAT BRING TOGETHER SCHOLARS, CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, AND THE PUBLIC.]
Department of the Interior
$4M
THE 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON-SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TERRORIST ATTACKS. THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE ONGOING CARE OF THE MEMORIAL PLAZA AT THE 9 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. FUNDING WILL PROVIDE FOR MAINTENANCE OF MEMORIAL POOLS AND PARAPETS AT THE SITE. FUNDING WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR SECURITY SERVICES AT THE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.
Department of the Interior
$4M
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY FOR THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
Department of the Interior
$4M
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY P23AS00413 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON-SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM, THESE ON-SITE MEMORIALS ARE REFERRED TO AS COVERED MEMORIALS. A COVERED MEMORIAL IS DEFINED AS A MEMORIAL LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF, AND HONOR THE VICTIMS OF, THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AT THE SITES OF THE ATTACKS. THE MISSION OF THE 9 11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM IS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE 2,983 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND THE FEBRUARY 26, 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS AND ALL WHO DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACKS. THE FY 2023 GRANT AWARDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FULFILLS THE MISSION THROUGH COMMEMORATION, EXHIBITIONS, AND EDUCATION.
Department of Defense
$3.8M
ARREST DETERIORATION OF FORD ISLAND AVIATION CONTROL TOWER
Department of Education
$3.7M
TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS
National Science Foundation
$3.3M
EFFICACY STUDY OF METROPOLITAN DENVER'S URBAN ADVANTAGE PROGRAM: A PROJECT TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AMONG URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Department of Energy
$3.2M
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE & HISTORY
National Science Foundation
$3.2M
MOVING NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS INTO PRACTICE: A MIDDLE SCHOOL ECOLOGY UNIT AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL
National Science Foundation
$3M
ACCESS ALGEBRA
Department of the Interior
$3M
1. EXPAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION. 2.IMPROVE INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC 3. PRESERVE HISTORIC SITES ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORY 4. SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN UNCOVERING AND TELLING THEIR HISTORY B. PROJECT OBJECTIVES - COMPETITIVELY FUND RESEARCH, INTERPRETATION, AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS BY SITES, INTERPRETIVE/EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, OR RESEARCH FACILITIES. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES: THIS PROJECT WILL AWARD GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK REGARDING AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS. PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES, MILESTONES, AND TIMELINES. 1. PLAN, EXECUTE, AND ADMINISTER ONE GRANT APPLICATION CYCLE PER FISCAL YEAR FOR RECIPIENTS, SUBJECT TO FUND AVAILABILITY, DURING THIS AGREEMENT. 2. PLAN AND EXECUTE PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE WITH NPS FOR EACH GRANT CYCLE. 3. ADMINISTER PROJECT AGREEMENTS AND FUNDS TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WITH NPS: 4. PUBLICIZE PROJECTS THROUGH THE NETWORK OF MEMBERS, SCHOLARLY COMMUNITIES, AND STAKEHOLDERS. 5. PLAN, DEVELOP, AND EXECUTE GRANTEE WORKSHOP AND PARTICIPATION AT ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS (AAAM) ANNUAL CONFERENCE(S) WITH NPS DURING THE AGREEMENT. 6. PLAN, ARRANGE LOGISTICS, AND STAFFING (IF NEEDED) FOR ONE EXHIBIT SPACE AT EACH AAAM ANNUAL CONFERENCE DURING THE AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF NPS/ AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK (AACRN) PROGRAM 7. RECIPIENT SHALL ADHERE TO APPROVED STATEMENT OF WORK.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEARβS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
National Science Foundation
$3M
EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY (E4)
National Science Foundation
$3M
FUTURE EARTH INITIATIVE
National Science Foundation
$3M
BROAD IMPLEMENTATION: CREATING COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS FOR INFORMAL COGNITIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION
Department of Education
$3M
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH
National Science Foundation
$3M
RAMP: UNDERSTANDING NATURE AND LOS ANGELES BIODIVERSITY (UNLAB) THROUGH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND FIELD-BASED RESEARCH -THE POSTBACCALAUREATE MENTORING PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING NATURE AND LOS ANGELES BIODIVERSITY THROUGH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND FIELD-BASED RESEARCH (UNLAB) WILL FACILITATE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH, MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR MENTEES. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL HOST AND MENTOR UNLAB MENTEES IN RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUSED ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING PLANET. RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THIS THEME WITHIN THREE RELATED TRACKS: BIODIVERSITY BEFORE HUMANS; BIODIVERSITY INTRODUCED, REMOVED, OR GEOGRAPHICALLY CHANGED BY HUMANS; AND BIODIVERSITY RESPONSES TO HUMANS. PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE MODERN SPECIES AND FOSSILS, THOSE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEAN, AND BOTH ANIMALS AND PLANTS, PROVIDING BROAD-RANGING INSIGHTS AND VARIED EXPERIENCES FOR MENTEES. RESULTS FROM MENTEES' GUIDED RESEARCH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMANS SHAPE BIODIVERSITY MORE BROADLY. MENTORS AND UNLAB?S EXTENDED NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA WILL FOSTER MENTEE CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STEM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. BASING UNLAB IN A PUBLIC MUSEUM SETTING WILL ALLOW MENTEES TO DEVELOP A BROAD RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT THEY CAN APPLY TO CONTINUING THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION OR THE CAREER OF THEIR CHOICE. A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE ON EARTH?S BIODIVERSITY REQUIRES RESEARCH THAT SPANS PALEONTOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND MODERN TIMESCALES. UNLAB MENTEE RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE TAXONOMICALLY DIVERSE, COLLECTIONS-BASED, AND PURPOSEFULLY VARIED. THEY ADDRESS BIOTIC RESPONSES TO ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS, MORPHOMETRICS, COMMUNITY SCIENCE AS WELL AS BEHAVIORAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, FAUNAL, AND SPATIAL ANALYSES. RESEARCH OUTCOMES ARE RELEVANT TO LAND USE DECISIONS AS WELL AS TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENA OF BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION AND SPECIES INTRODUCTION, FLORAL AND FAUNAL COMMUNITY CHANGE, EXTINCTION, SPECIES FRAGMENTATION, AND URBAN EVOLUTION. THE VARIETY AND INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF UNLAB MENTEE PROJECTS WILL ALLOW FOR WITHIN-COHORT COLLABORATION AND BROADLY RELEVANT RESULTS. UNLAB WILL PROVIDE MENTORSHIP UNDER AN INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESS FRAMEWORK, AND WILL KEENLY FOCUS ON DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS THAT COMPLEMENT TRADITIONALLY EMPHASIZED RESEARCH SKILLS. THUS, UNLAB AND ITS THEME OF BIODIVERSITY IN A TIME OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE WILL PREPARE MENTEES - AS SCIENTISTS, ANALYSTS, AND EDUCATORS - FOR A STEM WORKFORCE THAT MUST CONTEND WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGING PLANET. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
National Science Foundation
$3M
EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER URBAN RESIDENCY PROGRAM: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A MUSEUM AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
National Science Foundation
$3M
IPAGE 2.0: UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE TOWARD EQUITY IN THE ISE SECTOR
National Science Foundation
$2.9M
CHEMATTITUDES: USING DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT CHEMISTRY INTEREST, RELEVANCE, AND SELF-EFF
National Science Foundation
$2.8M
GSE/EXT: PEER ALLIANCE FOR GENDER EQUITY (PAGE)
National Science Foundation
$2.8M
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION: UNITING SCIENCE, INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND SCHOOLS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
National Science Foundation
$2.8M
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT INVERTEBRATE RESEARCH AT THE FIELD MUSEUM
Department of the Interior
$2.8M
THE 9 11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION, SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON SITE MEMORIALS OF THE EVENTS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT, THESE ON SITE MEMORIALS ARE REFERRED TO AS COVERED MEMORIALS A COVERED MEMORIAL IS DEFINED AS A MEMORIAL LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF, AND HONOR THE VICTIMS OF, THE TERRORISTATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AT THE SITES OF THE ATTACKS
National Science Foundation
$2.7M
DESIGNING OUR TOMORROW: MOBILIZING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS
Department of Energy
$2.6M
TAS::89 0331::TAS RECOVERY RECOVERY ACT: EDUCATION AND COLLECTION FACILITY GROUND HEAT PUMP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
National Science Foundation
$2.6M
MATH CORE FOR MUSEUMS
National Science Foundation
$2.6M
GSE/EXT: GIRLS RISE (RAISING INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING) MUSEUM NETWORK
National Science Foundation
$2.6M
GENERATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE: TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
National Science Foundation
$2.5M
HOTSPOT CALIFORNIA: BRINGING DIORAMAS TO LIFE THROUGH COMMUNITY VOICES
Department of the Interior
$2.5M
9/11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT PROGRAM
National Science Foundation
$2.5M
LEARNING SCIENCE AS INQUIRY WITH THE URBAN ADVANTAGE: FORMAL-INFORMAL COLLABORATIONS TO INCREASE SCIENCE LITERACY AND STUDENT LEARNING
National Science Foundation
$2.5M
CHILDREN INVESTIGATING SCIENCE WITH PARENTS AND AFTERSCHOOL (CHISPA)
Department of Agriculture
$2.5M
CF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED GRANTS
Agency for International Development
$2.3M
MEPPA: EIN DOR MUSEUM FOR ARCHEOLOGY: ECO-PLAY ACTIVITY: THE ECOβPLAY PROGRAM IS A BI-NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WILL ENGAGE APPROXIMATELY 250 ARAB AND JEWISH YOUTH FROM THE GALILEE TOGETHER FOR AN INTENSIVE MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AS LEADERS TOGETHER. FOCUSING ON THE SHARED GENERATIONAL CONCERN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF AN ECO-PARK CONSISTING OF AN ECOLOGICAL PLAYGROUND, A COMMUNITY GARDEN, A RECYCLED ART EXHIBITION, AND SOCIAL GAMES EVENTS. AS PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM, THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO LOOK TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS COHORT TO ENGAGE WITH PALESTINIAN YOUNG LEADERS.
National Science Foundation
$2.3M
SUSTAINABILITY: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DECISION MAKING IN INFORMAL EDUCATION
Department of Commerce
$2.3M
PURPOSE: THE CENTER FOR THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE HEAT MONITORING INTENDS TO ADDRESS TWO CLOSELY CONNECTED PROBLEMS: (1) THE CONTINUED CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERSTANDING AND FULFILLING URGENT DATA NEEDS ABOUT INEQUITABLE EXPOSURE TO HEAT IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND (2) THE CONTINUED DE-FACTO EXCLUSION OF HEAT-IMPERILED COMMUNITIES FROM LARGE-SCALE PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE CAMPAIGNS. OUR PROPOSED APPROACH IS TO GAIN A MORE NUANCED AND DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF DATA NEEDS, DESIRES, AND CAPACITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT FROM INEQUITABLY HEAT-BURDENED AND IMPERILED COMMUNITIES, AND THEN TAILOR COMMUNITY SCIENCE CAMPAIGNS WITH THESE COMMUNITIES THROUGH A NOVEL SCIENCE-TO-CIVICS APPROACH. THIS APPROACH WILL LOCALIZE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES ABOUT HEAT THROUGH PROLONGED ENGAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, AND FLEXIBILITY IN MONITORING CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO VARIED DATA AND SCIENCE NEEDS. OUR PROPOSED CENTER WILL CENTER EQUITY IN OUR APPROACH ENSURING THAT THE NATIONAL PRESENCE OF OUR CENTER IS ACCESSIBLE, THAT APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESSES ARE NOT BURDENSOME OR TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES, AND THAT OUR PROCESS FOR SELECTION IS BUILT AROUND JUSTICE40 ENSURING THAT EACH YEAR, WE ARE WORKING WITH SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES TO BROADEN THE IMPACT AND BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE, HEAT DATA AND INFORMATION, AND MODELING TO MORE COMMUNITIES NOT-YET SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS. OUR PROPOSAL IS BUILT AROUND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH REPLICABLE MODELS FOR MOBILE, STATIONARY, WEARABLE, AND LONG-TERM HEAT MONITORING BY CITIZENS IN EACH COMMUNITY, A LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT APPROACH THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITYS NEEDS AND DESIRES, AND OUR CAPACITY FOR SITUATIONAL MODELING TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY SNAPSHOT DATA ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT MODEL WHAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, UNDER DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS, OR AFTER INTERVENTIONS.
National Science Foundation
$2.3M
MULTI-SITE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (INNOVATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT)
National Science Foundation
$2.3M
PRAIRIE SCIENCE: INTEGRATING INFORMAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY LEARNING THROUGH FAMILY DIALOGUE
National Science Foundation
$2.3M
BRIGHTER FUTURES: PUBLIC DELIBERATION ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
National Endowment for the Humanities
$2.2M
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS PROPOSING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES TO AMPLIFY SCHOLARSHIP, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE SPRINGBOARD FOR THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS THE NEH-FUNDED EXHIBITION, THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY (OCTOBER 18, 2025 - JANUARY 3, 2027), COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY WILL SERVE AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMMING FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. THE PROPOSED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ENCOMPASSES FIVE AREAS OF ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO FURTHER EXTEND THE REACH OF THE DECLARATION?S JOURNEY: A TWO-DAY SCHOLARLY CONVENING; A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING SCHOLARSHIP ON THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE DECLARATION; A DIGITAL INTERACTIVE; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND NATIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES; AND A SCHOLARLY EXHIBITION CATALOG.]
National Science Foundation
$2.2M
LUPE'S STORY
Department of the Interior
$2.2M
THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND EFFORTS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OTHER SPECIFIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THE GOAL OF THIS AGREEMENT IS COLLABORATION BETWEEN A NATIONAL NETWORK OF NPS AND MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE NPS AND PARTNER RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS IN URBAN AREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE AGREEMENT WILL SUPPORT COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LEARNING, INQUIRY, AND PRACTICE TO SUPPORT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SOME OF THE NATIONS MOST POPULOUS CITIES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
National Science Foundation
$2.1M
IPAGE - DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN INFORMAL STEM INSTITUTIONS
National Science Foundation
$2.1M
EQUIPMENT:MRI TRACK 2 ACQUISITION OF A 3D X-RAY MICROSCOPE FOR ADVANCED SPECIMEN-BASED ORGANISMAL RESEARCH -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD WILL PROVIDE FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AN X-RAY MICROSCOPE TO SUPPORT CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) IN NEW YORK. WITH OVER 170 WORKING SCIENTISTS, THE AMNH IS A GLOBALLY-LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTION FOR THE STUDY OF ORGANISMAL STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, SYSTEMATICS, AND EVOLUTION, AS WELL AS ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES. THE X-RAY MICROSCOPE IS A NEXT-GENERATION IMAGING DEVICE THAT ALLOWS VISUALIZATION OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF OBJECTS, RESOLVING FEATURES AS SMALL AS ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A MILLIMETER. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ALLOW HIGH RESOLUTION 3D VISUALIZATION OF AMNH?S WORLD-CLASS NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDES 34 MILLION SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS, PRIMARILY BIOLOGICAL, FOSSIL, AND GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. THE RESULTING RESEARCH WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING THE ANATOMY, EVOLUTION, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF ORGANISMS, AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS, ACROSS THE FIELDS OF PALEONTOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND MINERALOGY. THE NEW INSTRUMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS VIA THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL AND AFFILIATED PROGRAMS (E.G., CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY). IT WILL INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF AMNH SPECIMENS BY ALLOWING ONLINE SHARING OF DIGITAL DATA. IT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BY GENERATING SUPERB 3D VISUALIZATIONS OF IMPORTANT SPECIMENS, INCLUDING MINUTE DETAILS OF TINY INSECTS AND FOSSIL SPECIMENS THAT CANNOT BE EXTRACTED FROM THE ROCKS THEY WERE PRESERVED IN. THE 630 VERSA X-RAY MICROSCOPE (XRM) IS A MICRO- TO NANO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SYSTEM WITH CAPABILITIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THE NEXT-GENERATION OF SPECIMEN-BASED RESEARCH, INCLUDING SUB-MICRON RESOLUTION (TRUE SPATIAL RESOLUTION DOWN TO 0.5 ?M), HIGH X-RAY FLUX ALLOWING FASTER THROUGHPUT AND INCREASED SCAN QUALITY, AND PROPAGATION PHASE-CONTRAST TO ENHANCE EDGE-DETECTION AND THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN STRUCTURES OF SIMILAR DENSITIES FOR LOW-ABSORBING MATERIALS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL EXTEND THE FRONTIERS OF SPECIMEN-BASED RESEARCH BY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING ACHIEVABLE SCAN RESOLUTION AND THE QUALITY OF SCANS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AT HIGH RESOLUTIONS WITHIN A WIDE RANGE OF INTACT SPECIMEN SIZES. THE INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS AT THE AMNH AS WELL AS AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS ACROSS OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND CONSORTIA IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION. IT WILL STIMULATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DISCOVERIES BY EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF OUR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACROSS A WIDE USER BASE. IT WILL DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH PROGRAMS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE ORIGINS AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, DIVERSIFICATION OF ARTHROPODS, SKELETAL FUNCTION OF EXTINCT HOMININS, EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE ORGANISMS, PROCESSES OF SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION, THE TRACHEAL SYSTEM OF INSECTS, MICROSTRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF ANIMAL TISSUES, THE FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SMALL-BODIED VERTEBRATES INCLUDING BATS AND FISHES, AND MANY OTHERS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
National Science Foundation
$2.1M
FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT: DESIGNING OUR WORLD: A COMMUNITY ENVISIONING GIRLS AS ENGINEERS
National Science Foundation
$2.1M
VOCES DE ESPERANZA (VOICES OF HOPE): AN EXHIBIT AND FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS WITH LATINE AUDIENCES -THIS INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE PROJECT LEVERAGES MUSEUM EXHIBITS AS UNIQUE FAMILY LEARNING SPACES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS. MOST SCIENCE CENTERS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO HELP DIVERSE LEARNERS ENGAGE IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, IN PART BECAUSE TESTED CLIMATE COMMUNICATION APPROACHES HAVE NOT INCLUDED CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT NEED. THROUGH EQUITABLE, CULTURALLY-DRIVEN CO-DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE LATINE(X/O) COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, THIS PROJECT WILL OFFER LATINE(X/O) YOUTH AND FAMILIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD AWARENESS OF AND SKILLS IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS THAT CAN FOSTER CLIMATE ACTIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AB CULTURAL DRIVERS (ABCD) AND OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI) WILL COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH A COLABORATIVO (A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE), FORMED THROUGH PARTNER ORGANIZATION, ADELANTE MUJERES. TOGETHER THEY WILL WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A 500-800 SQ. FT. BILINGUAL (SPANISH-ENGLISH) MUSEUM EXHIBIT, DOCUMENT AND DEVELOP RESOURCES TO HELP OTHERS IN THE INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING (ISL) FIELD CO-CREATE AND CO-EVALUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND CO-DEVELOP AN EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK THAT FOREFRONTS COLABORATIVO PROCESSES AND IDENTIFIES CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY AMONG LATINE(X/O) EXHIBIT VISITORS. KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING EVALUATION WILL INVESTIGATE COLABORATIVO PROCESSES, EXHIBIT DESIGN FOR CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, AND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AT THE EXHIBIT. ALL EVALUATION QUESTIONS, OUTCOMES, METHODS, AND INTERPRETATIONS WILL BE SELECTED WITH THE COLABORATIVO, WITH SUPPORT FROM EVALUATION TEAM MEMBERS. LEVERAGING EXISTING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, THE TEAM WILL USE, AND DOCUMENT FOR OTHERS TO USE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION STRUCTURES THAT HELP COMMUNITY GROUPS FORM, BE CREATIVE, AND EXERCISE THEIR POWER TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE COLABORATIVO MEMBERS' SENSE OF BELONGING AND LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS' UNDERSTANDING OF PRACTICES THAT FOSTER BELONGING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND MEMBERS. METHODS FOR COLABORATIVO PROCESSES MAY INCLUDE JOURNALING, PHOTOVOICE, AND INTERVIEWS THAT COULD BE QUALITATIVELY CODED FOR THEMES. THE EXHIBITION WILL INTEGRATE PRIOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH IN CLIMATE ANXIETY, HOPE, AND BELONGING WHICH INCLUDE WELL-TESTED APPROACHES TO STARTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS AND KEEPING THEM OPEN. DRAWING ON PARTICIPATORY POPULAR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, THE COLABORATIVO WILL SHAPE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. EVALUATION FOR EXHIBIT EXPERIENCES WILL LIKELY EXPLORE PERCEPTIONS OF PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE RELEVANCE, SKILLS FOR ENGAGING IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO INFORM EXHIBIT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FRONT END, FORMATIVE, REMEDIAL, AND SUMMATIVE PHASES. METHODS MAY INCLUDE 100 NATURALISTIC OBSERVATIONS, 100 INTERVIEWS, AND VIDEO OBSERVATIONS OF 25 FAMILIES, AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM REGIONAL LATINE(X/O)-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS. THE RESULTING RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCES WILL BE INFORMED BY COLABORATIVO-LED REVIEW THAT INCLUDES ALL PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS AND EXTERNAL REVIEW FROM PROJECT ADVISORS. RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL ILLUSTRATE AND SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS, AND BE DEVELOPED TO CAPTURE INTEREST--A GRAPHIC ONE-SHEET, A FACILITATION GUIDE, AND A VIDEO GUIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE EXHIBIT DESIGN FRAMEWORK, RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE TOOLKITS FOR OTHERS TO USE TO IMPLEMENT A COLABORATIVO APPROACH, INFOGRAPHICS, AND VIDEOS TO SUMMARIZE PROJECT FINDINGS FOR THE ISL FIELD. THIS INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT: (A) CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE THAT CONSIDERS INFORMAL STEM LEARNING'S ROLE IN EQUITY AND BELONGING IN STEM; (B) PROMOTE PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS IN STEM; (C) ADVANCE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; (D) FOSTER INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS; (E) CREATE AND ENHANCE THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMAL STEM LEARNING; (F) IMPROVE COMMUNITY VIBRANCY; AND/OR (G) ENHANCE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND THE PUBLIC'S ENGAGEMENT IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF STEM AND STEM PROCESSES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
Department of Defense
$2M
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND WORKFORCE PROGRAM
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$2M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of the Interior
$2M
9/11 MEMORIAL ACT GRANT
Department of Energy
$2M
TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW EERE AWARD DE-EE0004018 WITH RIVER MUSEUM, INCORPORATED FOR A PROJECT TITLED, 'HOUSATONIC RIVER MUSEUM NET-ZERO BUILDING'
Department of Agriculture
$2M
COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS CONGRESSIONALLY DELEGATED
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$2M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Commerce
$2M
RESTORATION PAVILION
Department of Energy
$2M
TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW AWARD TO MIAMI CHILDRENS MUSEUM ENTITLED "GREEN MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM GOING GREEN INITIATIVE (FL)"
National Science Foundation
$2M
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR USING MUSEUM-BASED THEATER AND GAMING TO SUPPORT VISITOR UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS
National Science Foundation
$2M
STAYING IN SCIENCE: INVESTIGATING STEM PERSISTENCE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH
Department of Justice
$2M
THE CLUBHOUSE NETWORK: INCREASING MENTOR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS
Department of Defense
$2M
CONTINUATION OF NOVEL ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN AND PREDICTION OF PATHOGENICITY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$2M
REASON CAN- MEASURING VEGETATION HEALTH
National Science Foundation
$1.9M
PPE (PRESCHOOLERS, PARENTS, AND EDUCATORS: STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT EARLY SCIENCE LITERACY)
National Science Foundation
$1.9M
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE
National Science Foundation
$1.9M
DECODING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING INTEGRATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM
Department of Commerce
$1.9M
DEEP-CRES 2019: MESOPHOTIC CORAL ECOSYSTEMS OF AMERICAN SAMOA
National Science Foundation
$1.9M
PREPARING AND SUPPORTING NEW EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS THROUGH A MUSEUM- AND SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM
National Science Foundation
$1.8M
DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING CHALLENGING AND REWARDING INTERACTIVE SCIENCE EXHIBITS
National Science Foundation
$1.8M
DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DOCUMENTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY THROUGH DIGITIZATION OF INVERTEBRATE COLLECTIONS (DIGIN)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$1.8M
THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS WILL BE SCALING UP AND EXPANDING OPTIONS TO THE MUSEUM ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO HELP MUSEUMS, PARTICULARLY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED MUSEUMS, OF ALL TYPES BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE AND PROFESSIONAL, BUILD CAPACITY, AND BE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE TWO-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOCUSES ON REVISING NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF THE EXISTING MAP PROGRAM AND PILOTING THE REVISIONS WITH ADDITIONAL PEER REVIEWERS AND 100 NEW AND 50 RETURNING MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS. THIS INCLUDES: REVISING THREE EXISTING ASSESSMENTS, RESURRECTING AND REVISING A PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT, AND CREATING ONE NEW ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING PEER REVIEWER RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES; CREATING NEW RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT FOR MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS; IMPLEMENTING ALL PROGRAM REVISIONS; AND GATHERING AND ANALYZING PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK.
Department of Education
$1.8M
EDUCATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$1.7M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Education
$1.6M
CENTER FOR STEAM ADVANCEMENT COLLABORATIVE
Department of Commerce
$1.6M
MUSEUM/W/WW/SIDEWALK
Department of Energy
$1.6M
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ENERGY (βAMSEβ) OPERATIONS
National Science Foundation
$1.6M
PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN MACHINE LEARNING THROUGH MENTORED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
National Science Foundation
$1.6M
DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PLANTS, HERBIVORES, AND PARASITOIDS: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF TRI-TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS
National Endowment for the Arts
$1.6M
TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN.
National Science Foundation
$1.6M
PBI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE MEGADIVERSE, MICRODISTRIBUTED SPIDER FAMILY OONOPIDAE
Agency for International Development
$1.6M
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EIN DOR MUSEUM TO IMPLEMENT A CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION (CMM) PROGRAM
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P25AS00488 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID (SHPO) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P24AS00506 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID (SHPO) HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P23AS00477 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND - ANNUAL STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE GRANTS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED BY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES IN THE STATES, TERRITORIES, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION TO COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN THE 8 PROGRAM AREAS AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA, AS APPLICABLE, AND RELATED ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) FOR GRANTS TO STATES. STATES WILL COMPLETE PROJECT WORK IN 8 PROGRAM AREAS, ASAPPLICABLE AS DEFINED IN THE NHPA. A MINIMUM OF 10.0% OF THE AWARD MUST BE SUBGRANTEDTO COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, AS APPLICABLE.
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
NON-FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF 4.14 ACRES OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. FUNDS WILL BE SUBGRANTED.
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
HPF EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL SANDY RELIEF - PENNSYLVANIA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.5M
THE STARS. A DIGITAL SPACE SHOWTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) SEEKS TO PARTNER WITH NASA AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF A
Department of Energy
$1.5M
TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW AWARD #DE-EE0003898 WITH CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER (BT CDP) ENTITLED "SUSTAINABILITY AT CINCINNATI'S UNION TERMINAL"
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$1.5M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$1.5M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.5M
PLANETARIUM PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: SPACE SHOW VII AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Department of Defense
$1.5M
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICES BTO MONITORING OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION PROJECT. THIS EFFORT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT GENERALLY AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT B, RESEARCH DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT, DATED JANUARY 24, 2023, AND IN THE RECIPIENTS REVISED PROPOSAL TITLED, PREDICTION AND MONITORING OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION, DATED JANUARY 24, 2023, COPIES OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF BOTH PARTIES.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$1.5M
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (MOS) WILL LAUNCH ADVANCING AI IN AMERICA (A3), A NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO EXPAND K-12 AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL RESOURCES. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) ISSUED ON APRIL 23, 2025, ENTITLED βADVANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN YOUTH.β OVER TWO YEARS, MOS WILL UPDATE ITS EXPLORING AI EXHIBITION WITH FIVE NEW INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS; DEVELOP AI-THEMED STEM CAREER FAIRS, HACKATHONS, AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS; PRODUCE DIGITAL CONTENT ON THE THEME OF AI; AND CREATE EDUCATOR RESOURCES. PRODUCTS WILL BE SHARED THROUGH MOS'S DIGITAL CHANNELS, AND THE FAST AND AIM MUSEUM NETWORKS, ENABLING REPLICATION NATIONWIDE. GUIDED BY A NATIONAL EDUCATOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND RIGOROUS EVALUATION, A3 WILL ADVANCE AI LITERACY, INCREASE TEACHER CONFIDENCE, AND FOSTER STUDENT INTEREST IN AI CAREERS, BUILDING ENDURING CAPACITY FOR AI EDUCATION ACROSS MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS.
Department of Education
$1.5M
IMPACT CENTER: INTEGRATED MARINE PROGRAM AND COLLEGE TRAINING (AN UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER AT THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE)
National Science Foundation
$1.5M
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HURRICANE KATRINA - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
National Science Foundation
$1.5M
STAYING IN SCIENCE: EXAMINING THE PATHWAYS OF UNDERREPRESENTED YOUTH MENTORED IN RESEARCH
National Science Foundation
$1.5M
SUCCESSFUL SCAFFOLDING STRATEGIES IN URBAN MUSEUMS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ON MEDIATED SCIENTIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES AND MUSEUM EDUCATORS
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of Education
$1.5M
CULTURAL APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATIONAL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ALASKA NATIVES NATIVE HAWAIIANS & THEIR HISTORICAL WHALING & TRADING PARTNERS IN MA
Department of the Interior
$1.5M
PHMC 2020-2021 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
Department of Energy
$1.5M
CDP 143.08, "MIAMI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT (FL)"
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$1.4M
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS - MUSEUMS
Department of the Interior
$1.4M
LOWER EASTSIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM
National Science Foundation
$1.4M
DEVELOPING STEM SKILLS THROUGH PLAY AND EXHIBIT DESIGN FOR EARLY LEARNERS IN CHILDREN?S MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE CENTERS
National Science Foundation
$1.4M
SNOW: MUSEUM EXHIBIT, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND LEARNING RESEARCH
National Science Foundation
$1.4M
THE HIDDEN WORLD OF PERMAFROST
National Science Foundation
$1.4M
SCIENCE LEARNING+: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF EMBODIED INTERACTION IN PRE-K CHILDREN'S LEARNING ABOUT SCIENCE IN INFORMAL SETTINGS
National Science Foundation
$1.4M
ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY: ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY LESSONS FOR CHILDREN
Department of the Interior
$1.4M
2020 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.4M
TRIBAL AMBASSADORS THROUGH BUSINESS
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.3M
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE: MAKING INFORMED HEALTH CARE DECISIONS (A TRAVELING EXHIBI
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ATOL: PHYLOGENY ON THE HALF-SHELL -- ASSEMBLING THE BIVALVE TREE OF LIFE
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING ACCESS TO TAXONOMIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DATA TO STEM THE TIDE OF EXTINCTION OF THE HIGHLY IMPERILED PACIFIC ISLAND LAND SNAILS
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
MODERN CABINETRY FOR THE ORNITHOLOGY COLLECTION AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY -AN AWARD IS MADE TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO ENABLE THE PURCHASE OF NEW CABINETS TO HOUSE THE ORNITHOLOGY SPECIMENS, ENSURE THE COLLECTION IS PEST FREE WITH CRYOFUMIGATION, AND RESEQUENCE THE SPECIMENS IN A MODERN TAXONOMIC ORDER. THIS AWARD WILL ENSURE THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IS SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE, ENABLING ITS USE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. IN ADDITION, THIS AWARD WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC LITERACY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES AND VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT. THE PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND STAFF MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL FEATURE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH TABLES SHOWCASING RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AT MUSEUM FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, AN UPDATED EXHIBIT CASE VISIBLE TO ALL MUSEUM VISITORS HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES SHOWCASING THE PROCESS OF DE- AND RE-INSTALLATION THAT WILL ENGAGE A BROAD AUDIENCE. NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS PROVIDE AN IRREPLACEABLE RECORD OF CURRENT AND HISTORIC BIODIVERSITY. THEY ONLY BECOME MORE VALUABLE AS TECHNOLOGIES PROGRESS, FACILITATING EVER INCREASING POSSIBILITIES FOR RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY. PROTECTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. THE NEW CABINETRY FUNDED HERE WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND HELP ENSURE THAT THESE SPECIMENS ARE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY PROVIDING THE PROTECTION THEY NEED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND PESTS. THE NEW CABINETRY WITH EASILY OPENED DOORS, AND TRAYS THAT FIT PROPERLY IN THEIR CABINETS WILL FACILITATE THEIR USE BY STAFF, STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS, AND VOLUNTEERS. STAFF TIME FORMERLY SPENT MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF THESE OLD CABINETS CAN BE REALLOCATED TOWARD EFFORTS TO GROW THE COLLECTIONS OR MAKE THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A BROAD AUDIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH DIGITIZATION. THUS, THIS AWARD WILL HAVE CASCADING EFFECTS ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE USE OF THE COLLECTIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Department of Education
$1.3M
UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE
Department of Education
$1.3M
INTEGRATED MARINE PROGRAM AND COLLEGE TRAINING (IMPACT): AN UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER AT THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, INC.
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HOW DID TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS REBUILD FOLLOWING THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE MASS EXTINCTION? -DURING THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/PG) MASS EXTINCTION (CA. 66 MILLION YEARS AGO), ~75% OF ALL SPECIES ON EARTH WENT EXTINCT, NOTABLY INCLUDING ALL NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS. THIS EVENT COMPLETELY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF LIFE, LEADING ULTIMATELY TO THE FORMATION OF TODAY?S MAMMAL-DOMINATED COMMUNITIES. THE AFTERMATH OF THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION REPRESENTS A NATURAL LABORATORY IN WHICH ECOSYSTEM REORGANIZATION CAN BE STUDIED WITH HIGH GEOLOGIC RESOLUTION. SOME STUDIES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO EXAMINE HOW MARINE ECOSYSTEMS WERE REBUILT, BUT THE RESPONSE OF TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS IS POORLY DOCUMENTED. THIS PROJECT WILL EXAMINE ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED ON LAND ACROSS THE K/PG BOUNDARY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THE RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE EXTENSIVE PALEONTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF EXISTING FOSSIL COLLECTIONS AND INTRODUCE NOVEL DATA THAT WILL REVEAL THE VARIABILITY IN THE TIMING AND PATTERN OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM REBUILDING AFTER THE MASS EXTINCTION. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE HOW THE BIODIVERSITY OF ECOSYSTEMS RECOVER AT THE CONTINENTAL SCALE AND HOW MODERN TERRESTRIAL BIOTA EVOLVED. THE RESULTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE DATA FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS TO PREDICT THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF CURRENT RAPID CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY AND HELP INFORM CONSERVATION PRIORITIES TO ALLEVIATE ECOSYSTEM DISRUPTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL USE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS IN CLASSROOMS, MUSEUM EXHIBITS, AND OUTREACH AT THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS TO REACH AUDIENCES OF MULTIPLE AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION COMPLETELY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF LIFE AND MOST RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ON MARINE SYSTEMS. POST-EXTINCTION PATTERNS OF ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING ON LAND, FUNDAMENTAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN TAXA OF MAMMALS AND PLANTS, HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION BECAUSE FOSSIL COLLECTIONS, DATA, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY RARE. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD ON EXTENSIVE FOSSIL COLLECTIONS FROM THREE PRIMARY STUDY AREAS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, INVOLVE NEW FIELDWORK DESIGNED TO AUGMENT COLLECTIONS AND DATA FROM CRITICAL INTERVALS, AND DEVELOP DIVERSE INORGANIC AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL RECORDS TO CHARACTERIZE AND IDENTIFY BIOTIC PATTERNS, LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND FACTORS INVOLVED IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING FOLLOWING THE K/PG EXTINCTION. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL: COLLECT AND INTERPRET MEGAFLORAL, PALYNOLOGICAL, INVERTEBRATE, AND VERTEBRATE FOSSILS AND ASSOCIATED CONTEXTUAL DATA FROM THREE WELL-STUDIED STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS; USE FOSSIL LEAF PHYSIOGNOMIC TRAITS AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO CONSTRUCT RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND FIRE FREQUENCY; INTEGRATE ECOLOGICAL PROXIES OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OVER TIME AND SPACE AS THEY RELATE TO THE THREE STUDY AREAS, TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, OR TROPHIC INTERACTIONS THAT ENHANCE OR IMPEDE ECOSYSTEM RESTRUCTURING AFTER THE K/PG EXTINCTION. IN ADDITION, GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES FOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY WILL BE EXAMINED TO RESOLVE THE INFLUENCE OF THE EXTENSIVE BASALT ERUPTIONS OF THE DECCAN TRAPS ON THE BIOTA WITHIN THE STUDY AREAS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
INVESTIGATING HOW MUSEUM EXPERIENCES INFORM YOUTHS' STEM CAREER AWARENESS AND INTEREST
National Science Foundation
$1.3M
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE DESIGN AND PLAY
Department of the Interior
$1.3M
2019 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA
Department of State
$1.3M
MUSEUMS & COMMUNITIES COLLOBORATIONS ABROAD (MCCA) PROGRAM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.3M
THE SCIENCENTER, ITHACA, NY PROPOSES LIFE ON THE EDGE, A 1,500SQ FT TRAVELING EXHIBITION TO ENGAGE MUSEUM GUESTS WITH SPACE, SPACE EXPLORATION, AND T
Department of Commerce
$1.3M
PURPOSE: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NARRATIVE INTRODUCTION THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH A ROBUST, INNOVATIVE, AND SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE AIMED AT DRIVING ACTION, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. DRAWING ON THE DEEP EXPERTISE AND WIDE BREADTH OF FOCUS OF AMNHS EDUCATION AND SCIENCE DIVISIONS, AND WITH A STRATEGIC FOCUS ON DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS, THIS INITIATIVE WILL GENERATE MULTIPLE AREAS OF IMPACT CENTERED IN NEW YORK CITY (NYC) WITH REGIONAL REACH. AS A PREEMINENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, CENTER OF RESEARCH, AND TOURISM DESTINATION, BOTH LOCALLY BELOVED AND GLOBALLY RENOWNED, AMNH IS UNIQUELY WELL-POSITIONED TO UNDERTAKE THIS CRITICAL AND URGENT PROJECT. THE CLIMATE CRISIS CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, RESULTING IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION THAT COMBINES WITH SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES TO RESULT IN DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS, BY THE 2050S, NEW YORK WILL REACH UNPRECEDENTED TEMPERATURES, EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY UP TO 5.7 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND HEAT-RELATED DEATHS EXPECTED TO BE FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY ARE TODAY; WITH SEA LEVELS RISING BY UP TO 30 INCHES, COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NEARLY ONE MILLION NEW YORKERS (ONENYC 2050: A LIVABLE CLIMATE, 2022). TO ENGAGE WITH THIS CRISISAND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONSALL OF SOCIETY MUST BE INVOLVED IN BUILDING A NEW FUTURE THROUGH RAPID SYSTEM-WIDE TRANSFORMATION. AMNHS CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE AIMS TO MEET THIS NEED BY BUILDING ON AND ADVANCING ONGOING CLIMATE-RELATED WORK AT THE MUSEUM AND DEVELOPING NEW MODES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE CREATION OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN NYC AND THE REGION, IN WAYS THAT ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND RESPONSIVE TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF AMNHS MOST IMMEDIATE COMMUNITIES. THE INITIATIVE WILL INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT NYCS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GREEN ECONOMY ACTION PLAN THAT LAYS OUT A ROADMAP FOR INVESTING IN JOBS AND SECTORS THAT WILL HELP THE CITY COMPANY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND TRAIN AND POSITION NEW YORKERSPARTICULARLY THOSE FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY-DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIESTO BENEFIT FROM THE NEARLY 400,0000 PROJECTED GREEN-COLLAR JOBS IN NYC BY 2040 (NYCEDC, 2024). ABOUT AMNH: SINCE 1869, AMNH HAS ADVANCED ITS GLOBAL MISSION TO DISCOVER, INTERPRET, AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT HUMAN CULTURES, THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE UNIVERSE THROUGH A WIDE PROGRAM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXHIBITION. IT IS A LEADER IN SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES, OFFERING ROBUST PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS FROM THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THROUGH COLLEGE AND GRADUATE LEVELS, AND EXCELS AT PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND INFORMATION IN WAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE PUBLIC LEARNERS. AMNH IS ALSO HOME TO THE RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL (RGGS), WHICH CONFERS THE PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE, MAKING AMNH THE ONLY MUSEUM IN THE UNITED STATES TO CONFER THESE DEGREES. AMNH IS WORLD-RENOWNED FOR NOT ONLY ITS EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF OVER 34 MILLION SPECIMENS AND ARTIFACTS, WHICH SERVE AS A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PLANET AND PRESENT A PANORAMA OF THE WORLD'S CULTURES, BUT ALSO FOR ITS ROBUST ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES. APPROXIMATELY 200 IN-HOUSE SCIENTISTS WORK ACROSS THE BROAD DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ASTROPHYSICS, BIOLOGY, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, AND PALEONTOLOGY, AND RESEARCHERS CARRY OUT AROUND 100 INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPEDITIONS EACH YEAR. THE CLIMATE IMPACT INITIATIVE WILL DRAW ON THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE EXPERTISE OF AMNHS EDUCATIONAL, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF--MANY OF WHOM HAVE FOCUSED THEIR RESEARCH ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES LOSS AND ON INVESTIGATING HOW PALEOCLIMATE SYSTEMS CAN INFORM PREDICTIONS ABOUT TODAYS CLIMATE. AMNH IS CURRENTLY UNDER
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$1.3M
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.2M
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA COLLABORATING WITH THE EDUCATION AND CONSTELLATION OFFICES OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND WITH SMM'S FIVE PARTNER M
Department of the Interior
$1.2M
2018 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Education
$1.2M
UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION
Department of State
$1.2M
RESTORATION & PRESERVATION OF THE EARLY 17TH-CENTURY SHEIKHUPURA FORT
Department of the Interior
$1.2M
2017 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
COASTAL SEES COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING COUPLED BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RESILIENCE ACROSS COASTAL PACIFIC ISLAND SYSTEMS
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
BRAINS ON! THE MOVE: STEM PODCASTS AS FACILITATORS OF AUTOMOBILE-BASED FAMILY LEARNING EXPERIENCES
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF A CO-DESIGNED CULTURALLY SUSTAINING STEM LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS MODEL FOR YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
BITS-2-BITES: YOUTH APPLYING STEM CONTENT AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING TO LEARN ABOUT NUTRITION AND ADVOCATE FOR FOOD JUSTICE
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
LINCT: LINKING EDUCATORS, YOUTH, AND LEARNERS IN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
STRATEGIES: SCIENCE RESEARCH MENTORING PROGRAM (SRMP)
National Science Foundation
$1.2M
DIGITAL WAVE: WARMING WINDS AND WATER
Department of the Interior
$1.2M
2016 HPF SHPO - PENNSYLVANIA
Department of the Interior
$1.2M
FY14 GRANT TO COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SHPO
Department of the Interior
$1.2M
2015 HPF
National Endowment for the Arts
$1.2M
TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$1.2M
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROGRAM - A NATIONAL, BRANDED ACCESS PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO VISIT MUSEUMS REGULARLY AND BUILD LIFELONG MUSEUM HABITS. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO PARTICIPATION BY ALL TYPES OF MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROVIDES VISITORS WITH FREE OR REDUCED ADMISSION TO PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS SIMPLY BY PRESENTING THEIR SNAP EBT (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER) CARDS. THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS WILL DEVELOP A ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS PLAN; UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM WEBSITE; UNDERTAKE FOCUSED RECRUITMENT OF NEW MUSEUMS TO PARTICIPATE; BUILD STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS AMONG FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND RELATED NONPROFITS THAT SERVE THE TARGET AUDIENCE; AND EVALUATE PARTICIPATING MUSEUMSβ EXPERIENCES WITH THE PLATFORM AS WELL AS THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON THESE INSTITUTIONS.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.2M
MISSION LEAP (LUNAR EXPEDITION FOR ASTRONAUT PIONEERS) IS AN INNOVATIVE HANDS-ON IMMERSIVE MIXED REA
Department of Commerce
$1.1M
THE PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (FROST SCIENCE) RECEIVED A CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $1,150,000 TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF AT FROST SCIENCE WILL BE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY HUB FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, ACTIONABLE CONSERVATION EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. LEVERAGING RESOURCES AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE MUSEUM - INCLUDING ITS PUBLIC AQUARIUM, FUNCTIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION LAB, CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE AND RESEARCH VESSEL - THE NEW CENTER WILL PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS EDUCATION, RESEARCH, RESEARCH DISSEMINATION, AND ACTIVE FIELD CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF, WHILE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO MARINE SCIENCE, STEM-BASED EDUCATION, BIODIVERSITY, AND RESTORATION.
National Science Foundation
$1.1M
EXPANDING ACTIVITIES FOR OUTDOOR, NATURE SITUATED MAKING -THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) WILL COLLABORATE WITH FOUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) AUDIENCES TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A NOVEL OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE THAT ENGAGES FAMILIES IN STEM LEARNING. A MAKERSPACE IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER ON CREATIVE, INTEREST DRIVEN PROJECTS. IN WORKING WITH BIPOC FAMILIES, THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THREE FORMS OF HISTORICAL (AND PRESENT DAY) EXCLUSION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN OF INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES, AND OVERALL ENGAGEMENT IN STEM. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER STEM LEARNING USING NATURAL MATERIALS IN AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE, INFORMED THROUGH ROBUST COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE AT SMM THAT WILL INCLUDE 3-4 SETTINGS (APPROXIMATELY 2500 SQUARE FEET TOTAL) THAT HOUSE AND SUPPORT MULTIPLE MAKING ACTIVITIES IN AN OUTDOOR CONTEXT. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPLORING HOW BIPOC FAMILIES DEFINE LEARNING IN MAKERSPACES AND HOW YOUNGER CHILDREN CAN BE FULLY ENGAGED IN FAMILY LEARNING. THE PROJECT WILL SHARE THE INCLUSIVE DESIGN AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PRACTICES DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS WORK WITH OTHER MUSEUMS, MAKER EDUCATORS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN DEVELOP OR EXPAND THEIR OWN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACES IN WAYS THAT WILL RESPECT AND REFLECT BIPOC FAMILIES? PERSPECTIVES. BIPOC FAMILIES WILL JOIN MUSEUM STAFF AS CONTRIBUTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ITERATION OF AN OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE AND COLLABORATORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZED DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DISSEMINATION OF THE RESEARCH. VISITOR-CAPTURED VIDEO OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE OUTDOOR MAKERSPACE, SURVEYS, AND MEMOS FROM DESIGN MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUTDOOR INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION SPACES WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS AND VALUES. ALL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL BE GUIDED BY A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND USE STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THE MULTICULTURAL VALIDITY SUCH AS VIDEO MEANING-MAKING WITH FAMILY RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND MEMBER-CHECKING INSTRUMENTS, DATA ANALYSES, AND FINDINGS WITH DESIGN PARTNERS. PROJECT RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS THREE QUESTIONS: (1) WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY LEARNING IN AN OUTDOOR NATURE-SITUATED MAKERSPACE, INCLUDING HOW BIPOC FAMILIES IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE STEM LEARNING AND HOW OUTDOOR SPACES CAN BE BUILT TO SUPPORT BIPOC FAMILIES? PERSPECTIVES? (2) HOW CAN THE SPACE BE BUILT TO SUPPORT MULTI-AGE FAMILIES TO ENGAGED IN MAKING, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON WHAT DESIGN ELEMENTS SUPPORT PRESCHOOL LEARNER?S ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION BY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS? AND (3) HOW DO THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING WITH WIDELY AVAILABLE MATERIALS TRANSLATE FROM INDOOR TO OUTDOOR SPACES AND MATERIALS? RESEARCH FINDINGS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GUIDES WILL BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO RESEARCHERS, DESIGNERS, PROGRAM DEVELOPERS, INFORMAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO (A) ADVANCE NEW APPROACHES TO AND EVIDENCE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS; (B) PROVIDE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR BROADENING ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT IN STEM LEARNING EXPERIENCES; (C) ADVANCE INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON AND ASSESSMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS; AND (D) ENGAGE THE PUBLIC OF ALL AGES IN LEARNING STEM IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
Department of the Interior
$1.1M
FY13 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANT - PENNSYLVANIA SHPO
Department of State
$1.1M
GRANT PROGRAMS
Department of State
$1.1M
MUSEUMS & COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS ABROAD PROGRAM (MCCA)
Department of State
$1.1M
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
Department of Education
$1.1M
ARTS IN EDUCATION - DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION GRANT PROGRAM
National Science Foundation
$1.1M
LEARNING THEORY IN MUSEUMS: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SERENDIPITY IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OF STEM -SERENDIPITY, OR INSIGHT COUPLED WITH CHANCE, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE WORK OF COUNTLESS SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS. FOR INSTANCE, EXAMPLES OF SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERIES INCLUDE PENICILLIN, RADIOACTIVITY, AND THE ADHESIVE FOR POST-IT NOTES. YET SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS ARE NEITHER RARE NOR SOLELY THE DOMAIN OF MAGNIFICENT DISCOVERIES; THEY HAPPEN REGULARLY TO ALL. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW UNPLANNED YET MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES-TERMED SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS-CAN SPARK CURIOSITY, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING, AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS LIKE MUSEUMS. SERENDIPITOUS LEARNING OCCURS WHEN A LEARNER ENCOUNTERS AN INSIGHT BY CHANCE WHILE HAVING THE BACKGROUND TO RECOGNIZE AND ACT ON THE DISCOVERY. THESE MOMENTS OFTEN ARISE WHEN VISITORS ENCOUNTER SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT CONNECTS WITH THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND, WHEN THEY FEEL A SENSE OF AGENCY, LEADS TO INSIGHTS THAT ENCOURAGE FURTHER EXPLORATION. WHILE RESEARCH ON SERENDIPITY HAS BURGEONED IN THE LAST TWO DECADES IN THE CONTEXT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING LEARNING IN EDUCATION CONTEXTS IS ONLY BEGINNING. BY EXAMINING WHEN, HOW, AND FOR WHOM SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS OCCUR, THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENON IN INFORMAL LEARNING SPACES LIKE MUSEUMS. THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN STEM. THIS THEORY-BUILDING EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SERENDIPITY IN LEARNING AT MUSEUMS. IT BUILDS ON AND REFINES A NEW MODEL OF LEARNING IN MUSEUMS - SAIL (SERENDIPITY AND AGENCY IN INFORMAL LEARNING) CONCEPTUALIZED DURING EARLY PILOT WORK. THE CORE RESEARCH QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES AND CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT EXHIBIT TYPES? USING A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL CONDUCT SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS, AND IN-MUSEUM EXPERIENCE SAMPLING TO DOCUMENT WHEN AND WHERE THESE MOMENTS OCCUR, WHAT TRIGGERS THEM, AND WHAT COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES THEY PRODUCE. THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERENDIPITY AND PRIOR EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL AGENCY, AND SPATIAL CONTEXT (E.G., LIMINAL OR TRANSITIONAL AREAS WITHIN MUSEUMS THAT FOSTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPACES). A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING YOUTH CO-RESEARCHERS AND MUSEUM STAFF, WILL GUIDE THE STUDY TO ENSURE RELEVANCE TO REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS. AS FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH, FINDINGS WILL ADVANCE A NEW THEORY OF LEARNING IN INFORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. TO ENSURE THIS STUDY CONSIDERS POTENTIAL PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS, THE TEAM WILL REGULARLY EXPLORE EMERGING FINDINGS IN COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSEUM EDUCATORS AND EXHIBIT DEVELOPERS. THIS AISL INTEGRATING RESEARCH & PRACTICE AWARD IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING (AISL) PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO ADVANCE NEW APPROACHES TO, AND EVIDENCE-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF, THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF STEM LEARNING IN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING EVERYONE WITH MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR ACCESSING AND ENGAGING IN STEM LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Department of State
$1.1M
MUSEUMS CONNECT PROGRAM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1M
THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION, MOA, IS A LEADING AIR FORCE HERITAGE, EXHIBIT, AND EDUCATION CENTER IN THE SOUTHEAST. OPENED IN 1984, IT IS THE NATIONS SECON
National Endowment for the Arts
$1M
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN.
National Science Foundation
$1M
BUILDING MORE INCLUSIVE MAKERSPACES TO SUPPORT INFORMAL ENGINEERING LEARNING EXPERIENCES
National Science Foundation
$1M
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COLLABORATIVE DATABASING OF NORTH AMERICAN BEE COLLECTIONS WITHIN A GLOBAL INFORMATICS NETWORK
Department of Education
$1M
MSI SUPPORT FOR FORMAL AND INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
Department of the Interior
$1M
CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Department of State
$1M
CULTURAL PROGRAMS - GRANT PROGRAMS
Small Business Administration
$1M
CALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER-FY24 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING
Department of Education
$1M
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FY23 CDS/CPF ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Department of Education
$1M
PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM'S KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM HELPS MORE CHILDREN SUCCEED AND THRIVE IN SCHOOLβESPECIALLY CHILDREN WHO LACK ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCES.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1M
VIRTUAL MISSIONS AND EXOPLANETS (VMAX) WILL DEVELOP AND TEST A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ENGAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS A
Department of Energy
$1M
TAS::89 0321::TAS NEW DOE GRANT TO THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, INC. ENTITLED "ENERGY SAVINGS INITIATIVE AND GREENING THE GRID EXHIBITION AND EDUCA
Department of Energy
$1M
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY UPGRADE OF HVAC CONTROLS
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$1M
PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEARβS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1M
BUILD A MARS HABITAT - SURVIVE AND THRIVE . . . AN ADDITION TO THE SUN EARTH UNIVERSE EXHIBITION
Department of Justice
$1M
COMPUTER CLUBHOUSE: PROJECT IMPACTS (INCREASING MENTOR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1000K
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) REQUESTS NASA SUPPORT FOR ENGINEERING FOR SPACE EXPLORATION, WHICH WILL CREATE THREE IMPORTANT NEW SECTIONS IN
National Science Foundation
$999.9K
INVESTIGATING EFFECTIVE STEM TEACHING THROUGH A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LENS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$998.4K
THE SCIENCENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA (SMM) THE CHILDREN S CREATIVITY MUSEUM (CCM) AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THE NATIONAL INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION (NISE) NETWORK PROPOSES EXPLORE SCIENCE: DESTINATION MOON. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CREATE A NEW TOOLKIT OF HANDS-ON STEM (SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH) ACTIVITIES BASED ON NASA'S CONTINUING PURSUIT OF HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND A MOBILE APP THAT STARTS AT THE MOON AND LAUNCHES USERS TOWARDS MARS AND FARTHER OUT IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM EXTENDING LEARNING BEYOND MUSEUM WALLS. EXPANDING ON THE SUCCESSFUL EXPLORE SCIENCE SERIES FROM THE NISE NETWORK THE TOOLKIT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO 350 NISE NETWORK PARTNER SCIENCE CENTERS CHILDREN S MUSEUMS AND PLANETARIUMS. THE TOOLKIT WILL FEATURE UNIQUE NASA ASSETS AND CONTENT FOR MUSEUM VISITORS AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS WHILE THE APP WILL BRIDGE STEM ENGAGEMENT IN MUSEUMS TO LEARNING EXPERIENCES AT HOME THROUGH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY GUIDES AND CUSTOMIZED CONNECTIONS TO NASA VISUALIZATIONS AND MISSION DATA FOR FAMILIES AND YOUTH IN GRADES 4-8. THIS PROJECT WILL REACH AN ESTIMATED 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THREE YEARS THROUGH A NATIONAL NETWORK ACTIVELY ENGAGING UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS THROUGH NASA S PUSH TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN PRESENCE IN SPACE. BY LEVERAGING NASA PEOPLE AND RESOURCES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE AT NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER THE SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO AT NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND COLLABORATORS WITHIN NASA HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE (HEOMD) AND SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD) THE PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE CONTENT VISUALIZATIONS AND OTHER UNIQUE NASA ASSETS THAT WILL SERVE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION. THE PROJECT HAS TARGET TWO AUDIENCES: 1) YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8 AND 2) MUSEUM EDUCATORS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: . PROVIDE ACCESS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO HIGH-QUALITY STEM EDUCATION RESOURCES WITH POWERFUL CONNECTIONS TO NASA THAT WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS. . ENGAGE MUSEUMS AS STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO STRENGTHEN STEM ECOSYSTEMS TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF NASA STEM ENGAGEMENT INVESTMENTS. . ENGAGE GROUPS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED IN STEM FIELDS THROUGH LOCAL MUSEUMS SUPPORTED BY A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INFORMAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS. DESTINATION MOON WILL USE EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN STRATEGIES TO REACH DIVERSE PUBLIC AUDIENCES AT 350 PARTNER MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BY DEVELOPING DISSEMINATING AND EVALUATING A TOOLKIT OF INQUIRY-BASED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR MUSEUM EDUCATORS AND A NEW DIY APP. THE OUTCOMES FOR THE PROJECT S TARGET AUDIENCES ARE: YOUTH AND FAMILIES STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-8: . INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE EXPLORATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. . BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND MISSIONS WITHIN NASA HEOMD AND STMD. . INCREASED STEM LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NASA-UNIQUE CONTENT MUSEUM EDUCATORS . INCREASED CAPACITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE STEM ENGAGEMENT WITH NASA-UNIQUE CONTENT THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO MULTIPLE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES. . INCREASED CAPACITY TO SUPPORT LEARNING THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE MUSEUM VISIT. DESTINATION MOON WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE EXPLORATION BY CONNECTING TO CURRENT NASA HEOMD AND STMD ACTIVITIES AND MISSIONS WHILE BUILDING STEM LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO NASA S STRATEGIC GOAL TO EXTEND HUMAN PRESENCE DEEPER INTO SPACE AND TO THE MOON FOR SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION.
National Science Foundation
$996.2K
FROM COMMUNITY TO CAREER - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAM AND YOUTH FROM POPULATIONS UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$995.4K
THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL, THE WANTS TO PROVIDE NASA WITH A PERMANENT PRESENCE AT ITS EXISTING FACILITY, AS WELL AS ITS NEW WING, VIA A MYRIAD OF SCIENC
National Science Foundation
$984.2K
SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF PEDIPALPI (WHIP SPIDERS AND WHIP SCORPIONS): PHYLOGENOMICS AND MORPHOLOGY OF UNDERSTUDIED ARACHNIDS
Department of Health and Human Services
$982.4K
BIOMEDTECH: STUDENTS TRANSLATING AND EXPLORING MEDICINE
Department of Health and Human Services
$980.8K
SIMLAB: USING PATIENT SIMULATION FOR STUDENT EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSU
Department of Defense
$980K
NOVEL ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN AND PREDICTION OF PATHOGENICITY
National Science Foundation
$980K
MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTRON MICROPROBE AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Department of Health and Human Services
$974.9K
NORTHSTAR (PHASES I AND II)
National Endowment for the Arts
$969.5K
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYβS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$964.9K
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (MSI) IN CHICAGO INTENDS TO BROADEN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WITH AND LEARNING ABOUT NASA RESEARCH AND GOALS THROUGH A NEW
Department of Energy
$964.7K
MARS ENCOUNTER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
National Endowment for the Arts
$964.5K
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTS PROGRAMS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CARRYING OUT THE AGENCYS NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN.
Tax Year 2025 Β· Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ericka Hardgrove | President | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Eileen Carney | Vice President | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Laurette Mari | Board Member | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jasmine Augustine | Board Member | 10 | $0 |
Source: IRS Publication 78, Auto-Revocation List & e-Postcard Data
Tax-deductible contributions: Yes
Deductibility code: PC
π 990-N (e-Postcard) Filing History
This organization files simplified Form 990-N (annual gross receipts β€ $50,000).
Sources: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (XML) & ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Scroll β
| Year | Revenue | Contributions | Expenses | Assets | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024IRS e-File | $64.9K | $56.2K | $59.5K | $585.4K | $585.4K |
| 2023 | $145.2K | $143.2K | $44.6K | $590.2K | $590.2K |
| 2022 | $348.1K | $332.3K | $28.8K | $489.7K | $489.7K |
| 2019 | $54.2K | β |
Sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer & IRS e-File Index
| Tax Year | Form Type | Source | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 990 | IRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing β |
| 2024 | 990 | β
IRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing β |
| 2023 | 990 | β
IRS e-File |
Financial data: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (Tax Year 2024)
Leadership & compensation: IRS e-Filed Form 990, Part VII (Tax Year 2025)
Federal grants: USAspending.gov (live)
Organization info: IRS Business Master File
Tax-deductibility: IRS Publication 78
| $0 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| Don Smart | Treasurer | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Ericka Hardgrove
President
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Eileen Carney
Vice President
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Laurette Mari
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Jasmine Augustine
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Don Smart
Treasurer
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stickney | Board Member | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Harmon | Board Member | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Bob Stickney
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Margaret Harmon
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
10
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
| $41.9K |
| $103.2K |
| β |
| 2022 | 990 | β
IRS e-File |
| 2019 | 990-EZ | β
|
| 2010 | 990-EZ | β |
| 2009 | 990-EZ | β |
| 2008 | 990-EZ | β |
| 2007 | 990-EZ | β |