Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)","Colorado State University","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080012,"$1,252,392","Chris Kummerow",Colorado,"Fort Collins",Larimer,CO02,"40.56877, -105.07922","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2015-09-30T00:00:00","The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is a citizen science program where thousands of volunteers across the country measure and report the amount of precipitation that falls each day in their own neighborhood. In the next three years CoCoRaHS will use strategies from the “Citizen Science Toolkit” and align activities to the “Essential Principles to Climate Science” to engage thousands more participants in collecting, reporting and exploring precipitation. Evapotranspiration measurements will be added to teach and demonstrate the hydrologic cycle in action. Through strong NOAA partnerships with the National Weather Service, the National Climatic Data Center, the Earth Systems Research Lab and the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, precipitation data quality and accessibility for professional users will be enhanced. The CoCoRaHS network will be constructing training, data entry and visualization tools utilizing Web 2.0 concepts, cyberlearning tools and hand-held device applications with a goal of increasing participation and expanding the volunteer network into broader, younger, more diverse audiences.","Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Oregon State University / PRISM Climate Group, Colorado Division of Water Resources, State Engineers Office, University of South Carolina (USC) / Department of Geography, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Avalanche Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)" "GLOBE Program","University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education","2010: Support for GLOBE Program Office Activities",2010,NA10SEC4690010,"$2,399,000","Valerie Williams",Colorado,Boulder,Boulder,CO02,"40.03115, -105.24605","2010-09-01T00:00:00 - 2012-08-31T00:00:00","In the project entitled ""The GLOBE Program 2010: Collaborative Environmental Research at Local to Global Scales"", the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will improve the functionality of the GLOBE Program (www.globe.gov) by providing: (1) new methods, tools, and services to enhance GLOBE Partner and teacher abilities to facilitate inquiry-based learning and student research, (2) initial pilot testing and assessment of student and teacher learning activities and events related to Climate Science research, (3) improvements in GLOBE's technology infrastructure and data systems (e.g. database, social networking, information management) to support collaborations between students, scientists, and teachers, and (4) development of a robust evaluation plan. In addition, the UCAR will continue to provide support to the worldwide GLOBE community, as well as program management and timely communication with program sponsors.","Arizona State University (ASU) Phoenix, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, Texas State Aquarium, Florida State University, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters, National Science Foundation (NSF) Headquarters, University of Missouri–St. Louis, University of Nevada-Reno, University of Tulsa (UT)"