Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Teen Conservation Leadership","Monterey Bay Aquarium","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080022,"$453,622","Rita Bell",California,Monterey,Monterey,CA19,"36.61813, -121.90212","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-30T00:00:00","Teen Conservation Leadership is a major integration and expansion of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's existing teen education programs (Student Oceanography Club, Young Women in Science and Student Guides). The project is growing and enhancing these programs through the following activities: Service Learning and Leadership Activities – including: 1) Guest Service Track: professional development and training as interpreters 2) Camp and Club Track: serving as a mentor for other participants 3) Program Track: assisting in the delivery of programs - Conservation and Science Activities, including participating in and leading projects with local organizations, and participating in technologically facilitated outdoor learning experiences – Teen Network and Technology Activities, including onsite networking and information sharing through Web 2.0 technology The project will reach 930 teens. Each teen will provide 200 service-learning hours per year. The sequential nature of this project will encourage many teens to participate for multiple years.","Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Save the Whales, Wild Farm Alliance" "Applying Social Research to Build Environmental Literacy and Public Engagement in Protecting Ocean Resources","Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project","2010: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2010—2011",2010,NA10SEC0080029,"$1,117,002","William Mott","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.90543, -77.04676","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-30T00:00:00","This project will expand and enhance an initiative that offers zoos, aquariums, and science museums the market research they need to engage and motivate the public on issues related to the ocean and climate change. The three-year project will measure changes in public awareness and action on ocean and climate-related issues. It will integrate these research findings into recommendations offered to staff working at zoos, aquariums, and science museums as well as to the ocean conservation community and provide professional development for staff members at these institutions in order to support and shape public outreach efforts that connect climate change, the ocean and individual actions, especially among our nation's youth.","Aquarium of the Pacific, North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Science Museum of Minnesota, Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium, John G. Shedd Aquarium / Shedd Aquarium, Tennessee Aquarium, Florida Aquarium, Pacific Science Center, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Detroit Zoological Society, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Gladys Porter Zoo, Texas State Aquarium, Aquarium of the Bay, Lincoln Park Zoo, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Virginia Aquarium, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Georgia Aquarium, New York Aquarium, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, San Antonio Zoological Society, YouthMuse, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Brevard Zoo, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Chicago Botanic Garden"