Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Building Environmental Literacy: How the Ocean Community Can Connect More Effectively With the American Public","Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project","2007: ELG for Free-choice Learning",2007,NA07SEC4690007,"$375,100","William Mott","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.90543, -77.04676","2007-10-01T00:00:00 - 2010-09-30T00:00:00","In 1999, The Ocean Project completed a comprehensive opinion research on public attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of the ocean ever conducted. The research identified a broad vacuum in public understanding of the ocean; a fundamental issue of ocean literacy. To further increase effectiveness in building ocean literacy, this project updates and expands The Ocean Project's research to create a more highly detailed database of public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about the ocean and the impact of climate change on the ocean. It develops recommendations to enable free-choice learning educators to improve the ocean and climate literacy of their visitors. The study includes a comprehensive review of existing literature, qualitative and quantitative research, analysis of the data, and publication and broad dissemination, including recommendations for programs and content that build ocean and climate literacy. The work done by The Ocean Project is helping the ocean education community better understand the motivations, psychology, and emotions behind segments of the public's attitudes toward the ocean. These data are essential as the institutions, agencies and organizations of the ocean community work together and independently to engage people, inform decision-makers, and enhance ocean and climate literacy throughout the Nation.","California Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), Tennessee Aquarium, Texas State Aquarium, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, John Ball Zoological Garden, Antioch University New England" "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"