Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Carbon Networks","University of Hawaii System / Waikiki Aquarium","2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators",2014,NA14SEC0080001,"$142,718","Andrew Rossiter",Hawaii,Honolulu,Honolulu,HI01,"21.26582, -157.82183","2014-09-01T00:00:00 - 2018-08-31T00:00:00","Carbon Networks is a three-year collaborative project that aims to improve public understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and atmospheric carbon dioxide on the environment. It involves three informal education partners - the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Waikiki Aquarium in Hawaii, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle - working together to provide professional development for staff and local educators, as well as create educational programs and activities for museum visitors using authentic ocean and atmospheric data. The project aims to address the disconnect between scientific evidence and the public's understanding of these impacts by developing and implementing professional development workshops and training programs that connect local ocean and atmospheric data with regional, Pacific, and global systems. The goal is to create meaningful place-based education narratives and activities that help people better understand the evolving narrative and impact of ocean acidification and climate change.","Exploratorium, Pacific Science Center, University of California at Santa Barbara, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) / Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Channel Islands, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Greater Farallones, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Cordell Bank, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Olympic Coast, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / CeNCOOS, University of California—Berkeley, National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Monterey Bay, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System / PacIOOS, University of California—Davis" "Continuing of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Competitions","Consortium for Ocean Leadership","2014: National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students",2014,NA14SEC0080006,"$154,934","Kristen Yarincik","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.90098, -77.02858","2014-09-01T00:00:00 - 2015-08-31T00:00:00","The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), initiated in 1998, is a nationally recognized high school academic competition through which talented students excel in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and are introduced to ocean science as an interdisciplinary field of study and a possible career path. As the NOSB also engages high school teachers, schools, and local communities in the competition and other program elements, it results in broader awareness of the ocean sciences and environmental issues and increased attitudes toward stewardship of ocean resources within these audiences. The program operates with the involvement of the ocean science research and professional community. Support from NOAA is requested to support about 20% of NOSB national office staff time needed for total program implementation, subawards to the regional competitions, and site visits for planning the 2015 national finals.",