Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Exploring Inner Space: Linking Aquariums with Ocean Scientists","Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium","2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums",2009,NA09SEC4690043,"$1,799,964","Dwight Coleman",Connecticut,Mystic,"New London",CT02,"41.37327, -71.95316","2009-12-31T23:00:00 - 2014-12-30T23:00:00","This program is a pilot project and collaborative effort to develop partnerships and educational programming using state of the art technology. The project partnership is comprised of a leading ocean science research and education institution, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography and its new state of the art Inner Space Center (ISC), and two strong national ocean science education networks: the National Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Network and NOAA's Office of Exploration and Research (NOAA-OER) Education Alliance. In addition, two partner sites will serve as proof of concept sites and education hubs - Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration (CT) and South Carolina Aquarium (SC), both affiliated with COSEE, the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Network (CELC), and NOAA-OER. Through this initiative, the ISC will install new Exploration Command Stations (ECSs) and enhance Ocean Today kiosks at the partner sites, strategically selected aquariums. Through this pilot project, the ECSs and kiosks (modeled after the original Ocean Today kiosk in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History’s Sant Ocean Hall) will form an Ocean Interpretive Station at the partner sites. The ISC will provide live links from the Center's facilities to the newly installed ECSs and kiosks using feeds from various remote Ocean Exploration platforms, including the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and the exploration vessel, E/V Nautilus. The project's Content Development Team (CDT) will develop associated educational materials for use in public programs at the partner sites.","Oregon State University (OSU) / Hatfield Marine Science Center, Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center, Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center (CELC) Network, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of Rhode Island (URI) / Inner Space Center (ISC), South Carolina Aquarium" "A National Coalition of Aquariums Educating About Climate Change","National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB)","2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums",2009,NA09SEC4690046,"$484,751","Nancy Hotchkiss",Maryland,Baltimore,"Baltimore City",MD07,"39.28509, -76.60829","2009-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-30T00:00:00","This collaboration led by three major national aquariums - National Aquarium in Baltimore, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and New England Aquarium - will develop a leadership initiative to build capacity within aquariums and related informal science education institutions nation-wide, enabling education staff to engage and inspire millions of visitors to take action about climate change and the ocean. Over three years, the aquariums will increase climate literacy among informal science educators by: 1) creating a national network for training, resource sharing and support; 2) developing climate change activity carts to support exhibit interpretation; 3) providing training for youth interpreters; and 4) hosting regional and national summits to strengthen collaboration and showcase and disseminate model programs. Outcomes for educators will include increased knowledge of climate change science; knowledge of strategies, tools and materials for educating about climate change; and confidence in their ability to communicate about climate change.","North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, California Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium, New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium, National Association for Interpretation (NAI)"