Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Climate Change Community Outreach Initiative","Florida Aquarium","2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums",2009,NA09SEC4690037,"$630,271","Debbi Stone",Florida,Tampa,Hillsborough,FL14,"27.94659, -82.44514","2009-12-31T23:00:00 - 2015-12-30T23:00:00","To promote ocean and climate change literacy that addresses the needs of our region, six aquariums based on the Gulf of Mexico will partner to educate our communities on both our risks and ways to contribute locally to sustainability. The aquariums will combine community outreach programs, stewardship promotion, social networking and workshops for non-formal educators to reach broad audiences throughout the Gulf in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico. Each partner will develop content that emphasizes local ecosystems and consequences of climate change, tailoring stewardship activities to address them. Over five years, the aquariums will reach out to diverse audiences in their communities, which have populations that total over five million people.","Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Texas State Aquarium, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS), Spectrum Communications" "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)"