Our project team has been fortunate to partner with a number of organizations. These partnerships have lead to funded initiatives that have impacted over 2000 teachers and their students over the previous ten years. Our R&D team has received close to $20,000,000 in federal funding and an additional $1M from foundations and other donors over the past 10 years. Our successful federal proposals can be downloaded below.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Computational Environmental Science
Award Number: 1814001
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: R. Benjamin Shapiro, Ludovico Cademartiri, Helen Zhang, David Blustein
Start Date:09/01/2018
Award Amount: $1,519,631.00
Agency/Program: NSF: STEM+C/DRK12
Change Makers: Urban Youth Food Justice Ambassadors
Award Number: 1713460
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: David Blustein, Belle Liang
Start Date:09/01/2017
Award Amount:$2,032,296.00
Agency/Program: NSF: AISL
Broadening Participation by Middle-School Students in STEM via Integrating Hands-on Experiences in Science Learning (Science Theater)
Award Number: 1811166
Principal Investigator: Meghan Hill
Co-Principal Investigators: George Barnett, Helen Zhang, Belle Liang;
Organization: The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts
Start Date:11/01/2018
Award Amount:$299,780.00
Agency/Program: NSF: AISL
Seeding the Future: Integrating Financial Literacy, Environmental Education, and Scientific Research through hydroponic food production
Award Number: 2015-38414-24206
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: Jameson Chace, David Blustein
Start Date: 09/01/15
Award Amount: $250,000
Agency/Program: NIFA: SPECA
Strategies: Seeding the Future of STEM researchers through emerging agricultural technologies
Award Number: 1759152
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: David Blustein, Ludovico Cademartiri, Belle Liang;
Start Date:03/01/2018
Award Amount:$1,198,658.00
Agency/Program: NSF: ITEST
IT and College Pathways through application of Technology to explore Urban Ecological Challenges
Award Number: 0833624
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigator:Eric Strauss, Charles Lord, David Blustein, Laura O'Dwyer, Franklin Reece
Start Date:07/01/2009
Award Amount:$1,499,812.00
Agency/Program: NSF: ITEST
Urban Ecology, Information Technology, and Inquiry Science for Students and Teachers
Award Number :0525040
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigator: Eric Strauss, Charles Lord, Maureen Kenny, Maureen Kenny, Maureen Kenny, David Blustein
Start Date:10/01/2005
Award Amount: $1,428,584.00
Agency/Program: NSF: ITEST
A Strategies Project - Seeding the Future: Creating a Green Collar Workforce Through Learning about Indoor Urban Farming Technologies and Alternative Energy Sources
Award Number: 1312073
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigator: Eric Strauss, David Blustein, Catherine Wong, Elizabeth Bagnani
Start Date:08/01/2013
Award Amount:$1,196,874.00
Agency/Program: NSF: ITEST
Seeding the Future: Growing STEM Learning and Interest through Hydroponic Food Production
Award Number: 1223173
Principal Investigator:George Barnett
Start Date:09/15/2012
Award Amount:$249,661.00
Agency/Program: NSF: AISL
An Integrated Approach to Creating STEM Career Pathways
Award Number: 1512996
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: David Blustein, Shamsi Moussavi, Laura Foote
Start Date:01/15/2016
Award Amount: $1,197,756.00;
Agency/Program: NSF: ITEST
Connecting Undergraduate Research with the Public through Innovative Technologies
Award Number :1244936
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Start Date:03/15/2013
Award Amount:$199,714.00
Agency/Program: NSF: TUES
Urban Ecology Course Materials Created with a Universal Design for Learning Framework
Award Number :0628143
Principal Investigator: Eric Strauss
Co-Principal Investigators: Tracey Hall, George Barnett, Katherine McNeill, Charles Lord;
Start Date:10/01/2006
Award Amount:$2,084,428.00
Agency/Program: NSF: IMD
iCREAT: A pathway to middle-skill positions through the Introduction to Coding, Robotics, Electronics, And Technology
Award Number: 1501451
Principal Investigator: Shamsi Moussavi
Co-Principal Investigators: George Barnett, Susanne Steiger-Escobar, Marina Bograd, Giuseppe Sena;
Organization: Massachusetts Bay Community College
Start Date:09/01/2015
Award Amount:$891,414.00
Agency/Program: NSF: ATE
Transforming Elementary Science Learning through LEGO(TM) Engineering Design
Award Number: 0633952
Principal Investigator: Chris Rogers
Co-Principal Investigator: Linda Jarvin, George Barnett;
Organization: Tufts University
Start Date:09/15/2006
Award Amount: $998,145.00
Agency/Program: NSF: REESE
Developing an Integrated Pathway for Urban STEM Teaching and Learning in Grades 5-8
Award Number :0639466
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: Eric Strauss, Charles Lord, Katherine McNeill
Start Date:01/01/2007
Award Amount: $799,860.00
Agency/Program: NSF: AYS
Inquiry-Based Learning Through Laboratory Exercises in Seismology: An Invitation to the World of Science Research
Award Number: 0331227
Principal Investigator: Alan Kafka
Co-Principal Investigators: John Ebel, George Barnett
Start Date:09/15/2003
Award Amount:$177,220.00
Agency/Program: NSF: TUES