Our project team has been fortunate to partner with a number of organizations. These partnerships have lead to funded initiatives that have impacted over 5000 teachers and their students over the previous ten years. Our work is being utilizined in China, India, and the United States through which our team’s work has impacted close to 2 million youth. Our R&D team has received close to $35,000,000 in funding and an additional $5,000,000 from foundations and other donors over the past 12 years. Most of our grants are included here, we have been fortunate to have some foundations that wish to remain anonymous support our work over the years. Unfortunately those proprosals cannot be shared.
Building youth trajectories for success to college
Principal investigator: Mike Barnett
Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Zhang, Mr. Rajeev Rupani
September 2020 - August 2021
Amount: $90,000
Agency: Anonymous Foundation
Building a pathway for urban youth to college
Principal investigator: Mike Barnett
Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Zhang, Mr. Rajeev Rupani
September 2018 - August 2020
Amount: $160,000
Agency: Anonymous Foundation
Energy to Educate: Building teacher capacity around automation
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: Helen Zhang, Rajeev Rupani
Start Date: 05/01/2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Agency: Constellation Energy
Building a Youth-Led Learning Community through Automating Systems
Award Number: 2048994
Principal Investigator: George Barnett
Co-Principal Investigators: Claudi Rinaldi, Maureen Kenny, David Blustein, Helen Zhang
Start Date: 06/01/2021
Award Amount: $1,414,733
Agency/Program NSF: ITEST
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
Other Grants
Co-Principal Investigator: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). Fall 2007 – Fall 2008, $60,000. This grant provides additional support and funding for the existing educational seismology program. This grant builds upon the work of an earlier NSF grants and school district based grants. Principal Investigator: Alan Kafka. Other Co-PIs: John Ebel
Principal Investigator: HP Technology Initiative, HP Foundation, Summer 2007 – Fall 2008, approximately ~$68,000. This grant provided the Lynch School of Education with a cutting edge computing facilities. This grant provided the school 21 tablet PCs and supporting peripherals as well as $19,000 in funds to purchase additional materials and support students. This grant was made possible through the work conducted through the NSF ITEST funded grant.
Principal Investigator: Exploratory Research in Urban Schools using an Ecological Science-Based Video Game, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007, $17,000 (Subcontract through Indiana University). This project focuses on implementing and researching the impact of an academic video game on student learning outcomes. This grant was a direct result from the work conducted through funding with the Boston College Collaborative Fund.
Principal-Investigator, Women in Science and the Environment, $24,500.00, United States Department of Education, Spring 2005 – Fall 2006. This was a sub-contract through the Boston Public Schools to better understand how project based learning influences girls and boys interest toward science and how such learning environments improve student achievement. Co-Principal Investigator: Thomas Higginbotham.
Co-Principal Investigator, Inquiry-Based Learning through Recording Earthquakes in the Classroom: Inviting Students into the World of Science Research, $22,878.00, 6/1/04-9/30/05. Nashoba Valley Technical High School. Collaborators: Alan Kafka, John Ebel
Co-Principal Investigator, Inquiry-Based Learning through Recording Earthquakes in the Classroom: Inviting Students into the World of Science Research, $2,500.00, 6/1/04-9/30/05. C.J. Prescott School. Collaborators: Alan Kafka, John Ebel