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A funding opportunity from Dave Matty at NSF. Begin forwarded message: > From: David Matty <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 19, 2010 11:00:12 AM GMT-05:00 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Please share > > __ > > David J. Matty, Ph.D. > Program Director > Division of Undergraduate Education > National Science Foundation > 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 835 > Arlington, VA 22230 > 703-292-5323 > [log in to unmask] > ___________________________________ > > > > Funding Opportunity > NOAA’s Office of Education (OEd) has issued a request for > applications for informal/nonformal science education projects that > engage the public in activities that utilize emerging and/or > advanced technologies and leverage NOAA assets to improve > understanding and stewardship of the local and global environment. > There is specific interest in projects that use emerging and/or > advanced technologies to (1) facilitate outdoor experiences > involving scientific inquiry and exploration of the natural world > apart from formal K-12 curricula and (2) visualize, display, and > interpret data to improve understanding and provide a systems > perspective of Earth's dynamic processes. All projects must focus on > one or more of the following informal/nonformal science education > activities: > Technologically facilitated outdoor experiential learning for youth > and adults; > Public participation in science related to one or more of NOAA's > mission goals; > Exhibitions and online programs allowing the visualization and > exploration of data supporting the interpretation of ocean, coastal, > Great Lakes, weather and climate sciences for public audiences; > Spherical display system (including NOAA's Science On a Sphere) > installations and programming; and > Professional development programs and training programs for informal/ > nonformal education staff. > Deadlines > Letters of Intent are required. The deadline for letters of intent > is 5:00 PM EST February 16, 2010. > The deadline for full applications is 5:00 PM EDT on April 6, 2010. > Informational Telecon > An informational teleconference with the program officers will occur > on January 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM EST. Interested applicants are > required to register and will receive the call-in information by > contacting [log in to unmask] and include in the Subject line of > the email: "Interested in FFO Teleconference - Need Details." Please > provide the interested parties’ names, institutions and telephone > numbers in the body of the message. > Additional Information > For further information please visit: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps.html > <http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps.html> > > For automated updates on this funding opportunity, we recommend you > subscribe to our RSS feed at http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps_feed.xml > <http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps_feed.xml> .