May 21st, 2020
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning program (AISL) has awarded RAPID funding to projects that are addressing the STEM learning, science communication and public engagement aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- How People Learn Rapidly: COVID-19 as a Crisis of Socioscientific Understanding and Educational Equity. Award Number: 2028370; Principal Investigator: Angela Calabrese Barton; Co-Principal Investigator: Leslie Herrenkohl, Elizabeth Davis; Organization: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- Using Popular Media to Educate Youth About the Biology of Viruses and the Current COVID-19 Pandemic. Award Number: 2028026; Principal Investigator: Judy Diamond; Co-Principal Investigator: Julia McQuillan, Patricia Wonch Hill, Elizabeth VanWormer; Organization: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Collaborative Research: Influencing Young Adults’ Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media Coverage. Award Number: 2028473; Principal Investigator: Asheley Landrum; Organization: Texas Tech University
- Rapidly building a collaborative network of informal educators to address extended school closures related to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Award Number: 2027368; Principal Investigator: Adam Maltese; Co-Principal Investigator: Ariel Zych, Amber Simpson; Organization: Indiana University
- Collaborative Research: Influencing Young Adults’ Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media Coverage. Award Number: 2028469; Principal Investigator: Sue Ellen McCann; Co-Principal Investigator: Sevda Eris; Organization: KQED Inc
- Addressing Families’ Covid-19 Information and Education Needs Through Podcast Media. Award Number: 2029209; Principal Investigator: Amy Grack Nelson; Co-Principal Investigator: Molly Bloom, Choua Her, Evelyn Christian Ronning; Organization: Minnesota Public Radio
- PBS NewsHour coverage of non-medical, non-clinical care research around COVID-19. Award Number: 2027939; Principal Investigator: Patti Parson; Organization: Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
- Broadening Access to Science-Based Information and Practices to Protect Families and Curb the Spread of COVID-19 Among Low Income Families’ With a Focus on Latino Families. Award Number: 2027470; Principal Investigator: Alicia Torres; Organization: Child Trends Inc
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Advancing Museum-Community Conversations that Intersect STEM and Racial Justice. Award Number:
2041924; Principal Investigator: Joanne Jones-Rizzi, Robby Callahan Schreiber, Marjorie Bequette Organization:
Science Museum of Minnesota
