NSF Org:	DRL Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
Recipient:	TERC, INC.
Initial Amendment Date:	August 11, 2022
Latest Amendment Date:	November 27, 2024
Award Number:	2229061
Award Instrument:	Cooperative Agreement
Program Manager:	Lynn Tran ltran@nsf.gov  (703)292-2141 DRL  Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	August 15, 2022
End Date:	July 31, 2027 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$9,999,145.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$4,071,092.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2022 = $3,415,679.00 FY 2023 = $655,413.00
History of Investigator:	Stephen Alkins (Principal Investigator) stephen_alkins@terc.edu Diane Miller (Co-Principal Investigator) Patricia Ruiz (Co-Principal Investigator) Lisette Torres-Gerald (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	TERC Inc 2067 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 26 CAMBRIDGE MA  US  02140-1339 (617)873-9600
Sponsor Congressional District:	05
Primary Place of Performance:	TERC, Inc. 2067 MASSACHUSETTS AVE CAMBRIDGE MA  US  02140-1340
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	GSLCJ3M62XX1
Parent UEI:	GSLCJ3M62XX1
NSF Program(s):	AISL
Primary Program Source:	04002223DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04002324DB NSF STEM Education 04002425DB NSF STEM Education 04002627DB NSF STEM Education 04002526DB NSF STEM Education
Program Reference Code(s):	8817, 112Z, 8212
Program Element Code(s):	725900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

REVISE (Realizing Excellence and Vitality through Informal STEM Education) is a resource center for the informal STEM learning and STEM communication community. The resource center will be led by a team of principal investigators and staff from TERC and Digital Promise. The center?s primary stakeholders are the broad breadth of professionals who work to advance informal STEM learning experiences and environments, including but not limited to practitioners, researchers, curriculum developers, media producers, and evaluators. REVISE?s goals are to advance and support the professional field of informal STEM learning and STEM communication by (1) broadening participation in these fields, (2) deepening links between research and practice, and (3) supporting capacity building for professionals in the field.

REVISE will maintain and expand a digital infrastructure to support innovation and sharing across the field. This work builds on existing communication channels for dissemination to the larger field, through a variety of convenings and forums and via their designed website, www.informalscience.org. The Center will also organize and host the biennial AISL Awardee Meeting. Through its combined efforts, the Center will raise the visibility and impact of informal STEM learning and STEM communication research and practice and its contributions to the overall STEM endeavor.

This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing everyone multiple pathways for accessing and engaging in STEM learning experiences.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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