Diversity FY 05 Awards

Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences: Awards for Fiscal Year 2005
Principal Investigator	Title	Institution	Total Awarded
Cormier, Marie	Collaborative Research - Track 1: Partnership to Enhance Diversity in Marine Geosciences: Holocene Climate and Anthropogenic Changes from Long Island Sound, NY	Columbia University	$40,180
Ellins, Katherine	Collaborative Project: The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics/Huston-Tillotson College Geosciences Diversity Project	University of Texas at Austin	$100,001
Elmore, R. Douglas	Track 2: Diversity in Geosciences: Development of a Pipeline for Native American Students	University of Oklahoma Norman Campus	$530,634
Eriksson, Susan	Track 2 Research and Education in Solid Earth Science for Students (RESESS): Adapting SOARS to Solid Earth	UNAVCO, Inc.	$300,000
Farley, Martin	Using Local Groundwater Data to Introduce Students of Underrespresented Groups to Geology: Life of the Aquifer	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	$98,023
Furman, Tanya	Collaborative Proposal: Building and Maintaining a Pipeline for Diversity: A Track 2 Proposal	Pennsylvania State Univ University Park	$1,389,516
Gibson, Barbara	Ka`imi`ike: An Initiative to Recruit and Retain Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders to the Geosciences [Track 2]	University of Hawaii	$250,000
Gierke, John	Geoscience PrEP (Precollege Enterprise Program): Seeding Diverse Interest in Geoscience Using Apprentice Enterprises for Watershed Protection	Michigan Technological University	$98,392
Gonzalez-McHugh, Cecilia	Collaborative Research-Track 1: Partnership to Enhance Diversity in Marine Geosciences: Holocene Climate and Anthropogenic Changes from Long Island Sound, NY	CUNY Queens College	$99,999
Hammersley, Lisa	Place-Based Geology Courses For Hispanic Undergraduates: Track 1	California State University Sacramento Foundation	$99,592
Hanks, Catherine	Collaborative Research: Alaska/Hawaii Joint Undergraduate Field Program	University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus	$119,047
Hickox, Sara	Environmental Reporting Fellowships: Increasing Diversity in Earth and Environmental Science News Coverage	University of Rhode Island	$856,479
Jones, Tracy	Track 1 OEDG: Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences through awareness, recruitment, and training using the Chattanooga Earth Explorers	University of Tennessee Chattanooga	$98,968
Kanjorski, Nancy	Creating A Culture Of Scientific Inquiry	Science Education Solutions Inc.	$99,341
Kitts, B. K.	Enhancing Diversity Track 1: Intensive Field Experience in Northern Illinois and Central Mexico for Junior and Senior High School Teachers Serving Large Hispanic Populations	Northern Illinois University	$88,285
Linton, Marigold	Initiative for Equity in the Geosciences: Track 2	Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Sci	$500,000
Mannel, Sylvio	Lakota Land. Mapping culture, history and recreation	Oglala Lakota College	$99,994
Marsaglia, Kathleen	Mentoring Through Research as a Catalyst for Success in the Geosciences (Phase 2): A Track 2 Proposal for High School, Undergraduate and Graduate (MS) Underrepresented Groups at Ca	The University Corporation, Northridge	$1,065,140
McNulty, Brendan	Characterization and assessment of MTBE contamination of groundwater: Student immersion in a real-world problem (OEDG Track 1 proposal)	California State University-Dominguez Hills	$84,569
Miller, Kate	Track 2: Pathways - A Geoscience Network for Training and Recruitment of Future Earth Scientists in El Paso	University of Texas at El Paso	$1,149,733
Morin, James	From the Campus to the Coast: Increasing Diversity in Marine Sciences (Track 1)	Cornell University - State	$99,462
Nyblade, Andrew	Track 1: Using a Field Course in Africa to Enhance Diversity in Geophysics	Pennsylvania State Univ University Park	$96,628
Osleger, David	TRACK 1 - Building an academic bridge for success: Increasing undergraduate diversity in the geosciences at UC Davis	University of California-Davis	$98,839
Pride, Carol	Oceans of Opportunity: Enhancing African-American Participation in the Marine Geosciences (Track 1)	Savannah State University	$99,583
Pyrtle, Ashanti	MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Professional Development Program: A Track 2 Full-Scale Project	University of South Florida	$1,931,406
Richardson, Mary	Expanding Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas Undergraduates	Texas A&M Research Foundation	$66,099
Riggs, Eric	Sharing the Land: Building Tribal Earth Science Expertise TRACK 2	Purdue University	$773,223
Ross, Robert	Long-term enhancement of geoscience diversity through engagement of preteens	Paleontological Research Institute	$66,900
Rowland, Scott	Collaborative Proposal: Alaska/Hawai'i Joint Undergraduate Field Program	University of Hawaii	$60,722
Russ, Muchere	Collaborative Project: UTIG/Huston-Tillotson College Geosciences Diversity Project	Huston-Tillotson College	$60,621
Williams, Quinton	Collaborative Proposal: Building and Maintaining a Pipeline for Diversity: A Track 2 Proposal	Jackson State University	$154,950
Young, Robert	Elwha Education Project : Increasing the Relevancy of Geosciences for Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects on Tribal Lands (Track 1)	Western Carolina University	$94,294
Zimmerman, Patrick	He Sapa Oyate: Geoscience Community at the Heart of Everything That Is (OEDG Track 2)	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	$250,000