National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Global Climate Change Education

(GCCE): Research Experiences,
Modeling & Data
Dr. Lin H. Chambers, GCCE Project Scientist
NASA Langley Research Center

Interagency Webex, March 15, 2010

www.nasa.gov
 Further Information

• Written questions can be submitted to

gcce-questions@lists.nasa.gov

• Nothing stated today should be construed as

a revision to the Cooperative Agreement
Notice unless a formal revision is made later.

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 GCCE Project Goals

Goal 1: improve the teaching and learning about

global climate change in elementary and
secondary schools, on college campuses, and
through lifelong learning;
Goal 2: increase the number of people, particularly
high school and undergraduate students, using
NASA Earth observation data, Earth system
models, and/or simulations to investigate and
analyze global climate change issues;
Goal 3: increase the number of undergraduate
students prepared for employment and/or to enter
graduate school in technical fields relevant to
global climate change.

GCCE CAN Section 1.1

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 Funding Categories

D/M (Data/Models): Using NASA Earth system data,

interactive models and simulations to strengthen teaching
and learning about Global Climate Change
R (Research): Global climate change science research
experiences for undergraduate or community college
students and pre- or in-service teachers including those
in nontraditional teacher licensure programs.

Proposals may address one or both categories.

GCCE CAN Section 1.3

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 NASA Education Outcomes - I

The GCCE project directly supports Outcomes 1 and 2 of the NASA

Education portfolio by contributing to the accomplishment of the
following specific associated objectives:
• Objective 1.2 Higher Education: Student Support—Provide NASA
competency-building education and research opportunities to
individuals to develop qualified undergraduate students who are
prepared for employment in STEM disciplines at NASA, industry and
higher education.
• Objective 1.3 Higher Education: Student Involvement Higher
Education—Provide opportunities for groups of post-secondary
students to engage in authentic NASA-related, mission based research
and development activities.
• Objective 1.4 Higher Education: Course Development—Develop
NASA-related post-secondary course resources for integration into
STEM disciplines.
GCCE CAN Appendix A
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 NASA Education Outcomes - II
• Objective 2.1 Elementary and Secondary Education: Educator Professional
Development – Short Duration—Provide short duration professional
development and training opportunities to educators, equipping them with the skills
and knowledge to attract and retain students in STEM disciplines.
• Objective 2.2 Elementary and Secondary Education: Educator Professional
Development Long Duration—Provide long duration and/or sustained
professional development training opportunities to educators that result in deeper
content understanding and/or confidence in teaching STEM disciplines.
• Objective 2.3 Elementary and Secondary Education: Curricular Support
Resources—Provide curricular support resources that use NASA themes and
content to a) enhance student skills and proficiency in STEM disciplines; b) inform
students about STEM career opportunities; and c) communicate information about
NASA’s mission activities.
• Objective 2.4 Elementary and Secondary Education: Student Involvement K-
12—Provide K-12 students with authentic first-hand opportunities to participate in
NASA mission activities, thus inspiring interest in STEM disciplines and careers.

GCCE CAN Appendix A

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 Special Reporting Requirements

Within one month after award:

- Submit a descriptive project abstract for the GCCE website.
- Submit a management/evaluation plan with associated timeline and
milestones.
Quarterly reports:
- Brief bulleted list of progress and accomplishments/milestones.
- Schedule status, including status of major tasks and a revised timeline
if needed.
Metrics:
- NASA Education metrics (OEPM). These will be finalized at the time of
award.
- Impact metrics (as appropriate). These will be defined in collaboration
with the GCCE awardees.

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 Eligible Organizations

• The following U.S. organizations are eligible to

propose:
• Higher educational institutions
• State agencies, local agencies, or federally-
recognized tribal government agencies
• Public school districts
• Nonprofit organizations
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCU)
• Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)
• Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)
GCCE CAN Sec. 3.1
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 Eligible Partner Organizations

• In addition, the following may propose through partnership

with a lead organization
• NASA Centers
• Federal Agencies
• Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
• For-profit companies (no profit allowed)
• Non-U.S. organizations and other institutions (no
exchange of funds)

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 GCCE CAN Schedule

• CAN release Feb. 16, 2010

• Pre-proposal telecon March 2, 2010
• This Webinar Mar. 15, 2010
• NOI due March 18, 2010
• Proposals due Apr. 28, 2010
• Proposal review May-July 2010
• Selections made August 2010*
• Awards made Late Sept/early Oct
2010*
*Goal
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 CAN Key Information

• Expected budget for new awards - approximately

$8M
• Number of new awards pending adequate
proposals – approximately 20-25
• Maximum duration of awards – 3 years
• Awards may vary in size
• Selecting Official – Richard Antcliff, Director of
the Strategic Relationships Office at NASA LaRC

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 CAN Key Information - II

• Award type: Cooperative Agreements

• Proposal guidelines:
CAN (http://nspires.nasaprs.com/)
FAQ (http://nspires.nasaprs.com/)
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook
(http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/grcover.
htm)
NASA Guidebook for Proposers
(http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/nragui
debook)

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 Registration Requirements

• In order to submit a proposal, all team members and

their organizations must first be registered in the
NSPIRES (http://nspires.nasaprs.com) system.
• Proposers submitting through grants.gov must also
register on http://grants.gov.
• Details of the multi-step registration process, which
takes 3 business days (or up to four weeks if all
steps are not completed in a timely manner) to register
a new organization, are described in
http://www.grants.gov/assets/ApplicantUserGuide.pdf.

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 Notice of Intent – due March 18

• NOI’s are strongly encouraged by due date

Information provided in NOI’s is of considerable value to
both the proposer & NASA as it is used to help expedite
the proposal-review activities
• Separate NOI should be submitted for each intended
proposal
• May be submitted directly by the PI once the PI is
registered in NSPIRES
• Submit via NSPIRES (grants.gov does not support
NOI submission)
• Late NOI’S are still of value to NASA

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 Proposal Submission Requirements

• Proposal must comply with all format requirements

identified in the CAN & in the Guidebook for
Proposers
• Recommend that proposers assemble their proposal
into a single, unlocked, searchable PDF document
prior to upload of proposal (NSPIRES only)
• Budget:

Detailed budgets & justifications are required for all

subawards, regardless of dollar amount
Dollar amounts with no explanation may reduce
proposal acceptability or cause delays in funding
should the proposal be selected

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 Submission Requirements

• All proposals must be submitted electronically via NSPIRES

or grants.gov (http://grants.gov) by the authorized
organization representative (AOR)
When an individual acts as both the PI & AOR, the individual must take
separate action for both roles to ensure that proposals are properly submitted
Hard copy proposal will not be accepted
• Every institution/organization that intends to submit a
proposal must be registered in NSPIRES
• Every individual named on the proposal’s electronic Proposal
Cover Page form, including Co-Investigators and
collaborators, must be registered in NSPIRES
• NSPIRES helpdesk: nspires-help@nasaprs.com

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GCCE CAN Sec. 4
 Evaluation Criteria

(1) Intrinsic Merit (40%)

(2) Relevance to NASA (30%)
(3) Evaluation Plan (15%)
(4) Budget (15%)
Detailed criteria in CAN

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 Review and Selection Process

• NASA reserves the right to make judgments during

the final selection based on programmatic factors,
including overall balance of viable proposal

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