A National Initiative to Bring Science and Sustainability to the Incarcerated: A Conference Grant

为被监禁者带来科学和可持续发展的国家倡议：会议拨款

• 批准号: 1204448
• 负责人: Nalini Nadkarni
• 金额: $ 24.97万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1204448&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: National; Initiative; Bring; Science; Sustainability

This conference project features two gatherings of scientists, science educators, and other experts, as well as the development of a web site, list-serv, and related activities. During the gatherings, participants will explore how to build state-based programs that can engage people who are incarcerated in sustainability science programming. This work builds off of the success of the Sustainable Prisons Project, which has connected people who are incarcerated in Washington State with science through direct involvement in conservation research, and responds to calls from scientists and corrections staff interested in implementing similar programming in other states. The project will help advance the informal science education (ISE) field by potentially leading to high impact activities for a truly underserved population; building capacity among ISE professionals; and building knowledge and a replicable model of supporting non-traditional collaborations that serve the needs of people underrepresented in STEM.

这个会议项目的特点是科学家、科学教育工作者和其他专家的两次聚会，以及一个网站、列表服务器和相关活动的开发。在聚会期间，参与者将探索如何建立基于州的项目，以吸引被监禁的人们参与可持续发展科学项目。这项工作建立在可持续监狱项目的成功基础上，该项目通过直接参与保护研究，将华盛顿州的囚犯与科学联系起来，并响应有兴趣在其他州实施类似方案的科学家和惩教人员的呼吁。该项目将有助于推进非正式科学教育（伊势）领域，可能导致为真正服务不足的人群开展高影响力活动;在伊势专业人员中进行能力建设;并建立知识和可复制的支持非传统合作的模式，以满足STEM中代表性不足的人的需求。