(current total $2,006,717; over $1.9m extramural)
Roddenberry Foundation
2016-2018
(Grant Amount: $200,000) Roddenberry Foundation implementation grant to support faculty and students understand and solve real-world climate justice problems. The grant will: support faculty development and teaching of new courses at the intersection of climate change, resilience and social justice; support student travel to implement climate justice solutions; establish the Roddenberry Seminar series, a twice-a-year seminar with scholars and practitioners; and sponsor the Roddenberry Solve-a-thon once yearly. Co-PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman; Co-PI=Bethanie Hooker.
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
2015-2017
(Grant Amount: $148,587; subaward amount: $7,800) IMLS Grant to design and create exhibits for the Hitchcock Center for the Environment’s new building. As a subawardee, through coursework and my own efforts, I will design and implement formative and summative evaluation tools to determine the effectiveness of the new exhibits. PI=Julie Johnson, Executive Director, Hitchcock Center for the Environment.
Five Colleges, Inc.
2014
Grant Amount: 1 semester TA hire; $9,730 value. Mellon Foundation Bridging Grant to employ a graduate student TA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to help co-teach my Environmental Education course at Hampshire College.PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman
National Science Foundation
2010-2015
Grant Amount: $1,127,609. NSF – ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) grant entitled “Promoting 21st Century Science: Technology-Enhanced Learning Across Formal and Informal Environments” to study Science 2.0 scientists and their use of technology and compare that data to middle-school students use of technology while they engage in a marine science curriculum that incorporates technology across formal and informal learning contexts. PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman; Co-PI=James D. Slotta, University of Toronto.
2011-2014
Grant Amount: $149,988. NSF IRES (International Research Experiences for Students) grant funded project entitled Climate Change and Threatened Salmonid Fishes in Northern Mongolia to study fisheries in Mongolia and science learning of participants. PI=Olaf P. Jensen, Rutgers University’s IMCS; Co-PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman.
2011-2014
Grant Amount: $307,100. NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) grant plus grant supplement to conduct research on science learning during the Rutgers Internship in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) 10-week summer research experience. PI=Gary Taghon, Rutgers Univ. IMCS; Co-PI=Ken Able, Rutgers Univ. Marine Field Station; Co-PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman.
Rutgers University
2008-2011
Grant Amount: $29,966. Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Curriculum Development program competitive grant entitled “Introduction to Oceanography: A New Approach to Learning Science and Learning How to Learn.” A 3-year award to conduct research in science education. PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman.
2008
Grant Amount: $24,524. Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Pre-tenure competitive program grant entitled “Learning Across Contexts: Evidence of Science Learning Through Filed Trip Conversations.” A 1 year grant awarded to conduct research in science education. PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman.
Palm Educational Partnership Research Hub
2001
Grant Amount: $149,500 in technology. Palm Educational Partnership Research Hub Award entitled “The WISE- Palm Research Partnership.” PI=James D. Slotta; Co-PI=Tim Zimmerman.
Slocum-Lunz Foundation
1991
Slocum-Lunz Foundation Graduate Research Grant. Awarded to purchase equipment for field research on diamondback terrapins in South Carolina. PI=Timothy D. Zimmerman.