Primary Recipient

SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Amount

$400,873.00

Award Date

8/02/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The geosciences have the lowest diversity of any of the STEM areas with a persistent acute under-representation by African-Americans. Many obstacles that hinder efforts to increase the engagement of African-Americans in geosciences have been identified a