HR: 0830h
AN: ED51C-1221    [PDF]
TI: Opportunities and Challenges of Associating Education and Public Outreach with Individual Research Programs
AU: * Beck-Winchatz, B
EM: bbeckwin@depaul.edu
AF: DePaul University NASA Center, 990 W Fullerton, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL 60614 United States
AU: Grice, N
EM: ngrice@mos.org
AF: Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, MA 02114 United States
AB: OSS provides individual researchers with a variety of funding opportunities to develop education and public outreach (EPO) programs. These include grants programs associated with observatory calls for proposals (e.g., Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra Cycle EPO), NASA's Research Opportunities in Space Science (ROSS) research announcement, and the Initiative to Develop Education though Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS) grants program. OSS's unique way of funding E/PO presents a number of interesting opportunities and challenges for both scientists and educators. We will discuss some of these issues using our experience with the development of "Touch the Universe - A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy" and our work as OSS broker/facilitators in assisting other scientists and educators in the development of their programs.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting