Grants

Extension/outreach education and research

2006 Integrating Agroforestry Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Research into Science Education in Southern Africa and US. (PI with Nicolette Kohly, fellow; Festus Akinnifesi, co-PI). USDA Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP), Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program ($20,000)
2005 Garden Mosaics International Supplement (PI with K Tidball, co-PI). NSF International Programs and Informal Science Education ($99,227)
2005 Garden Mosaics Weed Watch Science Pages (PI with T DiTommaso, co-PI). Weed Science Society of America ($5000)
2004 Garden Mosaics South Africa Planning Visit. (PI). NSF International Programs and Informal Science Education ($6,000)
2003-06 Developing youth leadership in local environmental action. (PI with G Ferenz, S Peters, T Schusler, and M Simsik, co-PIs). Hatch ($90,000)
2002-6 Garden Mosaics and Urban Agriculture (co-PI with G Ferenz PI) Special budget item sponsored by Congressman Serrano and Congresswoman Velazquez ($850,000)
2004-06 Cornell Science Inquiry Partnerships Social Sciences Supplement (PI with N Trautmann co-PI) NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education ($244,000)
2003-06 Cornell Science Inquiry Partnerships (PI with N Trautmann co-PI) NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education ($1,500,000)
2002-05 Garden Mosaics (PI with A Berkowitz and G Ferenz, co-PIs) NSF Informal Science Education ($1,434,488)
2001 Invasive Species Education Program (co-PI with B Blossey PI) Smith-Lever ($40,000)
2000-04 Cornell Environmental Sciences Research Partnerships (PI with C Cunningham and N Trautmann, co-PIs) NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education ($1,346,000)
2000-02 Agroforestry and Forest Management: Sustaining Small Farms and Creating Learning Communities in the Northeast (PI with L Buck, R Beyfuss, P Smallidge, L Staats, and C Winship, co-PIs) USDA Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program ($128,000)
2000-02 Engaging Extension Educators in Science Education Reform (PI with B Blossey, W Carlsen, C Cunningham, G Ferenz, and N \ Trautmann, co-PIs) Smith-Lever and Hatch ($20,000)
1999-2001 Garden Mosaics (PI with G Ferenz co-PI) USDA Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program ($116,000)
1998-01 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Long-term Ecological Research Education Supplement (unofficial co-PI with T Fahey PI) NSF LTER Schoolyard Ecology Supplements ($45,000)
1998 An Audiovisual Tool for Watershed Education (PI with T Eisenman co-PI). USDA ($5,900)
1998 Explorations from an Aerial Perspective (PI with E Barnaba co-PI) Smith-Lever Water Quality Funds ($5000)
1998-99 Non-Indigenous Invasive Species Volunteer Monitoring, Education, and Preserve Management (PI with B Blossey, W Carlsen, and K Poiani, co-PIs) Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis, and USDA ($34,300)
1997-2001 Environmental Inquiry: Learning Science as Science is Practiced (PI with W Carlsen co-PI) NSF Instructional Materials Development ($850,000)
1997-98 4-H Herpetology Project (PI with R Schneider co-PI) US Fish & Wildlife Service ($19,000)
1997-98 Cornell Sugar Maple Program (PI with T Dawson, L Staats, D Deshler, and P Smallidge, co-PIs) Smith-Lever and McIntire-Stennis ($16,000)
1996 Beyond the Basics: Water Quality Monitoring Using Bioassays. (co-PI with N Trautmann PI) USDA Water Quality ($7000)
1996 Cornell Environmental/Agricultural Sciences Interns Program (PI) USDA ($15,000)
1995 Composting in High Schools: Linking Classroom Research with Environmental Activism (PI with N Trautmann co-PI) New York State Waste Management Institute ($50,000)
1995 4-H Water Quality Projects (PI) USDA Water Quality ($5000)
1994-98 Cornell Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (PI, awarded two times) NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates ($203,000)
1993-99 Cornell Environmental Sciences Interns Program (PI, awarded three times) NSF Young Scholars Program ($515,000)
1993-97 Teacher Institute of Environmental Sciences (PI, awarded three times) NSF Math and Science Teaching Perspectives ($89,000)
1992-96 Remote Sensing and Map Interpretation: A Community Science Education Program (co-PI with E Barnaba PI) NSF Informal Science Education ($564,000)
1992-93 Northeast Youth and Citizen Watershed Monitoring Program (PI with N Trautmann, E Barnaba, and K Edelstein, co-PIs) Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development ($20,000)
1991-92 Cornell Natural Sciences Interns Program (PI) NSF Young Scholars Program ($82,049)

Forestry research

2001-04 Cornell University Sugar Maple Program (co-PI with B Chabot co-PI) McIntire-Stennis ($60,000)
1996-2000 Cornell University Sugar Maple Program (co-PI with T Dawson PI and L Staats, co-PIs) McIntire-Stennis ($45,000)
1993-96 Revegetation Dynamics in Gradual and Sudden Forest Canopy Gaps (PI) McIntire-Stennis ($35,000)
1991 Regeneration in Gradual and Sudden Gaps at Polson Tract (PI) Cornell Plantations ($750)

Graduate education

2000-04 Cornell Duke Conservation Fellowships (PI with James Lassoie co-PI) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ($245,000)
1998-2003 Environmental Fellows Program for Newly Independent States and Mongolian Fellows Program (PI) Open Society Institute ($138,000)