Research centers, facilities, and large research projects funded by the Directorate of Geosciences at NSF have education and outreach programs to serve their communities and the broader public.  Professional staff in these organizations commonly provide expertise in "best-practices" to scientific researchers in designing and implementing programs to address the broader impacts of their research.  These programs also provide a network of researchers interested in communicating scientific results to different audiences.

Please contact individual programs for detailed information.

OAD Divison:

• Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)

EAR Division:

• COnsortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES)
• Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
• EarthScope
• The Geosciences Network (GEON)
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
• National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED)
• National Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
• South California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
• UNAVCO            

OCE Division:

• Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)
• Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE)
• Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (CMOP)
• JOI Learning, Joint Oceanographic Institutions (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, U. S. Implementing Organization)
• MARGINS Program
• RIDGE 2000 Program
• US Science Support Program of IODP (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program), and the US Platform Operator in IODP
• University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)

AGS Division:

• Advanced Studies Program at NCAR
• Center for the Integration of Space Weather Modeling (CISM)
• Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (MMAP)
• Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
• Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
• Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)