← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$76,890,390
Total funding
55
Grants
Funding over time
peak $8.1M · FY2005–23$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$71,922,316 · 49
NIH$4,968,074 · 6
By mechanism
—$71,922,316 · 49
R25$4,968,074 · 6
Investigators at Exploratorium
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Largest grants
Center for Informal Learning and Schools$11,656,749
· FY2002 · EDU
A Research+Practice Collaboratory$7,346,532
· FY2012 · EDU
Geometry Playground: An Immersive Learning Laboratory$2,993,050
· FY2006 · EDU
Content, Coaching, and Acculturation: A New Community of Practice for Beginning Teachers$2,983,974
· FY2000 · EDU
Seeing Scientifically: Developing Smart Microscope Exhibits That Support Authentic Visitor Observation and Scientific Inquiry of Living Microscopic Organisms$2,978,638
· FY2020 · EDU
Cambio: A Professional Development Approach for Building Latinx-focused Cultural Competence in Informal Science Education Institutions$2,821,709
· FY2019 · EDU
National Inquiry Leadership Project$2,750,000
· FY2000 · EDU
Spanning Boundaries: A Statewide Network to Support Science Teacher Leaders to Implement Science Standards$2,615,390
· FY2019 · EDU
Entering the Guild: The Effects of Teacher Professional Community and Professional Development on New Teachers and Their Students$2,452,876
· FY2005 · EDU
Expanding a Model for Interactive Social Science Exhibits Presented in Outdoor Public Spaces$2,359,010
· FY2021 · EDU
Full-Scale Development Project: The Science Of Sharing: Exhibits And Activities Fostering Investigation Of Cooperation, Competition, And Social Interdependence$2,344,457
· FY2011 · EDU
NSF AYS Learning and Youth Research and Evaluation Center (LYREC)$2,150,503
· FY2006 · EDU
Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) Institute: Professional Development Opportunities for Informal Educators$1,987,626
· FY2005 · EDU
Street Smarts: Experiments in Urban Social Science$1,944,738
· FY2017 · EDU
Outdoor Exploratorium: Experiments in Noticing and Understanding$1,855,212
· FY2001 · EDU
Attention, Emotion and Judgement: How Do Minds Figure Out What to Do? An Exhibit Development Project at the Exploratorium$1,749,906
· FY2004 · EDU
How Do We Know What We Know? Resources for the Public Understanding of Scientific Evidence$1,493,336
· FY2005 · EDU
Live @ the Exploratorium: Origins$1,332,791
· FY2000 · EDU
Going APE: Achieving Active, Prolonged Engagement with Science Center Exhibits$1,284,590
· FY2001 · EDU
Collaborative: Full-Scale Development: Living Liquid: Creating Interactive Visualization Tools to Explore Ocean Datasets$1,269,475
· FY2013 · EDU