For the 2025-2027 Application Cycle, the Education Research track goal focuses on contributing to the advancement of science, STEM and environmental education in the Gulf region or Alaska by considering the impacts of establishing sense of place* in formal or informal learning environments.

*Sense of place describes the wide range of connections between people and places that develops based on the place meanings and attachment a person has for a particular setting. For the purpose of this opportunity, sense of place may include research terminology such as place-based education (PBE) or learning, identity of place, placemaking, and/or pedagogy of place.