Appendix F
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AFRI | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| CCI | Community College Internships |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOI | Department of the Interior |
| EdMap | National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPP | Educational Partnership Program |
| ESSEA | Earth System Science Education Alliance |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GeoEd | Geoscience Education |
| GEO-Teach | Geoscience Teacher Training |
| GLOBE | Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| GRO | Greater Research Opportunities |
| GSA | Geological Society of America |
| HBCUs | historically Black colleges and universities |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| LASER | Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform |
| MSI | minority-serving institution |
| NAGT | National Association of Geoscience Teachers |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OEDG | Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences |
| REU | Research Experience for Undergraduates |
| SAGE | Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience |
| SCGF | Office of Science Graduate Fellowship |
| STAR | Science to Achieve Results |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| SULI | Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships |
| TESSE | Transforming Earth Systems Science Education |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |