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 | Exploratorium
BaySci Teacher Professional Development Program | $1,643,006 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 33 mo. | $1,643,006 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant to the Exploratorium, in collaboration with the Lawrence Hall of Science, supports the development of an innovative teacher professional development program ("BaySci Professional Development Program") to strengthen the implementation of inquiry-based elementary science instruction in the Bay Area. The grant specifically funds a two-year pilot program to provide on-going and targeted professional development support to teachers through a collaborative partnership with up to two select Bay Area districts, demonstrating its effectiveness through 1) improved teacher confidence and preparedness to teach science, 2) improved quality and quantity of classroom science instruction, and 3) increased student interest, engagement and positive attitudes for science in the pilot districts over the grant period. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $618,204 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant to the Exploratorium supports the development and display of an innovative new method of teaching spatial and geometric concepts involving "immersive" geometric exhibits and educational curriculum. Results from the grant will be to increase the mathematical and spatial reasoning skills in over 16,000 Bay Area students and will be measured by changes in students’ math and spatial reasoning skills using comparative qualitative and quantitative research tools. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $10,000,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
The Exploratorium is using this challenge grant to support programming and the transfer of its facilities to Piers 15-17 in San Francisco. Outcomes include transition and program costs associated with the anticipated move. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $5,000,000 | Aug. 2001 |
Purpose
The Exploratorium received this challenge grant for programming and the transfer of its facilities. Outcomes include expanded funding as part of the 30th Anniversary Capital Campaign. | | Living Oceans Society
Securing deep sea coral protection | $239,835 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $239,835 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant supports the Living Oceans Society to partner with a team of scientists to conduct a series of research dives to further describe the functional role of British Columbia’s deep sea corals within the coastal-marine ecosystem. The grant will facilitate science-based interim protection efforts for deep sea corals and unite fisheries management and Area-Based Management (ABM) in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,843,531 | May 2008 |
Purpose
This grant will support efforts of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform to achieve formal commitments from the British Columbia Government and the BC aquaculture industry to halt expansion of open net cage salmon farming, mitigate negative impacts and make the transition to closed containment systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $600,000 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
Living Oceans Society, as part of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, will fund research on the impacts of sea lice on wild salmon and the economic viability of closed containment production technology. This research will be carried out jointly with industry leader Marine Harvest Canada, consistent with the terms of their Framework for Dialogue. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $578,098 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
Through this grant, Living Oceans Society is addressing the need for a formal, effective mechanism for stakeholder awareness and engagement in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) process. Living Oceans Society and partners are also working to understand the impacts of oil and gas exploration and development on British Columbia’s marine ecosystems. The outcomes of this Grant include a stakeholder engagement mechanism formalized in the PNCIMA process and regional stakeholder support and participation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $500,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant to the Living Oceans Society supports the work of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). CAAR seeks to reform salmon aquaculture production practices in order to protect wild salmon ecosystems. In January 2006, CAAR entered into a formal "Framework for Dialogue" with farmed salmon producer Marine Harvest This grant will provide CAAR with resources to implement the Framework agreement. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,125,000 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant to the Living Oceans Society supports the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform’s efforts to drive the adoption of more sustainable aquaculture practices in British Columbia. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $453,400 | Oct. 2003 |
Purpose
The Living Oceans Society used this grant to educate major buyers and key local stakeholders in British Columbia about issues related to salmon farming and the need to transition the industry to ecologically acceptable technology and practices. | | T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation
Securing commercial fishermen's support of Area-Based Management | $292,193 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 28 mo. | $292,193 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant supports the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation to engage commercial fishing organizations, other commercial boat operators, and individual commercial fishing industry workers to develop a unified vision in support of the conservation goals of the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Area-Based Management (ABM) process, a means to ensure resilient and productive marine ecosystems with sustainable fisheries and healthy coastal communities. | | Bank Information Center
Building Informed Civic Engagement for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon: Phase II | $1,200,847 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,200,847 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant to the Bank Information Center (BIC) will support the dissemination of information about economic integration projects and policies being proposed by the Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) for the Andes-Amazon region, and the promotion of dialogue necessary to facilitate policy reform and mitigate the negative impacts of IIRSA’s development projects. The project will (1) provide improved risk analysis for achieving good governance scenarios in associated ecosystems and watersheds; (2) strengthen national advocacy coalitions proposing sustainable local land management plans; (3) influence the design and implementation of International Financial Institutions’ (IFI) investments towards improved social-environmental policies; (4) and contribute to more transparent and accountable development policy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $849,650 | Mar. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports the development of an information infrastructure and the exchange of information about the Bank Information Center’s economic integration initiative in South America. The Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) initiative aims to increase regional competitiveness and productivity while promoting reform across various sectors. Outcomes include design and implementation of a user friendly technology platform for information storage and dissemination, five to seven case studies detailing the impact of international financial institutions in the Andes-Amazon region, creation of an information network to communicate about IIRSA, alignment of civil society actors, creation of a collective vision for conservation development, and proposed mitigations to policymakers.
| | San Francisco State University, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Advancing the Practice of Nursing: On-site Master’s in Nursing Cohort Program | $450,486 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 34 mo. | $450,486 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
The purpose of this grant to San Francisco State University ("SFSU") is to expand the SFSU On-site Masters in Nursing Cohort Program at Stanford Hospitals & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital ("Stanford/Packard"). At the end of the grant, SFSU will have graduated an additional eighteen MSN students employed at Stanford/Packard and other San Francisco Bay Area hospitals. This grant will also support an evaluation of the current program and a study to assess the feasibility and opportunity for additional on-site Master’s in Nursing programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. | | Center for Quality Systems Improvement
Defining the Link Between High Patient Volume and Patient Safety | $350,000 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $350,000 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant supports research in two to three San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) hospitals on the impact of high patient volume days on the increased likelihood of preventable patient harm. The research will identify high patient volume points at which patient harm is significantly more likely to occur. Following identification of these points, an actionable program for SFBA hospitals will be developed and piloted with the goal of reducing preventable harm during high volume days in at least three SFBA hospitals. | | Chabot Space & Science Center
Girls Go Techbridge | $561,862 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $561,862 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant to Chabot Space & Science Center supports the Techbridge program partnership with the Girl Scouts of Northern California to develop, implement and scale up a two-year, out-of-school curriculum delivery pilot program ("Girls Go Techbridge") in the 10-county Bay Area region, resulting in 1) increased confidence, skills, and interest in science in 2,000-2,500 Bay Area middle school girls; and 2) an expansion of the pilot program to 3 additional Girl Scouts regional councils by the conclusion of this grant period. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,090,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Chabot Space and Science Center supports its Techbridge program. Outcomes include increased participation from girls in science, technology, and engineering. | | Institute for Healthcare Improvement
San Francisco Bay Area Patient Flow Seminar | $321,250 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $321,250 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is to hold an IHI seminar entitled "Cracking the Code to Hospital-Wide Patient Flow" in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA). The seminar, which will be attended by staff of SFBA and/or Greater Sacramento hospitals, will educate the participants in the principles and best practices to improve patient flow. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $325,000 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant will fund the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to assist up to four Bay Area adult acute care hospitals to optimize their discharge planning processes for elderly Heart Failure patients in the "Heart Failure Discharge Planning Collaborative Program." By assisting participating hospitals in providing better coordinated and higher quality of care during hospitalization and at discharge, IHI and the hospitals participating in the project will improve patient outcomes as measured by lower rates of hospital readmission for elderly Heart Failure patients. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 4 mo. | $150,000 | Oct. 2005 |
Purpose
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement used this grant to provide Breakthrough Series College training to Bay Area hospitals. Approximately 25 participants from the Bay Area Patient Safety Collaborative and the UCSF Culture Collaborative attended the three-day session. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 28 mo. | $400,000 | May 2005 |
Purpose
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is using this grant to implement its 100K Lives Campaign, which is aimed at saving 100,000 lives nationally. Through the Campaign, IHI is motivating and supporting hospitals in implementing six proven clinical interventions that address leading sources of mortality and complications within acute care hospitals. Outcomes include delivery of Campaign services to, and the report of mortality data for, 15 to 20 participating Bay Area hospitals. | | Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Destination Great: San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento Hospital Pilots | $2,400,000 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 57 mo. | $2,400,000 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
The purpose of this grant to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is to identify, implement and sustain operational improvements in one San Francisco Bay Area and one Greater Sacramento hospital, with the goal of improving the work environment for medical-surgical registered nurses (RNs) and increasing the time RNs spend on patient care activities and in the patient room. This grant leverages and implements the findings of the "A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study: How do Medical-Surgical Nurses Spend their Time?" research study co-funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $663,960 | Mar. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant supports a multi-site study of the Transitional Care Models in three Kaiser hospitals through a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Outcomes include improvement of patient outcomes for approximately 300 high-risk elderly patients and assessment of the improved discharge-planning model. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $176,875 | Aug. 2005 |
Purpose
Kaiser Permanente is using this grant to study the influence of specific nursing workplace variables on acute-care delivery. The results of this three-phase, multi-center project will inform hospitals nationwide of physical and environmental workplace factors impacting the efficiency of nursing care. Outcomes include the study of acute-care workplace variables and the design of an optimal nursing unit. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 3 mo. | $70,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Under this grant, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, in collaboration with the UC San Francisco School of Nursing, will explore the feasibility of creating an evidence-based nursing care management institute. Outcomes include creation of a plan for establishing an Evidence-Based Nursing Care Management Institute in the Bay Area.
| | Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment
Natural Capital Project | $1,967,175 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,967,175 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant to Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment grant will support the development and application of a suite of ecosystem service models, using the InVest modeling framework being developed as part of the Natural Capital project, to inform Area-Based Management (ABM) decision-making in temperate marine ecosystems. The models will be developed and tested in one of the Marine Conservation Initiative's focal geographies. | |
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