Purdue University/Novgorod State University
Country:
Russia
Award Date:
1998
Award Amount:
$99,734.00
Cost Share:
$399,359.00
Other Funds:
$18,900.00
Other Partners:
This partnership developed a model graduate and undergraduate environmental sciences and policy curriculum. The partnership instituted additional courses that addressed environmental concerns. A team of 11 Novgorod State University (NSU) educators traveled to Purdue and Maryland to work on the new curriculum, with an emphasis on joint classroom and laboratory exercises. U.S. faculty members donated personal computers, textbooks, lab manuals, journals, and videos to the library at NSU’s School of Environmental and Natural Resources and the Agricultural and Natural Resources Academy. The partners held a final dissemination conference at NSU attended by 53 people from 16 institutions of higher learning in northwestern and central Russia and academics from Finland, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. The USAID Moscow environmental officer expressed an interest in expanding the program elsewhere in Russia. The partnership created a web site, which allows U.S. and Russian educators and students to share data, collaborate on joint assignments, and develop further research.