An entry from yesterday’s Slashdot discussions- Accountability of the Scientific Stimulus Funding- tipped me off to hunt for a mention of the NIH grant to the Center for Science Outreach and, tacitly, our work with it.

Sure enough. Just a little while ago, I went the the federal government site mentioned, ScienceWorksForUs, clicked on the state of Tennessee in the map, ” Simulus Research Projects across the U.S.” and got a page for Tennessee. It reports a whopping $442,545,393 in 255 grants to four research universities (Tennessee State University, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Vandy) and to the Department of Energy Office of Science Lab in Tennessee: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. My, my. What circle’s we are moving in now.

To get to us, click on the headline, “Federal stimulus funds bolster Vanderbilt’s research enterprise.” You’ll reach a stub of a story from weekly Reporter, the Medical Center’s newspaper. Click on “Learn more” and read the whole story from the 11/6/09 issue. The CSO is mentioned almost at the bottom:

Virginia Shepherd, Ph.D., director of the Center for Science Outreach (CS0), will evaluate the CSO’s “Scientist-in-the-Classroom” program, operated in partnership with Metro public schools, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee State University and Fisk University