Projects Archive, 2005-2018
National Science Foundation
NSF Advanced Tech Ed Grant – Spokane Falls Community College
Teaching Sustainability through Problem Based Learning Communities: Professional Development for the Teachers of Tomorrow’s Green Economy Technicians
Project Duration: 08/15/2014 – 07/31/2017
Cost: Total Project Value: $199,924
Sub-Recipient Project Manager: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Community Colleges of Spokane (Spokane Falls CC)
Award Number: #1400699
NSF S-STEM Advanced Tech Ed Grant – South Seattle Community College
S-STEM: Scholar Science, Technology, English and Math, Advanced Tech Ed grant
Expanding Lifelong STEM Career Pathways in Sustainable Building Science Technology
Project Duration: 08/01/2014 – 07/31/2017
Cost: Total Project Value: $862,080
Sub-Recipient Project Manager: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Seattle Community College District (South Seattle Community College)
Award Number: #1406320
NSF Advanced Tech Ed Grant – Bellingham Technical College
Advancing Training Pathways for the Sustainable Energy Workforce
Project Duration: 07/01/2014 – 06/30/2017
Cost: Total Project Value $199,996
Sub-Recipient Project Manager: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Bellingham Technical College, Award #1400490
NSF Advanced Tech Ed Grant – Edmonds Community College
Advanced Tech Ed Grant
Meeting the Challenge of Energy Management in a Carbon-Constrained World
Project Duration: 08/01/2010 – 07/30/2014
Cost: $628,253
Principal Investigator: Alison Pugh, Edmonds Community College
Co-Principal Investigator: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Edmonds Community College
Award Number: #1002931
Federal Grants
U.S. Department of Energy Smart Grid Grant
The Smart Grid Workforce Development Project achieved three major objectives:
- Deliver smart grid training for utility workers in a five state region of the Pacific Northwest.
- Create an online smart grid training and information portal for utilities, businesses, and consumers.
- Share best practices on smart grid training using a regional approach.
U.S. Department of Labor
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College & Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant
Washington Integrated Sector for Employment (WISE)
Project Duration: 10/01/2014 – 9/30/2018
Cost: Total Project Value: $9,994,854
Principal Investigator: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College
U.S. Department of Commerce
Technical Assistance Grant
Academy of Energy Entrepreneurism
Project Duration: 10/01/2012 – 06/30/2014
Cost: Total Project Value: $175,896
DOC / Non-DOC Share: $87,948 / $87,948
Principal Investigator: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College
U.S. Department of Energy
Smart Grid Workforce Development Project
ARRA Workforce Training Grant
Project Duration: 08/01/2010 – 07/30/2013
Cost: Total Project Value: $11,831,977
DOE / Non-DOE Share: $4,998,859 / $6,833,118
Principal Investigator: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College
U.S. Department of Labor
Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED)
Project Duration: 06/20/2007 – 06/30/2010
Cost: $5 million
Project Director: Jim Lowery, Energy Project Manager, Centralia College
Fiscal Agent: Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council
State Grants & Projects
Center for Energy Workforce Development
Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)
Get Into Energy program
Project Duration: 08/01/2010 – 06/30/2013
Cost: Total Project Cost: CEWD received a $1.37-million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to prepare low-income, young adults in eight states for careers in the energy industry.
Project Director: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: CEWD
Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce
Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce (NEET)
NEET Report, October 2009
Funding Year/Cost: 2009: $20,000, 2011: $43,000
Project Director: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College
Washington State Department of Commerce
Washington State Department of Commerce – funded through Lewis Economic Development Council
Project Duration: 07/01/2008 – 06/30/2009
Cost: $260,000
Project Director: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College
Washington Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board
Industry Skill Panel (Phases I, II, and III)
Project Duration: 10/1/2005 – 06/30/2008
Cost: $125,000
Project Director: Barbara Hins-Turner, Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, A Centralia College Partnership
Fiscal Agent: Centralia College