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Rochelle Williams
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NASA DEVELOP’s Approach to Co-Production and Collaborative STEM Engagement
The NASA DEVELOP Program conducts 50-60 projects each year with the goal of bringing the benefits of NASA Earth science to local decision-making challenges. DEVELOP, part of NASA’s Applied Sciences’ Capacity Building Program, connects end users with students, recent graduates, and early and transitioning career professionals through 10-week rapid feasibility studies. These projects are a collaboration between NASA, DEVELOP office host locations (universities and other federal installations), project partners (federal agencies, state and local governments, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and international organizations), and the project teams who conduct them. The projects take place under the guidance of science advisors from NASA, academia, and partner organizations, and introduces communities to new applications of NASA Earth observations data with the desired outcome of informed decision-making. This presentation will highlight the DEVELOP model of co-production and programmatic collaboration, lessons learned in partnering, and evaluation activities that look at the impact of the program’s efforts.
NASA DEVELOP’s User-Centric Approach to Building Capacity to Use Earth Observations for Decision Making
The DEVELOP Program, part of NASA’s Applied Sciences, conducts 50-60 feasibility studies annually that center on user needs. Each project is tailored to its partner’s decision making processes with the goal of identifying and implementing opportunities for Earth observation data and information to be integrated into environmental decision making processes. These projects are conducted by a team of early career professionals through a 10-week term where the DEVELOP team rapidly iterates with partners culminating in a “recipe” for using NASA Earth observations. This presentation will introduce the DEVELOP model for user-centered design of projects, share the program's iterative approach to project execution, highlight multiple case studies, and lessons learned in the program’s model evolution.