Previous Recipients

Advancing Disaster Education In America Development Grants

2025 EDEN Development Grant Recipients

AgCenter Resilience Response Initiative (ARRI). Meggan Franks, Louisiana State University, $25,000
Improving Coordination during Disaster Assessment by Developing Standardized Map Products. Kelsey Johnson, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service, $25,000
Promoting Healthy People and Communities: A Youth Mental Health First Aid Project. Matt Rodriguez, University of California, $24,842
SAFE: Strengthening Awareness for Food Safety Emergencies. Carla L. Schwan, University of Georgia, $25,000
Building Resilience Through Preparedness: Empowering Young Farmers and Ranchers to Thrive Amid Natural Disasters. Aaron Yoder, University of Nebraska, $18,613

2024 EDEN Conference. Stephanie Carlson, Utah State University.
Emergency Preparedness Train-the-Trainer Project. Cindy Brison, University of Nebraska.
Get Out of Your Exercise Rut! Using Games to Bring Extension and Emergency Management Together to Prepare Communities for Disasters. Andrea Higdon, University of Kentucky
Kentucky Extension Strike Team Development. Jeffery Young, University of Kentucky
Rebooting Wyoming’s Disaster Education Efforts. Jennifer Thompson, University of Wyoming

Cultivating an Efficient and Productive Intersection between Research and Extension: An 1890 Collaborative-Research Based Curriculum Development Initiative. Krystle Allen, et al.
Providing Logistical Support to Directly Address US Agricultural Biosecurity through Distribution and Food Supply. Monty Dozier and Tommy Bass.
Training Extension Educators to Function as ICS strike team/task force Incident Teams. Tom Ball, et al.
Beyond Information First Responders: Incorporating Research into Extension Hazard and Disaster Work. Angie Lindsey, et al.
Space Weather Impacts on Agriculture, Mitigation Options, and the Role of Extension. Kathryn Draeger, et al.

Preparing Extension Professionals to Address Agricultural Health & Safety Issues
Development Of Targeted First Responder Training Resources with Special Emphasis on Responding to Agricultural Confined Spaces in Order to Prevent Secondary Injuries
Private Well and Septic System Care Before and After Storms
The Intersections of Extension, Disasters, And the Digital Divide: What Extension Can Learn from Its COVID-19 Activities
COAD Development Training Expansion
Utilizing The ICS Structure in Extension

BLAZE: Wildfire Preparedness Virtual Reality Simulation
Disaster Planning Integration Toolkit
Panacea Resiliency Educational Project: Building A Disaster Ready Community with Extension
Read for Resilience: Supporting Children After Disasters with Storybooks
Strengthening Multi-State Animal Response Capabilities and Capacities Through Resource Development and Training
A Community Planning Approach to Green Infrastructure and Hazard Mitigation
Alabama Disaster Awareness Modules: Sustainable Learning Network (ADAM-SLN)