Cooperative Agreement 00D85819

This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,499,999 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) provides funding to the University of South Alabama (USA) to implement initiatives focused on improving water quality, habitat restoration, environmental education, and community resilience in the Gulf of Mexico region. The key activities to be performed under this award include developing and administering a competitive subaward...

Stroud Water Research Center, Inc. will receive $400,000 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Chesapeake Bay Studies program (CFDA 11.457) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Through this Cooperative Agreement award, Stroud Water Research Center will establish regional hubs and liaisons to distribute environmental literacy and meaningful watershed educational experience professional development across Pennsylvania. Standardized processes and...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards program (CFDA 11.008) provides $100,000 to Louisiana State University to facilitate teachers' and students' connection to their local ecosystems in South Louisiana. In Year 1, the project will engage teachers in two 12-hour professional learning experiences and a 40-hour summer institute focused on the driving question "How does the water connect us...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension to implement a community-based environmental education and outreach project in Mississippi. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in local communities, with a focus on the Jackson metropolitan area. Key activities include developing a...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,862,230.00, provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (CFDA 87.052 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program), supports the Coastal Science Program for Mississippi High Schools. Through a subaward with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will implement this project to provide the necessary equipment and facilities for enhanced marine and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards program (CFDA 11.008), provides $202,000 to the Pontchartrain Conservancy to deliver a watershed education program called FLOW. The purpose of FLOW is to ensure that rural teachers and students in underserved communities, including Black communities and high-poverty areas, have access to a high-quality, locally-relevant watershed curriculum to increase...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a 2-year, $273,669 Cooperative Agreement under the Chesapeake Bay Studies program (CFDA 11.457) to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The funding will support a project to build the capacity of environmental literacy programs in Maryland public schools by increasing access to meaningful watershed educational experiences, cultivating new and strengthening existing education partnerships, and increasing...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $126,159 to the Anacostia Watershed Society to increase environmental awareness and education in 15 Washington, D.C. public schools, 9 of which are Title I schools. The grantee will deliver the "Schools in Schools" and "Mussel Power DC" programs to engage 950 students and 25 teachers in hands-on learning about water quality,...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $148,906 Project Grant to the Flour Bluff Independent School District (FBISD) to implement the "Solution to Pollution" Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) program. The project will address oceanography, aquatic sciences, conservation biology, environmental science, and ecology curriculum for grades 6-12 within FBISD. The project aligns with NOAA's Mission-Related Education Awards...