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The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC) was awarded a $130,626 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to develop a Junior Young Naturalist program. The program will provide environmental education to middle school students through Propel Schools' summer camps for five weeks and a one-week intensive program for 12 youth ages 13-15. It will also provide $5,000 subawards to five organizations to support...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to implement an environmental education project in Georgia's Metro Atlanta area. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors by designing, demonstrating, and disseminating environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. Key activities include...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,333 in funding to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, IL to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behaviors in the Calumet region. Key activities include restoring green spaces with climate...

Federal Grant Award Summary Appalachian State University received $80,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques across five geographic locations: Boone, Wilmington, and Newland, North Carolina; and Newhalen and Port Heiden, Alaska. The two-year project, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027, will...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the University of Illinois a $251,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund a project to design and implement environmental education practices to increase environmental literacy and encourage beneficial environmental behaviors in the metropolitan Chicago area. Specifically, the University will prepare future public health professionals and community members to address climate...

The Living Classrooms Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $102,577 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund the Climate Changemakers project to educate 300 third grade students from four Baltimore City public schools about climate change and urban heat islands. Students will learn how their neighborhoods contribute to rising temperatures and be empowered to design and implement stewardship...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE), a non-profit organization, to implement a 1-year project that designs, demonstrates, and disseminates environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Pittsburgh, PA. The key activities include: 1) Creating eco-student...

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) received a $233,640 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The two-year project grant will support TPL in delivering environmental education through stewardship of five green schoolyards in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Specifically, TPL will develop site-specific programs with five Title I schools and partner community organizations to educate elementary and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $138,433 to Rowan University to implement an environmental education project in Camden and Glassboro, New Jersey. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and promote environmentally-beneficial behaviors by creating educational modules, collecting and analyzing air quality data, mapping environmental projects, and developing community...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $106,708 to the Hitchcock Center for the Environment to implement an environmental education initiative in the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in...