Formula Grant M10AF20155

The Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation will deliver outdoor education experiences and watershed education curriculum development under a $125,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Project Grant awarded on August 1, 2021. Funded through NOAA's Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the project will engage K-6 students in 100 experiential learning opportunities in the Waimānalo watershed in Hawaii. Teachers and community partners will...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473). The grant will support the Iolani PaePae O Wai Ekolu: Place-Based Watershed Education and Caring for Stream Ecosystems project, which aims to educate the public about Hawaii's native freshwater species and the effects of human influence on their populations. Specifically, the University of...

This $80,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund a comprehensive environmental education initiative led by Learning Endeavors, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in the Hawaiian Islands and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $105,400 project grant to Hui O Ho'Ohonua through the Office for Coastal Management's Coastal Zone Management Program. The grant will fund a project to train high school students in visually assessing the health of the Honouliuli Watershed in Honolulu, Hawaii from September 2021 through July 2023. Students will learn culturally grounded observation practices, visual stream assessment protocols, and GIS technology to evaluate...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $962,889 Project Grant under the Centers of Excellence for Stormwater Control Infrastructure Technologies Grant Program (CFDA 66.490) to the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. to establish a Coastal Stormwater Center (CSC) in the Southeastern U.S. The CSC will conduct applied research on innovative stormwater management approaches, provide technical assistance to state, tribal, and local governments, and develop a comprehensive suite of...

This $677,554 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Debris Program supports a 3-year pilot project to address marine debris pollution in the St. Andrew Sound and St. Joe Bay Estuary Program (SASJBEP) watershed. The project aims to reduce man-made debris, such as single-use plastics and macro-plastics, entering local waterways through a two-pronged approach. First, the project will install up to 60 litter interception devices...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,372 project grant to North Carolina State University under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to co-develop a coastal protection design and siting framework and living shoreline training courses and certification program from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The university will collect stakeholder survey data on coastal adaptation options to compile in a centralized database, and continue monitoring living shoreline...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,040,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) supports the "Safe Water Together" program led by the Institute for Water and Health at Georgia Southern University. This 4-year community-engaged research initiative aims to ensure sustainable and equitable access to safe water in coastal Georgia. The program engages a network of municipal...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $98,491 in funding to Orange County Coastkeeper to implement environmental education practices and activities in Orange County, California. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among students through a combination of in-class lessons, field trips, hands-on learning, and community...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $233,334 Project Grant to Soundwaters, Inc. under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund environmental education activities in Fairfield, Greenwich, and Stamford, Connecticut from July 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. Soundwaters will utilize its 80-foot teaching vessel to provide floating classroom experiences for 805 community members, with a focus on low-income students and families. Activities will...