Project Grant 00E01524

This $249,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (CFDA 93.113 - Environmental Health) aims to engage high school students in a youth-led participatory research project focused on establishing clean air environments in schools during wildfire season. The project, titled "Learning and Living with Wildfire Smoke: Creating Clean Air Environments in Schools through Youth Participatory Action Research," will be carried out by the University of...

This $460,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...

This $440,485 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Ecology Action Center (EAC) to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in communities in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. EAC will...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards program (CFDA 11.008) provides $327,242 to The Artist Boat, Inc. to deliver the following key products and services: 32 hours of professional development for 15 teachers in three low-income, majority-minority school districts to increase student climate literacy, student-led decision making, and student-determined climate action projects. 8-hour eco-art...

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...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program supports Climate Resilient Communities, a non-profit organization, to address air pollution issues in the San Francisco Bay Midpeninsula region. The core activities include community-led air quality monitoring, establishing a community task force, public education and outreach, and direct interventions such as...

This $520,512 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund a 3-year effort to establish a community-driven network platform to monitor outdoor and indoor air quality across underserved neighborhoods in New York State. Key activities include deploying 21 air quality monitoring sensors,...

This $449,885 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program aims to design, implement, and test climate science and history professional learning materials and experiences for high school teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The University of California, Berkeley, as the prime awardee, will work with a team of scientists, historians, and educators to co-develop curricular planning tools and lesson plans to help teachers integrate...

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Openlands, a non-profit organization, to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, Illinois. The project will train over 30 educators to integrate outdoor learning and hands-on environmental stewardship activities into their lesson plans, empowering them to become teacher leaders who inspire other educators to adapt...

This $133,000 Project Grant awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Sustainable Seattle to implement an environmental education initiative in the Seattle, Washington area. The project aims to increase environmental literacy, encourage environmentally responsible behaviors, and build a coalition of learning partners to advance youth-focused environmental education. Key activities include...