Project Grant 96856601

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $133,333 Project Grant to Mountain Studies Institute Inc. under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund the organization's Bridging Mountains: Enhancing Equitable Environmental Education for Southwest Colorado program from April 2023 through April 2025. As the primary recipient, Mountain Studies Institute will implement environmental education activities in 15-20 schools across eight communities in...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) a $133,396 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to design and deliver environmental education professional development from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. CAEE will establish a leadership team and conduct a needs assessment to develop online courses on addressing climate change and air quality. At least 40 educators will participate...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $129,450.00 in funding to the High Country Conservation Center (HC3) from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behaviors in Summit County, Colorado through two main components: (1) educating 550 7th grade students on water conservation through the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $137,500 Project Grant to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education program in Jefferson County, Colorado. The 2-year project, beginning on February 1, 2025 and ending on January 31, 2027, will be funded through the EPA's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The project aims to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $213,322 Project Grant to Wildlands Restoration Volunteers under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund environmental education and stewardship activities in Colorado communities through 2024. Key deliverables include establishing a restoration youth corps for 20 low-income teens, training 40 community leaders through bilingual leadership workshops, and engaging 400 volunteers in 16 high-impact...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $106,565 Project Grant to the Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices in the St. Vrain watershed region of Colorado from April 2023 through April 2025. Specifically, the grantee will develop an inquiry-based 5th grade science curriculum focused on increasing resilience to wildfire...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Alaska Council Of School Administrators $200,000 on June 1, 2026, under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to implement Alaska's PreK-12 Leader Pipeline: Growing Our Own School Leaders. The grant funds a leadership development initiative...

This two-year, $298,908 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and curriculum integration for all 5th grade students in the East Wenatchee, Washington school district. The goal is to increase authentic, locally relevant science education and student-led stewardship actions to improve local watersheds and recover imperiled salmon...

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...

BSCS Science Learning, in partnership with NatureBridge and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), will conduct a comprehensive research synthesis study examining the impacts of outdoor and nature-based environmental education programs on educator and youth participant outcomes over a thirty-year period (1994–2024). The project, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education...