This $141,614 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Massachusetts Audubon Society to implement environmental education initiatives in the Massachusetts communities of Springfield, Worcester, and Attleboro. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors through a variety of activities, including: Providing 6 hours of online professional...
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) was awarded a $130,923 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to implement an environmental education program under the agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The two-year project will design and demonstrate practices to increase environmental literacy and stewardship among approximately 800-1200 middle school students across Maine. GMRI will partner with eight Title 1 school districts to incorporate...
This $1,299,377 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the Maine Mathematics And Science Alliance (MMSA), a non-profit organization, in developing and testing a place-based, technology-mediated mathematical modeling learning experience focused on energy transition issues for middle school students in rural Maine. The project involves 48 middle school teachers across 12 rural Maine schools, with the potential to impact 720...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $314,804 to Montana State University (MSU) to support a three-year initiative focused on building the capacity of rural elementary teachers in Maine, Montana, and Hawaii to incorporate locally and culturally significant, place-based science phenomena into their teaching practices. The project aims to design, implement, and investigate a professional learning approach that enables...
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...
This $617,025 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) in developing and implementing a three-year research project on building teacher capacity for transdisciplinary science instruction using smart greenhouses. The project will engage 60 teachers and 580 students across rural and urban school districts in three states. Teachers will participate in summer institutes and...
This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) provides $199,907 to the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative in Lowell, Michigan. The project, titled "Advancing K-12 Environmental Literacy through Place-Based Stewardship Education (PBSE) in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region", aims to build capacity for increased statewide environmental literacy through PBSE and climate change education. The key...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $137,500.00 to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education initiative in Jefferson County, Colorado. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include: updating the...
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 University of Maine System has been awarded a $3,300,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 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). This federal grant, titled "STRENGTHENING MAINE'S RURAL EDUCATION WORKFORCE," will support efforts to enhance...