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Apply Now for NOAA's Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Grant!

by
Bill Whorton

K-12 programs that provide students with meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEE) related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed and related teacher professional development, this one’s for you: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now accepting applications for FY14 B-WET (Bay Watershed Education and Training) funding to support your program.

Proposals for FY14 funding must:

Be a systemic MWEE program that strives to reach the entire student and teacher population in one or more grades in an entire school system or recognized sub-unit of a school system;

OR

Incorporate Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences into K-12 Geographic Education.

If you’re interested, be sure to read the full NOAA Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity for details and requirements. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Eastern Time, January 29, 2014.

Contact B-WET Chesapeake Manager Kevin Schabow with any questions.