Funding Fun: February 2013 Environmental Education Grants
The weather outside is still a bit frightful, so while you are still trying to stay warm indoors take some time to find funding for your class’s outdoor environmental or watershed education activities and projects!
Finding funding can be a real challenge, so get creative and look for ways to integrate environmental education with “hot topics,” such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). To kick-start your search, we here at Bay Backpack have assembled a list of grants with application deadlines this February. Check them out below, and good luck with your applications!
Do you know a student (under 25 years old) who wants to start a community action project or program? Do they need money to put their ideas into action? Encourage them to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant! This program gives out a $500 every week to help young people turn dream projects into a reality and take existing projects to the next level. Past grantees have included some great projects with environmental focuses, such as creating a community-run organic farm! Application Deadline: Rolling
Toshiba Grants for Grades 6-12
Do you teach 6-12 science or math? Do you have a wish list of instructional equipment that will make learning more exciting for your students? If the answer is yes to these questions, Toshiba America Foundation would like to hear from you. Grade 6-12 grant applications for $5,000 or less are accepted on a rolling basis, throughout the calendar year. If you wish to submit a grant request for more than $5,000, applications are due by February 1, 2013.
The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection. Grant requests can be submitted for $2,000 and $5,000. Application Deadline: February 1, 2013
The NEA Foundation’s Learning & Leadership grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of the following two purposes: (1) Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research; or (2) Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment. All professional development must improve practice, curriculum, and student achievement. Application Deadline: February 1, 2013.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Urban Waters Grants
The multi-agency Urban Waters Restoration Program provides financial assistance to local partnerships for restoration with a focus on urban waters and watersheds. Approximately $1,500,000 is available. Competitive projects will focus on education and training, outdoor recreation, monitoring, storm water management or urban forest restoration. Application Deadline: February 7, 2013.
NOAA Funding for Coastal and Marine Restoration
NOAA’s Restoration Center recognizes that healthy habitat is critical to recover and sustain fish populations. To that end, NOAA is currently soliciting applications for restoration projects that use a habitat-based approach to foster species recovery and increase fish production under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Roughly $20 million could be available over the next three years. Application Deadline: February 19, 2013.
Captain Planet Foundation Grants
These grants are intended to promote and support high-quality educational programs that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through learning experiences that engage them in active, hands-on projects to improve the environment in their schools and communities. Funding will be awarded to non-profits, schools, and community-based environmental and educational organizations, and preferential consideration is given to requests seeking funding of $500 or less and to applicants who have secured at least 50% matching or in-kind funding for their projects. On occasion, grants of up to $2,500 may be awarded. Application Deadline: February 28, 2013.