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New Funding Opportunity from NOAA’s Office of Education

by
Julie Walker

NOAA’s Office of Education (OEd) has issued a request for applications for projects designed to strengthen the public’s and/or K-12 students’ environmental literacy to improve community resilience to extreme weather events and environmental changes. Successful projects will advance NOAA’s mission and build the environmental literacy necessary for community resilience by focusing on geographic awareness and an understanding of Earth systems and the threats and vulnerabilities that are associated with a community’s location. Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education; other nonprofits, including informal education institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums; K-12 public and independent schools and school systems; and state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States. Proposed projects should be between two and five years in duration and have total budget requests of $250,000 to $500,000 for all years of the project.

Deadline

The deadline for applications to this funding opportunity is 11:59:59 pm EDT on April 13, 2015. Applications must be submitted online via www.grants.gov. It is anticipated that awards under this announcement will be made by September 30, 2015 and that the projects funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than October 1, 2015.

Informational Webinar

Two informational webinars with the program officers will occur on March 9, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EDT and March 10, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EDT. NOTE: the same content will be presented in both webinars. By 12:00 PM EST on March 6, 2015, interested applicants should register for one of the webinars by emailing oed.grants@noaa.gov. Include in the Subject line of the email: “Register for ELG15 FFO Webinar” and in the body of the email, provide the interested party’s name(s), institution, telephone number, and email address and indicate the preferred webinar date. An email response from oed.grants@noaa.gov will be sent with the login information and date for the webinar. Whenever possible, individuals from the same institution should try to join the webinar from the same computer/phone line.

Additional Information

To read the full funding announcement, visit www.grants.gov (search under CFDA 11.008).