Environmental Education Grant Program – Dec 12

Posted by Chesapeake Bay Trust on November 12, 2024

Chesapeake Bay Trust issues RFP for Environmental Education Grant Program

The Chesapeake Bay Trust aims to engage and empower diverse groups to take actions that enrich the Chesapeake Bay region’s natural resources and local communities.

The trust invites proposals for its Environmental Education Grant Program, which supports programs and initiatives that advance environmental literacy and result in students having the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and motivation to take informed and responsible actions to protect and improve the environment.

The trust invites applications on two tracks:

Track 1—Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Implementation: Grants of up to $40,000 per year for up to three years will be awarded in support of projects that focus on piloting (one-year requests) or embedding systemic (multiyear requests) meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEE) into a school district’s curriculum. The MWEE model integrates best practices of environmental education pedagogy where students investigate local environmental issues through classroom and outdoor experiences, engage in problem solving, and take action to address their issues through projects and civic engagement.

Track 2—Environmental Literacy Capacity Building: Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded in support of district or state-wide environmental literacy capacity building and collaboration efforts that advance environmental literacy, especially MWEEs, within the school district(s).

The trust has made $290,000 available for the program, and although a match is not required, applicants are strongly encouraged to leverage trust support with cash and in-kind match.

Eligible applicants include public and independent institutions of higher education; 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organizations; municipal, county, regional, state, and federal public agencies; community associations; service, youth, and civic groups; and soil/water conservation districts and resource conservation and development councils.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Chesapeake Bay Trust website.

Deadline: December 12, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. ET