New Jersey Environmental Education Sustainability Grant Program

Posted by on February 19, 2012

PSEG Foundation and the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education Invite Proposals for Sustainability Grant Program
Deadline: March 15, 2012

The PSEG Foundation and the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education will award a total of $45,000 in competitive grants to help increase the sustainability of New Jersey communities through the PSEG-ANJEE Learners in Sustainability (PALS) grant program.

The goal of the PALS program is to create partnerships between non-formal environmental education providers and K-5 pre-service or practicing teachers. Successful partnerships will provide teachers with the knowledge, skills, and curricular materials they need to implement high-quality environmental education in their classrooms.

Eligible applicants include public, private, and charter elementary schools; colleges and universities with teacher education programs; informal education facilities and institutions such as museums, zoos, nature centers, and parks; afterschool and early childhood education programs; and consultants, businesses, and corporations.

Examples of projects that could be funded include teacher institutes sponsored by a nature center or museum, programs introducing pre-service teachers to sustainability and environmental education and high quality science education, or partnerships between non-formal institutions and afterschool programs, environmental or science clubs, or other school-affiliated programs.

Grants of $5,000 to $15,000 are available in each of three New Jersey regions.

The complete Request for Proposals and the application form are available at the ANJEE Web site.

http://www.anjee.org/awards