Environmental Education Grants

Type

Funding

Organization

EPA

Description

Deadline Passed. Most Recent Deadline: November 8, 2023. Under the Environmental Education Grants Program, EPA seeks grant applications from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques. Since 1992, EPA has distributed between $2 and $3.5 million in grant funding per year, supporting more than 3,920 grants.

Funding Amount

The Region expects to award three or four grants for no less than $50,000, and no more than $100,000 each.

Geography

Eligibility

Applicants must represent one of the following types of organizations to be eligible for an environmental education grant:
local education agency
state education or environmental agency
college or university
non-profit organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
noncommercial educational broadcasting entity
tribal education agency (which includes schools and community colleges controlled by an Indian tribe, band, or nation and which are recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and which are not administered by the Bureau of Indian Education.)

Website

https://www.epa.gov/education/grants

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
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