Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NMFS HCPO 2024 2008241
The Fiscal Year 2024 Statewide K-12 Environmental Literacy Capacity Building opportunity is a competitive Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA). Its purpose is to strengthen and expand environmental literacy efforts across the Chesapeake Bay watershed by investing in organizations and networks that operate at a statewide or multi-state level. The focus is not simply on running isolated student programs, but on building lasting capacity and stronger partnerships so that more schools, educators, and students can consistently access high-quality, hands-on environmental learning tied to local watershed and Bay issues.
This funding is designed to support and scale environmental education programs that are already strong, encourage the development of innovative approaches, and help build the infrastructure needed to sustain environmental literacy over time. Projects are expected to advance the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement environmental literacy goal and align with the NOAA Education Strategic Plan. In practical terms, the grant prioritizes efforts that increase an organization or network's ability to support meaningful, experiential learning for K-12 students and provide professional development for the adults who make that learning possible, including teachers, school administrators, and other formal educators.
Awards are made through a cooperative agreement, meaning NOAA is likely to have more active involvement than in a standard grant, such as coordination, technical input, or joint planning expectations. The opportunity sits within the Education, Environment, and Natural Resources categories (CFDA/Assistance Listing 11.457). While the announcement is centered on statewide K-12 capacity building, it also notes that a separate B-WET funding opportunity exists for school-district-focused work related to implementing MWEEs (Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences) and district capacity, so applicants should make sure they are applying to the announcement that best matches the scale and purpose of their project.
The eligible applicant pool is broad and includes state, county, and municipal governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) entities (excluding higher education institutions where specified). This wide eligibility is meant to reflect how environmental literacy capacity is often built through partnerships among agencies, nonprofits, universities, tribes, and education systems.
For this specific competition, the award ceiling is $150,000, and NOAA anticipated making about 6 awards. The original application closing date listed for this opportunity was February 16, 2024. The funding opportunity title is Fiscal Year 2024 Statewide K-12 Environmental Literacy Capacity Building, and the opportunity number is NOAA NMFS HCPO 2024 2008241.Apply for NOAA NMFS HCPO 2024 2008241
- The Department of Commerce in the education, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2024 Statewide K-12 Environmental Literacy Capacity Building" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.457.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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