Building the Environmental Literacy of K-12 Students and the Public for Community Resilience
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Commerce
Solicitation Title: Building the Environmental Literacy of K-12 Students and the Public for Community Resilience
Funding Amount: $250,000 to $500,000
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, April 6, 2018
Solicitation Link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=298495
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RODA ID: 350
Solicitation Title: Building the Environmental Literacy of K-12 Students and the Public for Community Resilience
Funding Amount: $250,000 to $500,000
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, April 6, 2018
Solicitation Link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=298495
Overview
<p><span>The goal of this Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) is to support the education of K-12 students and the public so they are knowledgeable of the ways in which their community can become more resilient to extreme weather events and/or other environmental hazards, and become involved in achieving that resilience.</span></p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p>Eligible applicants for this funding opportunity are limited to institutions of higher education; K-12 public and independent schools and school systems, other nonprofits, including informal education institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums; state and local government agencies; and Indian tribal governments in the United States. For-profit organizations, foreign institutions, and individuals are not eligible to apply; however, for-profit organizations, foreign institutions, and individuals may participate with an eligible applicant as a project partner. Likewise, federal agencies are not eligible to receive federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners. It is strongly encouraged that an individual serve as a Principal Investigator (PI) on only one application submitted to this funding opportunity. Institutions may submit more than one application and individuals may serve as co-PIs or key personnel on more than one application. Federal employees may not serve as PIs or co-PIs on any application, although they may be included as key personnel.</p> Other Information:<p>Grants.gov requires applicants to register with the system and with SAM.gov prior to submitting any application. These registration processes can take several weeks and involve multiple steps.<br>Two informational teleconferences with the program officers will occur on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EST and Wednesday, November 29, 2017 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm EST. Interested applicants may obtain the phone number and related teleconference information by visiting <a href="http://www.noaa.gov/office-education/elp/grants/apply">http://www.noaa…;. Whenever possible, individuals from the same institution should try to join the teleconference from the same phone line.<br>Projects should build the environmental literacy necessary for communities to become more resilient to extreme weather and other environmental hazards they face. In order for communities to become more resilient, their members must have the ability to reason about the ways that human and natural systems function and interact; to understand the scientific process and uncertainty; to reason about the ways that people and places are connected to each other across time and space; and to weigh the potential impacts of their decisions systematically. Projects should leverage and incorporate relevant state and local hazard mitigation and/or adaptation plans and collaborate with institutions that are involved in efforts to develop or implement those plans. Projects may focus on a single type of environmental hazard or a range of hazards that may impact a community or communities. Projects will be based on the established scientific evidence about current and future natural hazards and stresses facing communities and should consider relevant socio-economic and ecological factors in the targeted geographic area(s). Projects should engage participants in active learning activities. In addition, projects must utilize NOAA’s scientific data, data access tools, data visualizations, and/or other physical and intellectual assets available on these topics. In order to facilitate the use of NOAA’s assets, Federal Funding Opportunity Page 3 of 38 projects are strongly encouraged to partner with relevant NOAA entities (offices, programs, etc.) and/or NOAA employees and affiliates. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to review the resilience education projects funded by this program since 2015 and proposed projects should be informed by the lessons learned by these current grantees.<br>Projects must be implemented within the United States and its territories. Projects will likely be implemented at the local level, but may occur in more than one locality. Project topics must relate to NOAA's mission in the areas of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences and stewardship and should focus on one or more of the goals of NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan: healthy oceans; weather-ready nation; climate adaptation and mitigation; and resilient coastal communities and economies.</p>Last Updated:
RODA ID: 350