The Agency Fund is a nonprofit partnership investing in ideas and organizations that help people navigate toward a better future. We envision a coach, a mentor, a counselor for all. We maintain an open funding window to identify research and innovation concepts within the general scope of our approach. We also partner with funders to issue more targeted calls for proposals (such as this one) in specific topic areas.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDA Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, FedEx, Southern Company and Arconic Foundation are pleased to solicit applications for the 2024 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration program. This program will award approximately $2 million in grants nationwide.
The Longview Foundation seeks to build a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world by equipping youth with a global perspective and understanding of political, social, and environmental issues worldwide.
Professional development opportunities can equip educators with the skills and approaches needed to teach global sustainability issues. However, most professional development assessment programs have not been designed with a sustainability education focus.
Education’s role in global sustainability has typically focused on the science behind the solutions. Trained engineers, scientists, biologists and tech entrepreneurs, for example, are pursuing research and developing product-based solutions aimed at addressing social, economic and environmental challenges.
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Education Research and Development Center Program
Generative AI such as ChatGPT has prompted conversations about the ethics of knowledge generation and the use of AI in research and evaluation. This discourse provides another opportunity to center equity in our work by asking, how can researchers and evaluators contribute to the public good in an AI world? This presentation from Dr. Aileen M. Reid highlights contextual concerns with AI from an ecosystem perspective, placing emphasis on structural and racial/ethnic inequities, bias, and prejudice. Dr.
The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and participating National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) are soliciting intervention projects to promote mental well-being and/or prevent mental health problems by fostering social, cultural, or environmental connectedness in one or more populations that experience health disparities. Mental health or mental wellness may be the primary outcome of the intervention and/or an intermediate factor to improve other health outcomes.