Deadline: 2-Dec-21
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is seeking applications for its Environmental Education Grant Program to advance environmental literacy and result in students having the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and motivation to take informed and responsible actions to protect and improve the environment.
Funding Information
The Trust has made available $300,000 for this grant program in Fiscal Year 2022. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Trust staff to discuss proposals prior to the deadline and determine which funding level is most appropriate for your project idea.
- Track 1 Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Implementation: Applicants may request up to $40,000 per year for up to three years for projects that focus on piloting (one-year requests) or embedding systemic (multiyear requests) MWEEs into school district’s curriculum. The MWEE model integrates best practices of environmental education pedagogy where students investigate local environmental issues through classroom and outdoor experiences, engage in problem solving, and take action to address their issue through projects and civic engagement.
- Track 2 Environmental Literacy Capacity Building: Applicants may request up to $40,000 for the 2022 schoolyear (March 2022 – August 2023) for district or state-wide environmental literacy capacity building and collaboration efforts that advance environmental literacy, especially MWEEs, within school district(s).
- For request $5,000 and under, consider applying for a Trust Environmental Education Mini Grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Maryland school districts, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, higher education institutions, community associations, and more.
- The Trust welcomes requests from the following organizations:
- Public and Independent Higher Educational Institutions
- 501(c)3 Private Nonprofit Organizations
- Municipal, County, Regional, State, Federal Public Agencies
- Community Associations
- Service, Youth, and Civic Groups
- Soil/Water Conservation Districts & Resource Conservation and Development Councils
For more information, visit https://cbtrust.org/grants/environmental-education/
