Environmental Education Grants -- Solicitation Notice for 2009
This document solicits grant proposals to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers,and citizens. This grant program provides financial support for innovative projects that design,demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques as described in this notice.
EPA issues Environmental Education Grants from headquarters and from 10 EPA regional offices. The same educational priorities are used for regional and headquarters grants and the EPA funding amount for each grant is used to determine if the grant is awarded from headquarters or from a regional office. Grants for $50,000 or less are funded by the 10 EPA Regional Offices and grants greater than $50,000, but not to exceed $200,000 are funded byHeadquarters. The Headquarters grants should be broader in scope and support the field of environmental education.