The Environmental Education Program is designed to support the advancement of environmental literacy ensuring every student in Maryland graduates with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and motivation to take informed and responsible actions to protect and improve the environment.
Donor Name Chesapeake Bay Trust
State: Maryland
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/02/2021
Size of the Grant: $40,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Trust recognizes that the recovery of our local streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay – the future health of our environment, economy, and communities – depends on an environmentally literate and engaged populace. As the impacts of climate change continue to accelerate and are increasingly felt by residents, it is more important now than ever before that students are prepared to understand and address increasingly complex and urgent social and environmental challenges.
The Trust also knows the power of environmental education to improve students’ academic achievement, physical and mental health, and build skills needed for the 21st century. Through this opportunity, the trust seeks to fund programs and initiatives that 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 in FY22 for the Environmental Education Award Program.
Project Types and Funding Availability: The Trust has made available $300,000 for this grant program in Fiscal Year 2022. Individual applications may be submitted for amounts detailed below. 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 Environment Education Mini Grant.
Eligible Project Locations
This program funds throughout the state of Maryland.
Eligibility Criteria
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 If your organization category is not listed above, contact the Trust to verify eligibility prior to submitting your application.
- Applications submitted from organizations outside of these categories may not be eligible for funding.
For more information, visit Chesapeake Bay Trust.
