Are you a high school educator looking for a hands-on pollinator habitat project for your students? Sand County Foundation invites your proposal to engage your students in growing native forbs (wildflower plants) indoors and planting them on an appropriately prepared site.
Donor Name: Sand County Foundation
States: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
Sand County Foundation believes they can reverse these trends with help from youth interested in agricultural and environmental sciences. Through their Pollinator Habitat Grant program, they are supporting high school teachers and students to create habitat within a “working landscape” – the lands used for farming, energy production, or other purposes where room can be made for wildlife.
This competitive grant program strives to increase the diversity of native forbs (wildflowers) within a working landscape for the benefit of native bees, honeybees, and monarch butterflies. They encourage applicants to team up with a farmer or other land manager in your community. School properties can be offered if dedicated to agricultural or ecological restoration purposes. In all cases, proper site preparation prior to seeding and transplanting will be key to a successful outcome.
This grant program is provided by Sand County Foundation, a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to working with private landowners across North America to advance ethical and scientifically sound land management practices that benefit people and the environment. Financial sponsorship of the program is provided by Enel Green Power North America Inc, Syngenta, Monarch Joint Venture, the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, Wisconsin Public Service Foundation and We Energies Foundation.
Funding Information
$1,000 cash grants and plant materials are available to high school educators in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is a competitive grant. High school educators from high schools (public, private, or charter) in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin can apply.
- Only schools who have not previously received a Pollinator Habitat Grant from Sand County Foundation are eligible to apply for the grant.
- Schools who previously applied but were not awarded a grant are welcome to apply again. Teachers may contact the Grant Program Coordinator for feedback regarding prior unsuccessful applications.
For more information, visit Sand County Foundation.
