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Submit Applications for Pollinator Habitat Grant Program
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. Teachers involved with agricultural and/or environmental education are especially welcome to apply.
Donor Name: Sand County Foundation
State: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
County:All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
The goal of this competitive grant program is to provide high school students with experiential learning opportunities through creating habitat for insect pollinators. Projects will increase the diversity of native forbs within an agricultural or other working landscape for the benefit of native bees, honeybees, and monarch butterflies. It encourages applicants to team up with a farmer or other land manager in their community. School properties can be offered if the site is 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.
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.
Funding Information
$1,000 cash grants and plant materials are available to high school educators in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Eligibility Criteria
Educators from high schools (public, private, or charter) in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are eligible to apply. Schools/teachers who received a grant for the 2022-2023 school year are not eligible this year. Those who received a grant before the 2022-2023 school year are eligible, though schools who have not previously benefited from the program will be prioritized for funding. All schools who previously applied but were not selected are eligible and are encouraged to contact the School Grant Program Coordinator for feedback on their prior application.
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