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Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA SEC OED 2013 2003614

The NOAA Environmental Literacy Grants (ELG) aim to enhance the capabilities of both informal and formal educators in utilizing NOAA data and tools to engage K-12 students and the public in understanding and addressing global environmental change. Successful grant proposals will involve projects that utilize scientific resources from NOAA and other sources, impacting at least two U.S. states or territories.

Key goals include improving educators' effectiveness in fostering stewardship and informed decision-making among diverse audiences. Projects should align with NOAA's mission areas, particularly concerning ocean health, climate change, and related themes like drought and severe weather.

There are two priority categories for applicants: 1. Collaborative teams of U.S. institutions. 2. Teams of non-profit U.S. aquariums, with at least one accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Projects must have a duration of two to five years, with a federal funding request ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000. It is encouraged that at least one team member has not previously received a grant from the ELG program. Awards are expected to be announced by September 30, 2013, with project start dates no earlier than October 1, 2013. For additional information on applying, refer to the NOAA grants website.

• The Department of Commerce in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Environmental Literacy Grants for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.008 NOAA Mission Related Education Awards.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 18, 2013 and posted on Jan 18, 2013.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 12, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Eligible applicants for Priority 1 are collaborative teams of two or more institutions in the United States. The following types of institutions may serve as applicants on a collaborative team for Priority 1 institutions of higher education other nonprofits, including informal science education institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums K 12 public and independent schools and school systems and state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States. For profit organizations, foreign institutions, and individuals are not eligible to apply. Each individual applicant must submit an application to NOAA as part of the collaborative team. Applications to Priority 1 that do not meet these eligibility criteria will not be merit reviewed. Eligible applicants for Priority 2 are collaborative teams that are exclusively composed of two or more 501(c)(3) non profit aquariums in the United States. At least one applicant in each collaborative team must be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Each individual applicant must submit an application to NOAA as part of the collaborative team. Applications to Priority 2 that do not meet these eligibility criteria will not be merit reviewed. For both Priority 1 and Priority 2, there are no eligibility restrictions on institutions that are serving as project partners but are not submitting an application. These partners can receive a portion of the funding through sub awards or, for NOAA partners, through direct support from the Office of Education (see Section II.A. and Section IV.B.1(f)). Note Although NOAA programs and offices can receive a small amount of support from the Office of Education to facilitate their involvement with the project, the principal benefit of the project cannot be to support NOAA. An individual may apply only once as a Principal Investigator (PI) through this funding opportunity, and the same application may not be submitted to more than one priority. However, institutions may submit more than one distinct application and individuals may serve as co PIs or key personnel on more than one application. Federal employees may not serve as PIs or co PIs on any application, although they may be included as key personnel.

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