Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA SEC OED 2015 2004408
Apply for NOAA SEC OED 2015 2004408
- The Department of Commerce in the environment natural resources science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening the Public s and/or K 12 Students Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience toExtreme Weather Events and Environmental Changes" 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 Feb 27, 2015 and posted on Feb 27, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 13, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $2,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible applicants for this funding opportunity are limited to institutions of higher education other nonprofits, including informal 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. Eligible applicants may submit an individual application or submit as part of a collaborative team of two or more eligible institutions. 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. 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 (see Section II.A. and Section IV.B.1(f)). 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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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity (NOAA-SEC-OED-2015-2004408) is a NOAA Office of Education funding program designed to improve environmental literacy among the general public and/or K-12 students so communities can make better, more informed decisions that strengthen resilience to extreme weather and longer-term environmental change. The underlying idea is that many places in the United States are already dealing with major hazards and disruptions, and those pressures are expected to grow as conditions shift, including rising temperatures, more frequent heat waves, sea level rise, heavier precipitation events, ocean acidification, changing growing seasons, altered storm behavior, shifts in species ranges, earlier snowmelt, worsening drought, and changes in river flows. NOAA is looking for education-focused projects that help communities understand these risks in ways that translate into practical, real-world decision making and preparedness, not just general awareness.
A central emphasis of the program is building the kind of environmental literacy that supports community resilience, especially through geographic awareness and a clear understanding of Earth systems and how a community's location shapes its threats and vulnerabilities. Competitive projects are expected to help participants reason through how human and natural systems work and interact, how scientific evidence and uncertainty should be interpreted, how people and places are connected across time and space, and how to weigh the likely impacts of different choices in a systematic way. NOAA signals that strong proposals will be grounded in the latest science on local and regional threats and vulnerabilities and will account for socio-economic and ecological realities, recognizing that risk and resilience are not evenly distributed and that community conditions influence what solutions are feasible and effective.
NOAA indicates it will consider a wide range of project types, but all funded projects must actively engage participants in learning about and addressing real-world issues. A non-negotiable requirement is meaningful use of NOAA assets, such as NOAA scientific datasets, data access tools, data visualizations, and/or other NOAA intellectual or physical resources relevant to weather, climate, oceans, coasts, or the Great Lakes. To make that easier and more credible, applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with relevant NOAA offices or programs and/or involve NOAA employees and affiliates in appropriate roles (not as principal investigators). NOAA also provides pointers to resources and potential partners through its education website and a dedicated page listing NOAA assets, which are meant to help applicants connect their education plans directly to authoritative data and tools.
The work must align with NOAA's mission areas in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences and stewardship, and should advance one or more NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan goals: Healthy Oceans; Weather-Ready Nation; Climate Adaptation and Mitigation; and Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies. In practice, that means projects should connect learning outcomes to tangible resilience needs like understanding local flood risk, coastal hazards, drought planning, heat preparedness, storm impacts, ecosystem change, or other NOAA-relevant issues, and then help learners use evidence and data to explore options and tradeoffs.
Eligibility is limited to U.S.-based institutions of higher education; nonprofits (including informal education organizations such as museums, zoos, and aquariums); K-12 public or independent schools and school systems; and state, local, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments. For-profit entities, foreign institutions, and individuals are not eligible to apply. Applicants may apply as a single organization or as part of a collaborative team of two or more eligible organizations. Partners that are not submitting the main application are not restricted by these eligibility rules and may participate through subawards; NOAA partners may also receive limited direct support from the Office of Education to enable their involvement, but NOAA emphasizes that the main purpose of the project cannot be to support NOAA itself.
Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements, with an anticipated total of about 8 awards from an estimated $2,000,000 in total funding. Each project must request between $250,000 and $500,000 in total federal funds across the entire project period, with no cost sharing or matching requirement. Projects must run between 2 and 5 years. For this specific competition cycle, the opportunity was posted February 27, 2015, with an application deadline of April 13, 2015, and an anticipated award date by September 30, 2015, with projects starting no earlier than October 1, 2015.
Key participation rules include that an individual may serve as the Principal Investigator only once for this opportunity (though they may be a co-PI or key personnel on other submissions), and the same application cannot be submitted to more than one priority. Federal employees cannot serve as PI or co-PI, though they can be included as key personnel. Questions and support were routed through NOAA Office of Education program contacts via oed.grants@noaa.gov and a listed phone number (202-482-0793), with additional application links and guidance hosted on NOAA's Office of Education grants pages.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is the grant opportunity NOAA-SEC-OED-2015-2004408?
NOAA-SEC-OED-2015-2004408 is a NOAA Office of Education funding opportunity focused on improving environmental literacy among the general public and/or K-12 students. The goal is to help communities make better-informed decisions that strengthen resilience to extreme weather and longer-term environmental change.
2. What is the main purpose of this program?
The program aims to fund education-focused projects that go beyond general awareness and instead help participants understand environmental risks in ways that translate into practical, real-world decision making and preparedness for local and regional hazards.
3. What kinds of environmental changes and hazards does NOAA highlight as relevant?
The opportunity notes that many U.S. communities face hazards and disruptions that are expected to grow as conditions shift, including rising temperatures, more frequent heat waves, sea level rise, heavier precipitation events, ocean acidification, changing growing seasons, altered storm behavior, shifts in species ranges, earlier snowmelt, worsening drought, and changes in river flows.
4. Who is the target audience for funded projects?
Projects are intended to improve environmental literacy among the general public and/or K-12 students.
5. What does NOAA mean by "environmental literacy" in this grant?
Environmental literacy is framed as the knowledge and reasoning skills needed to support community resilience, including geographic awareness, understanding Earth systems, and understanding how a community's location shapes threats and vulnerabilities. Competitive projects are expected to help participants reason about how human and natural systems interact, interpret scientific evidence and uncertainty, understand connections across time and space, and weigh the impacts of different choices systematically.
6. What makes a project competitive under this opportunity?
Competitive projects are expected to be grounded in the latest science on local and regional threats and vulnerabilities and to account for socio-economic and ecological realities. The opportunity emphasizes that risk and resilience are not evenly distributed and that local conditions influence which solutions are feasible and effective.
7. Are projects required to engage participants in real-world issues?
Yes. NOAA states that funded projects must actively engage participants in learning about and addressing real-world issues, not just increasing general awareness.
8. Is the use of NOAA data or resources required?
Yes. A non-negotiable requirement is meaningful use of NOAA assets such as NOAA scientific datasets, data access tools, data visualizations, and/or other NOAA intellectual or physical resources relevant to weather, climate, oceans, coasts, or the Great Lakes.
9. What are examples of NOAA assets that could be used?
The opportunity references NOAA scientific datasets, data access tools, and data visualizations, as well as other NOAA intellectual or physical resources relevant to NOAA mission areas (weather, climate, oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes).
10. Is partnering with NOAA required?
Partnering with NOAA is strongly encouraged but not stated as required. Applicants are encouraged to partner with relevant NOAA offices or programs and/or involve NOAA employees and affiliates in appropriate roles (with the restriction that they cannot serve as principal investigators).
11. Can NOAA employees be part of the project team?
Yes, NOAA employees (and other federal employees) can be included as key personnel. However, federal employees cannot serve as the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) for this opportunity.
12. Can a NOAA employee serve as the Principal Investigator (PI)?
No. Federal employees cannot serve as PI or co-PI for this opportunity.
13. What is NOAA trying to avoid with NOAA participation?
NOAA notes that NOAA partners may receive limited direct support from the Office of Education to enable their involvement, but emphasizes that the main purpose of the project cannot be to support NOAA itself.
14. What NOAA mission areas must projects align with?
Projects must align with NOAA's mission areas in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences and stewardship.
15. Which NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan goals should projects advance?
Projects should advance one or more of these NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan goals: Healthy Oceans; Weather-Ready Nation; Climate Adaptation and Mitigation; and Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies.
16. What are examples of resilience needs a project could address?
The opportunity gives examples such as understanding local flood risk, coastal hazards, drought planning, heat preparedness, storm impacts, ecosystem change, or other NOAA-relevant issues, and helping learners use evidence and data to explore options and tradeoffs.
17. Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to U.S.-based: institutions of higher education; nonprofits (including informal education organizations such as museums, zoos, and aquariums); K-12 public or independent schools and school systems; and state, local, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments.
18. Are for-profit entities eligible to apply?
No. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
19. Are foreign institutions or individuals eligible to apply?
No. Foreign institutions and individuals are not eligible to apply.
20. Can multiple organizations apply together as a team?
Yes. Applicants may apply as a single organization or as part of a collaborative team of two or more eligible organizations.
21. Can ineligible entities participate in some way?
Yes. Partners that are not submitting the main application are not restricted by the stated eligibility rules and may participate through subawards.
22. What type of award will NOAA make?
Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements.
23. How many awards does NOAA expect to make?
NOAA anticipated about 8 awards for this competition cycle.
24. What is the total funding amount expected for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding amount is $2,000,000.
25. How much funding can each project request?
Each project must request between $250,000 and $500,000 in total federal funds across the entire project period.
26. Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for this opportunity.
27. What is the required project length?
Projects must run between 2 and 5 years.
28. When was this opportunity posted and when were applications due (for this cycle)?
For this specific competition cycle, the opportunity was posted on February 27, 2015, and the application deadline was April 13, 2015.
29. When were awards anticipated and when could projects start (for this cycle)?
An anticipated award date was listed as by September 30, 2015, and projects were to start no earlier than October 1, 2015.
30. How many times can a person serve as Principal Investigator (PI) under this opportunity?
An individual may serve as the Principal Investigator only once for this opportunity. However, the same person may be a co-PI or key personnel on other submissions.
31. Can the same application be submitted to more than one priority?
No. The same application cannot be submitted to more than one priority.
32. What is the best way to contact NOAA with questions about this opportunity?
Questions and support were routed through NOAA Office of Education program contacts via email at oed.grants@noaa.gov and by phone at 202-482-0793. Additional links and guidance were hosted on NOAA's Office of Education grants pages.
33. What is NOAA expecting participants to do with science and uncertainty?
Competitive projects are expected to help participants interpret scientific evidence and uncertainty appropriately and use that understanding to reason through options, tradeoffs, and likely impacts of different choices.
34. Does the opportunity emphasize local context and equity considerations?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes that proposals should reflect socio-economic and ecological realities, recognizing that risks and resilience are not evenly distributed and that community conditions influence feasible and effective solutions.
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