Environmental Literacy Grants for Informal/Nonformal Science Educatio

The summary for the Environmental Literacy Grants for Informal/Nonformal Science Educatio Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Environmental Literacy Grants for Informal/Nonformal Science Educatio
	CFDA Number:	11.008
	CFDA Description:	Office of Education (OED)
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Other
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-SEC-OED-2010-2002248
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 26, 2010
	Creation Date:	Feb 02, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 16, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 06, 2010
	Archive Date:	May 06, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	10
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$1,250,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$500,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, and state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States. For-profit organizations, K-12 public and independent schools and school systems, foreign institutions, foreign organizations and foreign government agencies are not eligible to apply. For-profit and foreign organizations can be project partners. Federal agencies are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to increasing the articipation of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), i.e., Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges and universities, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian institutions, and institutions that work in underserved communities. Applications are encouraged that involve any of the above types of institutions. An individual may apply only once as principal investigator (PI) through this funding opportunity. However institutions may submit more than one application and individuals may serve as co-PIs or key personnel on more than one application.
Grant Description: The goal of this funding opportunity is to support projects that engage the public in educational activities that utilize emerging and/or advanced technologies and leverage NOAA assets to improve understanding, and stewardship of the local and global environment. There is specific interest in projects that use emerging and/or advanced technologies to (1) facilitate outdoor experiences involving scientific inquiry and exploration of the natural world apart from formal K-12 curricula and (2) visualize, display, and interpret data to improve understanding and provide a systems perspective of Earth's dynamic processes. This program has two priorities. Priority 1 is for large-scale projects that occur over a longer duration with regional to national implementation. Priority 2 is for small-scale projects that occur over a shorter duration with local to regional implementation. Funded projects will be between one and five years in duration. This program meets NOAA's Mission Support goal to provide critical support for NOAA's mission. It is anticipated that awards under this announcement will be made by September 30, 2010 and that projects funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than October 1, 2010. Note: a PDF version of this announcement is available at ttp://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps.html.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Rosalie Vega Grants Management Specialist Phone 301-713-0922

Email [rosalie.vega@noaa.gov]
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