Environmental Literacy Grants for Spherical Display Systems for Earth System Science-Installations and Content Development

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	Federal Grant Title:	Environmental Literacy Grants for Spherical Display Systems for Earth System Science-Installations and Content Development
	CFDA Number:	11.469
	CFDA Description:	Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects
	Federal Agency Name:	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology Environment Natural Resources Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	SEC-OED-2008-2001089
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement Grant
	Posted Date:	Jul 05, 2007
	Creation Date:	Jul 05, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 30, 2007 Application Deadline: The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. EDT on October 30, 2007.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Nov 29, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	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, foreign institutions, foreign organizations and foreign government agencies are not eligible to apply. For-profit organizations can be project partners. Federal agencies are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners. An individual may apply only once per priority 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 NOAA Office of Education (OEd) is issuing a request for applications from institutions with interest in developing exhibits featuring spherical display systems showing Earth system science, or developing science modules for these display systems. Spherical display systems are sphere-shaped "screens" onto which global data and other imagery can be shown. Awards will be offered in two priorities, with priority 1 supporting installation of spherical displays systems into public exhibits and priority 2 supporting development and evaluation of Earth system science modules for the spherical display systems. Awards in priority 1 will be made as one-year cooperative agreements and grants. Awards in priority 2 will be made as one or two-year grants. Successful priority 1 projects will support installation of spherical displays systems into public exhibits with an Earth system science theme. Successful priority 2 projects will support partnerships designed to create content focused on Earth system science topics for spherical display systems. The purpose of these awards is to support the incorporation of spherical display systems and compatible, educationally effective environmental data products into public exhibits. The goal of this program is to build environmental literacy among the general public through increased use of NOAA and NOAA-related data and data products in informal education institutions. See NOAA's Education Plan for more details on this goal and strategy: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/NOAA_Ed_Plan.pdf. It is anticipated that recommendations for funding under this announcement will be made by January 30, 2008 and that projects funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than April 30, 2008, and possibly as late as March 30, 2009. Note: an MS Word-formatted version of this announcement is available at http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/funding_opps.html.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Steve Drescher
Policy Advisor
steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov Contact if you have a problem downloading application forms.
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