This grant, offered by the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, supports existing and new high-quality environmental education programs across the entire Great Lakes watershed. Its purpose is to foster growth, encourage capacity building, and develop partnerships in environmental education. Successful projects provide Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for students and professional development for teachers. This initiative advances regional Great Lakes education and environmental priorities, aligning with NOAA’s long-term goal of sustaining healthy marine fisheries, habitats, and biodiversity within productive ecosystems, and creating an engaged public capable of making scientifically informed environmental decisions.
Opportunity ID: 292967
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOAA-NOS-ONMS-2018-2005158 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training Program (B-WET) FY18 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15 |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.429 — Marine Sanctuary Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 04, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 02, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 02, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 02, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $75,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, state or local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Commerce |
| Description: | The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is seeking proposals under the Great Lakes B-WET Program. The Great Lakes B-WET Program is a competitive grant program that supports existing, high quality environmental education programs, fosters the growth of new, innovative programs, and encourages capacity building and partnership development for environmental education programs throughout the entire Great Lakes watershed. Successful projects provide Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for students and related professional development for teachers, while advancing regional Great Lakes education and environmental priorities. This program addresses NOAA’s Long-Term Goal of “Healthy Oceans: Marine fisheries, habitats, and biodiversity are sustained within healthy and productive ecosystems” and “NOAA’s Engagement Enterprise Objective for An engaged and educated public with an improved capacity to make scientifically informed environmental decisions”. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Frederick Isaac
Grants Management Specialist Phone 30-628-1330 Email:cathy.green@noaa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 292967 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> NOAA-NOS-ONMS-2018-2005158 FFO Report.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Frederick Isaac Grants Management Specialist Phone 30-628-1330 Email: cathy.green@noaa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.429 | 2638010 | Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training Program (B-WET) FY18 | PKG00231817 | Apr 04, 2017 | Jun 02, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
292967 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
292967 Project-1.1.pdf
292967 CD511-1.1.pdf
292967 Budget-1.1.pdf
292967 SF424B-1.1.pdf
292967 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
292967 Other-1.1.pdf
292967 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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