Office of Education Funding Announcements

FY13 B-WET Pacific Northwest Federal Funding Opportunity Now Closed

Updated April 26, 2013

*Funding Opportunity*

NOAA's Pacific Northwest B-WET Program is now accepting applications for the 2013 competition. Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m., Pacific Time, (8 p.m. East Coast Time) April 23, 2013. Please see funding opportunity announcement for complete details.

FY13 B-WET Pacific Northwest Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (.pdf)

 

NOAA funding opportunity NOAA-SEC-OED-2013-2003614 is now closed. Review of applications will occur from March-June, 2013. It is anticipated that recommendations for funding under this announcement will be made by September 30, 2013. Collaborative projects funded under this announcement will start no earlier than October 1, 2013.

Updated March 13, 2013

NOAA's Office of Education conducted two informational webinars on February 5 and February 6, 2013. You can access the February 6 webinar, the preferred version, here and the Q&A session here.

You can also access the February 5 webinar here and the Q & A here.

*Funding Opportunity*

NOAA’s Office of Education (OEd) has issued a request for applications for projects designed to build the capacity of informal educators (including interpreters and docents) and/or formal educators (pre- or in-service) to use NOAA data and data access tools to help K-12 students and/or the public understand and respond to global change. Successful projects will enhance educators' ability to use the wealth of scientific data, data visualizations, data access technologies, information products, and other assets available through NOAA (plus additional sources, if desired) to engage K-12 students and/or other members of the public in a minimum of two U.S. states or territories.

This funding opportunity identifies two priority categories of eligible applicants, both of equal importance. Eligible applicants for Priority 1 are collaborative teams of two or more U.S. institutions. Eligible applicants for Priority 2 are collaborative teams of two or more non-profit U.S. aquariums, of which at least one must be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Collaborative applicant teams in both Priority 1 and Priority 2 are strongly encouraged to include at least one applicant that has not previously received a grant from NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants program. Proposed projects in each priority must be between two and five years in duration and have combined federal requests of $500,000 - $1,000,000 for all years of the project.

*Deadlines*

The deadline for applications to this funding opportunity is 11:59:59 pm EST on March 12, 2013. Applications must be submitted online via www.grants.gov. It is anticipated that awards under this announcement will be made by September 30, 2013 and that the projects funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than October 1, 2013.

*Informational Webinar*

Two informational webinars with the program officers will occur on February 5, 2013 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EST and February 6, 2013, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EST. By noon EST on February 1, 2013, interested applicants should register by contacting oed.grants@noaa.gov and including in the Subject line of the email: "Register for Educator Capacity Building FFO Webinar" and providing the interested party's name, institution, telephone number, email address and preferred webinar date in the body of the email. You will receive an email response from oed.grants@noaa.gov with the log-in information and date for the webinar. Whenever possible, individuals from the same institution should try to join the webinar from the same computer/phone line.

*Additional Information*

To read the full funding announcement, visit www.grants.gov.