Funding Resources
This page offers a compilation of
funding resources
educators and/or students may find useful as they seek financial support
for projects or activities that positively impact our environment.
Announcements
Toyota
Tapestry Grants Program Offers Funding for K-12 Science Teachers
Fifty grants of up to $10,000 and twenty to twenty-five
mini-grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to K-12 science
teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education
in a school or school district....
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Calling All Eco Heroes
Action For Nature has a juried annual contest, for which cash
prizes and other gifts are awarded to young people, 8 to 16
years, who have achieved an outstanding environmental success,
and whose efforts will inspire others. Guidelines and
application form available on the Web site. Nominations
encouraged.
http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ecoheroawards.html
Thacher Scholars Award
The Institute for
Global Environmental Strategies offers the Thacher Scholars Award
for high school students. Prizes will be awarded to students
(grades 9-12) designing and conducting the best projects using
satellite remote sensing of the Earth.
http://www.strategies.org/education/index.aspx?sub=education&sub2=scholars&sub3=scholars2007
Grant Opportunities
Learning Experiences & Activities in
Forestry (LEAF)
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Resource/grants.htm
This page lists
General
Grant Opportunities,
Wisconsin Grant Programs, and
National Grant Programs. It is an extensive collection
that emphasizes funding for forestry education, but also includes
many organizations that fund a wide variety of projects.
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board
(WEEB)- Grant Program
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb/GrantProgram/GrantProgram.htm
Funded projects have included
state-wide initiatives as well as small localized efforts. Audiences
served include K-12 public and private school children, members of
various youth organizations, classroom teachers and other educators,
landowners, park patrons, tourists, government officials, business
owners and employees and of course the public.
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