Purpose
The Energy Education Grant Program is designed to increase and improve energy-related education initiatives within schools and the community.
All projects must have an educational component. Priority will be given to
proposals that:
- complement, support, or supplement
activities of the K-12 Energy Education Program
(KEEP);
- improve educational opportunities
for educators, learners, and the community; and
- promote electrical energy
efficiency and/or reduce consumption of electricity.
KEEP�s mission is to improve and increase
energy education in Wisconsin K-12 schools. Contact the KEEP
office (energy@uwsp.edu
or [715] 346-4651) to discuss how your proposal facilitates or enhances energy education. To learn more about KEEP, visit
www.uwsp.edu/keep
Eligibility
WEEB energy education grants Corporations (nonstock, nonprofit
corporations) registered under chapter 181
of state statutes
Public agencies (counties, cities, villages,
towns, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
districts, school districts, and cooperative educational service agencies)tion and rehabilitation
districts, school districts, and cooperative educational service agencies)
State agencies, tribal governments, public
colleges, and universities
Private nonprofit colleges and universities �
if the school is not pervasively sectarian, including the
absence of sectarian
entrance and graduation requirements
Private pre-school, elementary and secondary schools �provided that a corporation or public agency
applies for funds on their behalf and they meet the following
four criteria:
- Grant funds may not be used for religious activity or instruction.
- Any materials purchased under the grant shall be nonsectarian in nature and content and may not
be used for religious activity or instruction.
- Title to and administrative control of any capital goods
purchased shall remain with the corporation or public agency.
However, as long as the environmental education program remains in effect and meets criterion 2, the capital goods
may be located in the private school facility.
- Grant funds may not be used to pay a private school instructor's base salary. Grant funds may only be used to
supplement a private school instructor's contractual salary.
Energy education grant funds are restricted to organizations within the Focus on
Energy territory. All members of the target audience must
reside within the Focus on Energy territory. Email
energy@uwsp.edu or call (715) 346-4651 to determine
eligibility.
If you have an energy
education related project proposal and the administering
organization and/or target audience members are not in Focus on
Energy territory, please apply for funds within the general environmental education program of WEEB.
Guidelines for the general environmental education
program may be found within the �General Grant Program
Application� materials. Do not apply within the �Broad Energy Education�
category unless the organization and target audience members are located within Focus
on Energy territory.
Previous grant recipients
must have submitted all reports to be awarded funds from the 2008-2009 grant cycle.
Contact the WEEB office if uncertain whether this
criterion has been met.
Sub Categories and Amounts Available
| Category |
Amount Available |
Maximum Award/Proposal |
| Residential Building Science |
~approximately $25,000 |
$5,000 |
| School Building |
~approximately $25,000 |
$5,000 |
| Family and Consumer Education |
~approximately $25,000 |
$5,000 |
| Broad Energy Education |
~approximately $10,000 |
$2,000 |
For all energy education grant categories the "capital
expenditure" limit is a maximum of 75% of WEEB grant funds
requested. Please see "Preparing the Budget Summary" link below
for a definition of "capital expenditure".
How to Apply
The free Adobe� Acrobat Reader� is needed to view and print portable
document format (PDF) files.
Download Free.
To apply for an energy education grant
use the link above (pdf file) to download the application
directions. The direction booklet does contain blank "print and
type" application forms. However, for "electronic fill-in" forms
use the links below. Submit the original and 5 copies (6 sets
total) of the following:
- WEEB Cover Page (see
Preparing the Cover Page)
- WEEB
Consortium Verification (if required, see
Preparing the
Consortium Verification Page)
- WEEB Budget Summary (see
Preparing the Budget Summary)
- Map or diagram page (optional, limited to 1 side of 1 sheet)
- Narrative
describing project (limited to one side of one sheet of 8
1/2" x 11" paper,
minimum of 10 pt font, 1" margins)
The narrative should include:
- How project is tied to one or more fundamental tenets of
environmental education
- How project is tied to an EE2010 goal
- Who will benefit
- How they will benefit
- What you intend to do to bring about this benefit
- Timeline
- How you will determine the impact
- Qualifications
of staff person(s)
For more information about the narrative see
Preparing the Narrative or the application directions.
To avoid disqualification and receive
full consideration, make sure the minimum criteria for funding
summarized in the
Quality Assurance Checklist
are met.
Absence of any
starred and bolded item will cause the proposal to be
disqualified.
Grant writers
may also wish to have someone who is unfamiliar with the
proposal use the
technical review form (jump
to technical form in Word.doc format) and merit review form
(jump
to merit form in Word.doc format)
to evaluate the strengths and
weaknesses of the proposal. Note this review form is from a
prior year, and may not correspond directly with this year's
requirements. Project directors are responsible for meeting the
2008-2009 requirements for funding.
Mail materials by February 15, 2008 to:
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board
110B
College of Natural Resources
UW-Stevens Point
800 Reserve Street
Stevens Point WI 54481
Samples
Samples are provided as an aide to those writing proposals and are not meant to restrict your vision of possible projects. For more examples of energy projects that
have been funded in the past, please refer to the grant recipient database
|
