(FOA)-Limited Submission – EPA – 2020 National Environmental Education and Training Program (EPA-OA-EE-20-11); May 29, 2020

 

Purpose:  The purpose of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Environmental Education and Training Program is to provide environmental education training and long-term support to education professionals across the United States to enable them to effectively teach about environmental issues. Long-term support (e.g., the use of national guidelines that discuss what constitutes quality environmental education materials and what a student needs to know about the environment in grades K-12 to become environmentally literate) is as important as the training itself. Environmental education training refers to activities such as classes, on-line courses, workshops, seminars, and conferences which are designed to prepare education professionals to effectively teach about environmental issues. Long-term support refers to activities that support the actual training such as: the development and dissemination of environmental education guidelines; development and implementation of state educator certification programs; and access to information about quality programs and resources.

 

Training and support must:

·         Provide for both formal and non-formal educators (e.g., classroom teachers and faculty at colleges and universities as well as educators in museums, nature centers and other non-formal venues);

·         Occur in both pre-service (e.g., for students and faculty in colleges of education) and in-service settings (e.g., for classroom teachers and other practicing educators); and

·         Reach geographically and culturally diverse audiences across the U.S. to the maximum extent possible.

 

Note: The EPA expects to make one cooperative agreement award.

 

Funding Amount/Project Period: up to$2,175,500 per year for 3 years

 

Cost Share/Matching: 25% of the total project cost 

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: 1 for Center Lead (unlimited as consortium member)

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by March 24, 2020:

 

·         Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;

·         Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;

·         Brief project description (2 pages maximum);

·         Budget, including the potential source of matching funds;

·         Brief biographical sketch

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline:  May 29, 2020