Welcome to the eeBLUE 21st CCLC Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant: Foundations Pathway!
This pathway is intended for organizations seeking to develop capacity in out-of-school time environmental education and create new partnerships with 21stCCLC sites. Applicants to this pathway must demonstrate past experience implementing MWEEs in formal K-12 education as a B-WET grantee or partner. Experience working in out-of-school time is preferred but not required.
About the eeBLUE Grants
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is pleased to offer an opportunity for your organization to apply for a Watershed STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Education Partnership grant. Through the Watershed STEM Education Partnership grant program, NAAEE supports the mutual STEM education goals of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED). These grants will provide Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) access to authentic STEM experiences that use NOAA's unique education mission as a context for engagement.
U.S. ED’s 21st CCLC program provides academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students, particularly those who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and STEM; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and provides literacy support and other educational services to the families of participating children.
The Watershed STEM Education Partnership grants will support access to academic enrichment experiences for program participants at 21st CCLC program sites. The total portfolio of funded projects is anticipated to reach a minimum of 40 21st CCLC sites, primarily in geographic areas served by the NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program [see Appendix 1]. Grant activities will focus on delivering essential elements of NOAA B-WET’s Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, or MWEEs, to the audiences served by the 21st CCLC program. The MWEE is the core B-WET program experience based on research, evaluation results, and lessons learned from over a decade of program implementation. See details below.
In managing a grant program focused on building partnerships, NAAEE is pleased to work with partners at the NOAA Office of Education and U.S. ED to support a wide range of opportunities in outreach and education through the Watershed STEM Education Partnership grants program. NAAEE is interested in leveraging NOAA and 21st CCLC resources to increase participants’ understanding and stewardship of local watersheds and related ecosystems. NAAEE is also interested in forging lasting collaborations between environmental education providers and 21st CCLC sites to achieve greater impacts at several levels by:
- bringing environmental education programming to 21st CCLC students during non-school hours,
- building the capacity of environmental education providers to offer high-quality programming in out-of-school settings and
- helping 21st CCLC sites build a culture that values investigation, exploration, and authentic place-based learning as a context for improving student learning and achievement.
Applicant Webinar
Register here for our applicant webinar on Wednesday, January 31st, at 3:00 PM US Eastern Time (time converter). The webinar will go through the application and share guidance for grantee success. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the program webpage shortly after the event.
Contact
For questions that cannot be answered through this request for proposals, the informational webinar, or the FAQs, please contact The eeBLUE Team at eeBLUE@naaee.org or T’Noya Thompson at (281) 785-0995
If you experience any technical issues, please contact Submittable here.
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Welcome to the eeBLUE 21st CCLC Watershed STEM Education Partnership Grant: Extensions Pathway!
This opportunity is open to past recipients of Watershed STEM grants; this pathway is intended for organizations that want to build on existing work and established partnerships. Applicants should describe how the proposed project will leverage prior work and lessons learned to expand or further develop activities with 21stCCLC site partners.
About the eeBLUE Grants
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is pleased to offer an opportunity for your organization to apply for a Watershed STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Education Partnership grant. Through the Watershed STEM Education Partnership grant program, NAAEE supports the mutual STEM education goals of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED). These grants will provide Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) access to authentic STEM experiences that use NOAA's unique education mission as a context for engagement.
U.S. ED’s 21st CCLC program provides academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students, particularly those who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and STEM; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and provides literacy support and other educational services to the families of participating children.
The Watershed STEM Education Partnership grants will support access to academic enrichment experiences for program participants at 21st CCLC program sites. The total portfolio of funded projects is anticipated to reach a minimum of 40 21st CCLC sites, primarily in geographic areas served by the NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program [see Appendix 1]. Grant activities will focus on delivering essential elements of NOAA B-WET’s Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, or MWEEs, to the audiences served by the 21st CCLC program. The MWEE is the core B-WET program experience based on research, evaluation results, and lessons learned from over a decade of program implementation. See details below.
In managing a grant program focused on building partnerships, NAAEE is pleased to work with partners at the NOAA Office of Education and U.S. ED to support a wide range of opportunities in outreach and education through the Watershed STEM Education Partnership grants program. NAAEE is interested in leveraging NOAA and 21st CCLC resources to increase participants’ understanding and stewardship of local watersheds and related ecosystems. NAAEE is also interested in forging lasting collaborations between environmental education providers and 21st CCLC sites to achieve greater impacts at several levels by:
- bringing environmental education programming to 21st CCLC students during non-school hours,
- building the capacity of environmental education providers to offer high-quality programming in out-of-school settings and
- helping 21st CCLC sites build a culture that values investigation, exploration, and authentic place-based learning as a context for improving student learning and achievement.
Applicant Webinar
Register here for our applicant webinar on Wednesday, January 31st, at 3:00 PM US Eastern Time (time converter). The webinar will go through the application and share guidance for grantee success. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the program webpage shortly after the event.
Contact
For questions that cannot be answered through this request for proposals, the informational webinar, or the FAQs, please contact The eeBLUE Team at eeBLUE@naaee.org or T'Noya Thompson at (281) 785-0995
If you experience any technical issues, please contact Submittable here.
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About Submitting Through Submittable
You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your online application below.
- You can save a draft of your work if you would like to finish filling out the form at a later date.
- If you need to make a change to your application after you've submitted it, please request to edit the submission.
- Our platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. Please make sure you are using a supported browser.
- You can download Firefox by following the instructions linked here.
- You can download Chrome by following the instructions linked here.
- We will follow-up with you about your submission by email. Please be sure to unblock notification emails from Submittable and check the email you used to sign up for your Submittable Account regularly.
- Check out the Submitter Resource Center or reach out to Submittable's Customer Support team with any technical questions here.
NAAEE is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all. We believe that diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, national origin, age, and the many characteristics that make us different, are also what will lead us to more innovative and creative solutions.
If you are an individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to apply for this challenge on this site due to your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting us at estem@naaee.org.