[STEM-funding] US EPA Environmental Education Sub-Grants; NASA Supplemental Education awards

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) US EPA Environmental Education Sub-Grants:* The EPA has announced its
second round of Environmental Education Sub-Grants (
http://www.epa.gov/education/grants.html). From the RFP:

EPA expects to provide financial support...for the development and
implementation of innovative projects whose primary focus is to make and
manage sub-awards to organizations, other than their own, to design,
demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods,
and/or techniques as described in this RFP.  Proposals should provide
information about how they will make sub-awards that educate diverse
populations on environmental issues that especially affect their local
communities, including but not limited to minority, low income and tribal
communities.

The amount available for each successful applicant under this program is
approximately $150,000.  Each regional recipient will be required to use
exactly $92,273.50 of this amount for a minimum of 19 sub-awards of up to
$5,000 each to entities that would qualify as “eligible applicants” as
defined in Section III(A).

The EPA expects to award one grant for approximately $150,000 in each of
EPA’s ten Regions. There is a required 25% cost share. Applications are due
November 8. Informational conference calls are scheduled for Sept. 22
(3:30pm), Sept. 27 (2:00pm), and Sept. 30 (12.00pm)

*2) NASA Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES Investigators:* PIs of
current research awards from NASA's Research Opportunities in Space and
Earth Sciences (ROSES) program are eligible to apply to supplemental funding
for education projects (
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={452470B9-EE8D-B52F-F041-9C661793EC33}&path=open).
>From the solicitation:

Efforts promoting participation of underrepresented groups in Earth and
space science studies at all levels of education and strengthening such
learning in minority serving institutions are encouraged. Of particular
interest are efforts that provide K-12 and community college educators with
research-intensive experiences on NASA Earth or Space Science projects. A
supplemental project activity may not include student research support at
the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels – such support is
either already a part of the parent research award or is available through
other competitive opportunities.

The scope of supplemental Education awards includes all aspects of
elementary/secondary and informal education and limited aspects of higher
education. A higher education project activity may address undergraduate
programs to enhance the science literacy of nonscientists and future K-12
teachers; increase the participation of minorities and other underutilized
groups (e.g., women) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics;
or offer expanded opportunities for engagement of undergraduates in group
projects that model SMD mission experiences in the application of
scientific, engineering, or technical expertise.

PIs may be funded up to $15,000/year. The current solicitation does not yet
list the next funding cycle: letter of intent due Feb 8, 2012, and full
proposals are due Mar 2, 2012.


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Christopher Andersen
Director, STEM Initiatives
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
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