[STEM-funding] EPA EE Regional Model Grants; EPA STAR; EPA GRO

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) EPA Environmental Education Regional Model Grants:* The US
Environmental Protection Agency has released the solicitation for the 2012
EE Regional Model Grants program (
http://www.epa.gov/education/grants/index.html). Applications must address
at least one EPA educational priority:

   1. *Community Projects:* Addressing environmental stewardship in a local
   formal or informal educational context in rural, suburban and urban
   settings, and using outdoor, place-based, experiential, service learning
   and/or community-focused stewardship activities as the primary teaching
   tool(s).
   2. *Human Health and the Environment:* Educating students of any age
   group, from the very young through the elderly, and training their
   educators or community leaders on how to teach, in formal and non-formal
   settings, in the outdoors and in classrooms, about human health threats
   from environmental pollution and how to minimize human exposure to preserve
   good health.
   3. *Career Development:* Educating students of any age group, from the
   very young through the elderly, and training their educators or community
   leaders on how to teach, in formal and non-formal settings, about
   environmental issues, solutions and stewardship for the purpose of
   encouraging interest in careers in environmental fields.

Applications also must address at least one EPA environmental priority:

   1. *Protecting Air Quality* – These efforts help protect the health of
   all Americans and the ecosystems we depend on by preventing pollution and
   increasing energy efficiency, improving indoor and outdoor air quality,
   reducing industrial air pollution and pollution from vehicles and engines,
   protecting the stratospheric ozone layer, reducing acid rain, and
   addressing climate change.  See more information at
   http://www.epa.gov/air/.
   2. *Assuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution* – These
   efforts protect all Americans and the environment from potential risks from
   pesticides and toxic chemicals and prevent pollution before it begins.  See
   more information at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/ocspp.html.
   3. *Cleaning Up Our Communities* – These efforts provide guidelines for
   safe and environmentally-friendly practices in waste management and support
   the redevelopment and reuse of potentially contaminated sites. See more
   information at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/oswer.html.
   4. *Protecting America’s Waters* – These efforts ensure that drinking
   water is safe, and restores and maintains oceans, watersheds, and their
   aquatic ecosystems to protect human health, support economic and
   recreational activities, and provide healthy habitat for fish, plants, and
   wildlife. See more information at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/ow.html.

Budgets may be up to $216,000 over 1-2 years and must include 25% in
non-federal matching funds. Applications are due November 21. Two
webinars/conference calls for prospective applicants will be held but have
not yet been scheduled.

2) The EPA is expected to release the solicitations for the 2013 *Science
To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study* and
*Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate
Environmental Study* within the next 30 days (
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/#CurrentFellow). In the past, applications to these
programs have been due in early November (STAR) and mid-December (GRO).

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Christopher Andersen
Director, STEM Initiatives
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
186 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1335 USA
andersen.18 at osu.edu
http://stemoutreach.osu.edu/

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