Provide for Residential Environmental Education for Middle School

Agency: National Park Service

15.406 -- National Park Service Centennial Challenge

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The objective of this Agreement is to provide more than 1,500 students and their teachers the opportunity to live and learn in a national park for three days during the school week each fall and spring.This is a robust youth engagement program, designed and delivered in partnership with Prince Williams Forest Park, which overcomes the capacity and delivery constraints of the NPS. Nature Bridge will:...

1. Deliver overnight, multi-day, curriculum-based environmental science education programs in Prince William Forest Park for students in grades 4 – 12, with an instructor ratio of approximately 1 instructor per 15 students. These programs will include:

Recruit, select, hire, train, and manage environmental educators who are knowledgeable in education and interpretation techniques. Educators will be Wilderness First Responders or First aid certified.
Program content will include the study of the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed found in the Mid-Atlantic region including geology, plant, creek, forest, and animal ecology.

Students participating in overnight programs will receive program-related equipment from NatureBridge when necessary and/or appropriate. Programs may include pre- and post-trip classroom visits to students participating in NatureBridge programs.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS- This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service's intention to continue financial assistance for the following project activities. Nature Bridge.-THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Grantor contact information

Description

LaQuita Palmer Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-619-7082

Email

This is a Notice of Intent ONLY

laquita_palmer@nps.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
Nature_Bridge_Notice_of_Intent_To_Award_2.9.2018_-_DOI_Priorities.pdf	P18AS00200	May 2, 2018 08:33 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: June 11, 2018

Application process

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Award

$85,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

Award Minimum

$85,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

NPS-NOIP18AS00200

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Employment labor and training

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

May 2, 2018

Archive date:

June 11, 2018