National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students

Agency: Department of Commerce

11.008 -- NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The goal of this funding opportunity is to expose high school students in the United States and its territories to the excitement of ocean sciences and related fields as well as careers in those fields through an academic competition and related activities. Proposed projects must address at least one of the goals of NOAA’s Education Strategic Plan listed in section I.A.1 and incorporate relevant NOAA assets. To achieve project goals, applicants should partner with NOAA offices and programs; academic institutions; other nonprofit organizations (including free-choice learning venues and nongovernmental organizations); state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States; and other US federal agencies. Although it is expected that the project's focal point will be a tiered academic competition with regional and national-level events involving approximately 2000 students annually, it should also provide additional learning experiences for student participants, their peers, and their teachers, such as internships and field and/or laboratory research experiences. The project should also provide opportunities to connect students with scientists who can serve as mentors and introduce them to STEM careers, particularly in the ocean sciences. Projects must have an evaluation that monitors the quality of the experience for the participants (be they students, teachers, or volunteers) and measures the impact of the program on the participants during the award period. Proposed projects must be between three and five years in duration and have federal requests of $900,000 to $1,900,000 for all years of the project with annual federal requests of no more than $300,000 for Year 1 and $400,000 for all subsequent years. We intend to make one award under this funding announcement and anticipate it will be made by August 1, 2020. Under this scenario, the project funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than August 1, 2020.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, and state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States. For profit organizations, foreign institutions, and foreign organizations are not eligible to apply, but may be project partners. Federal and foreign government agencies are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners, where the cost for proposed partner activities will be taken out of the partners own operating budget. An institution may apply only once through this funding opportunity. An individual may serve only once as a Principal Investigator (PI) through this funding opportunity.

Grantor contact information

Description

You can contact the Environmental Literacy Program grants team at oed.grants@noaa.gov. For further information about the NOAA Office of Education, please visit the office website at http://www.noaa.gov/office-education.

Email

Work email address

sarah.schoedinger@noaa.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
gmd_budget_narrative_guidance_-_05-24-2017_final.pdf	Budget Narrative Guidance	Feb 18, 2020 05:53 PM UTC
NOAA-SEC-OED-2020-2006357_Full_Announcement.pdf	Full Announcement	Feb 19, 2020 03:07 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: May 18, 2020

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$1,900,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$900,000

Award Minimum

$1,900,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

NOAA-SEC-OED-2020-2006357

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Natural resources

Environment

Science technology and other research and development

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

February 18, 2020

Archive date:

May 18, 2020