FY2021-FY2022 NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (New England B-WET) Program

Funding Opportunity Description: NOAA’s Bay Watershed Education and Training Program (B-WET) is an environmental education program that promotes place-based, locally relevant, experiential learning for kindergarten through grade 12 students and their classroom teachers and educators. Its signature methodology is Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs), which include multi-stage activities, in the classroom and outdoors, to increase environmental literacy of all participants. This Notice of Funding Opportunity addresses the unique need for innovative strategies to support K-12 outdoor environmental education within the context of a global pandemic and constrained educational resources.

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Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent schools and school systems; institutions of higher education; community-based and non-profit organizations; state, county, local, or Indian tribal government agencies; and regional organizations.Priority 2 is available only to previous (prior to FY2017) New England B-WET grantees. Eligible applicants must be organizations that have received awards or were formally recognized partners (i.e. identified by either a sub-award or letter of commitment or both) for projects funded under the FY2008-FY2014 Funding Opportunities from this program, listed below:SEC-OED-2008-2001368SEC-OED-2009-2001648NOAA-NMFS-NERO-2010-2001868NOAA-NMFS-NERO-2011-2002569NOAA-NMFS-NERO-2013-2003467NOAA-NMFS-GARFO-2014-2004167Individuals, federal agencies, for-profit organizations, foreign organizations, and foreign public entities are NOT eligible to apply. Federal employees can serve as uncompensated partners in a project. If you wish to partner with a NOAA employee, in your application you must provide a written agreement documenting the participation, including details of the NOAA employee’s involvement, signed by their supervisor. While applicants do not need to be located in New England, the work proposed must occur within this geographical region.The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is committed to broadening the participation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas. New England B-WET encourages applications from, or applications involving, any of the above categories of institutions. Information on minority-serving institutions and the demographics of K-12 schools can be found at:https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html

Deirdre Kimball, New England B-ET Federal Program Manager by telephone at 978-281-9290 or by email at Deirdre.kimball@noaa.gov. You may also direct questions about NOAA’s Office of Education and its B-WET Program and this Announcement to Bronwen Rice, B-WET National Coordinator, at bronwen.rice@noaa.gov or by telephone at 202-482-6797.