The Foundation seeks to contribute to the development, implementation and/or field testing of environmental curricula that meet the mission, goals and requirements below.
Grant Mission:
The mission of our grant program is to support educators in developing and implementing holistic environmental curricula that:
• Integrate field activities and classroom teaching, and
• Incorporate basic ecological principles and problem solving.
Grant Goals:
We have developed our grant program with the following goals:
• To empower and encourage students to become involved in
solving environmental and social problems
• To promote thoughtful and appropriate analysis and
understanding of the natural world
• To train students as informed decision makers through the
emphasis and application of basic ecological principles.
Grant Requirements:
To be awarded a grant, environmental curricula must:
• Show a holistic approach
• Strive to synthesize multiple levels of learning
(facts, concepts, principles)
• Include experiential integrated learning and problem solving
• Be founded on basic scientific principles, including hypothesis
testing and experimental design
• Incorporate basic ecological principles and field environmental
activities within a primary or secondary school setting
• Present controversial issues objectively, stressing the
development of individual student opinions
Grant Eligibility:
Any organization is eligible to apply, including schools, non-profits, governmental agencies and others.
• The only criterion is that we are required to provide funds to an
organization, not to an individual. If you are self-employed, you
need to find a sponsoring organization.
• We fund organizations across the globe, for example in
Tanzania, Kenya, Guatemala, Chile and Bangladesh.
For more information, please refer to sections on grant writing and how to apply for a grant.
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