Directory of Federal Grant-making
Programs for Environmentally-related Education

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FORMAL EDUCATION

NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), Environmental Entrepreneurship Program (EEP)

Agency		Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Program Name		NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), Environmental Entrepreneurship Program (EEP)
Program Website		http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Egrants/appkit.html
Eligible Applicantes		1. Historically Black Colleges and Universities 2. Hispanic-Serving Institutions 3. Tribal Colleges and Universities 4. Alaska Nature and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions :United States Department of Education Accredited Post-Secondary Minority Institutions (at the date of publication of this notice)
Budget FY06		$6,000,000
Budget FY07
Range of Awards		up to $500,000
Number of Awards
Percent of Applicants Awarded
Cost Sharing Requirements		No
Program Description		Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support Examples of past grants: -SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF FOOD, FIBER AND RELATED PRODUCTS: DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED SET OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES; -VIRTUAL EDUCATION CENTER FOR BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES: BUILDING CAPACITY AND HUMANIZING DISTANCE EDUCATION; - BIG CITY, BIG COUNTRY ROAD SHOW: RECRUITING NON-TRADITIONAL AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS INTO THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES WORKFORCE
Contact Info		Gregory Smith National Program Leader United States Department of Agriculture Science and Education Resources Development Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 2201 Washington, DC 20250-2201 Phone: 202-720-2067 Email: gsmith@csrees.usda.gov