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

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FORMAL EDUCATION

Sea Grant- Industry Fellowship Program

Agency		Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Program Name		National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Program Website		http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/SGDirectors.html
Eligible Applicantes		Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Individuals At the time of application, any prospective student, regardless of citizenship, must be admitted to a MS or PhD degree program at an institution of higher education in the United States or its territories, or submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a MS or PhD degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship.
Budget FY06		300000
Budget FY07
Range of Awards		up to $30,000
Number of Awards
Percent of Applicants Awarded
Cost Sharing Requirements		Matching funds equal to at least 50 percent of the Federal funding must also be provided by the industrial partner to support the budget for the proposed project.
Program Description		The NOAA Environmental Entrepreneurship Program is designed to strengthen the capacity of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to foster student careers, entrepreneurship opportunities and advanced academic degrees in the sciences directly related to NOAA’s mission. The Sciences directly related to NOAA’s mission include: fisheries, coastal, ocean, climate, atmospheric, environmental sciences and remote sensing technology. For the purposes of this program, Environmental Entrepreneurship is defined as a mechanism to provide student training in the application of NOAA sciences for the creation of business opportunities. This is achieved by MSIs establishing partnerships with NOAA, the academic community, and the public and private sector to engage in a compliment of entrepreneurial training and technical skills in environmental sciences that will promote commerce and economic development. The Environmental Entrepreneurship Program is designed to promote careers, job-creation, and business opportunities for students underrepresented in NOAA environmental sciences as demonstrated by statistics from the National Science Foundation. The program is open to all U.S. citizens attending MSIs and partner institutions. Applicant’s may submit proposals to address the program’s priorities. Priorities are categorized as the following: Category I - High School Science Pipeline Projects and Category II - Environmental Demonstration Projects
Contact Info		Ms. Arlene Simpson Porter NOAA Grants Management Division Phone: (301) 713-0926 ext. 152 Email: Arlene.S.Porter@noaa.gov Jewel G. Linzey Program Manager Environmental Entrepreneurship Program Phone: (301) 713-9437 ext. 118 Email: Jewel.Griffin-Linzey@noaa.gov