2024 NOAA Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program
Posted by Department of Commerce
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — 2024 NOAA Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program — is cataloged under number NOAA-NOS-ONMS-2024-2008196 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 11.429, posted by Department of Commerce. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on November 3, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $30,000 -- $150,000. The agency has projected $900,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on February 29, 2024. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
$30,000 -- $150,000
Close Date
February 29, 2024
Posted
November 3, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$900,000
Instrument
Grant
Description
Every year, the NOAA B-WET program supports environmental education programs for thousands of students and teachers. These programs engage youth in meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEEs) that provide memorable hands-on, experiential learning that are not typically available within traditional classrooms. It also plays a significant role in providing professional development to classroom teachers nationwide that increases their content knowledge, skills, and pedagogical expertise. Lastly, it supports the expansion of environmental literacy in a systemic manner throughout the region, including providing support for state-level capacity building. The K-12 education system is a well-positioned venue for instilling comprehensive knowledge, skills, competencies, and resilience around the most pressing economic, social and environmental issue of today: climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, https://www.ipcc.ch/) and National Climate Assessment (NCA, 2018, https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/), communities in the U.S. are experiencing changes in climate that are resulting in severe storms, flooding, hurricanes, extended drought, change in ocean chemistry and sea level rise, presenting growing challenges to human health and safety, quality of life, and the rate of economic growth. Currently, educational institutions, researchers and policy makers are calling for climate change education that goes beyond knowledge acquisition and formal classroom teaching to efforts that reach audiences of all demographics and incorporate the social, political, economic, and justice elements of climate change. Education has the power to help students develop meaningful personal connections to climate solutions, a sense of personal agency and empowerment, and ultimately impact their behaviors and decision-making in relation to climate change (Kwauk, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unleashing-the-creativity-of-teachers-and-students-tocombat-climate-change-an-opportunity-for-global-leadership/; K12 Climate Action Commission, 2021, https://www.thisisplaneted.org/blog/climate-action-plan-2021). The MWEE educational framework can directly foster climate knowledge, skills, and competencies to address climate change, climate impacts, and the opportunities to contribute to climate solutions in their own communities. Therefore, the B-WET program strongly encourages the purposeful incorporation of education about climate change into programming.
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
U.S. Department of Commerce
Agency Contact
Sarah Waters <br/>Great Lakes B-WET Program Coordinator <br/>Phone: (989) 312-3520 <br/>sarah.a.waters@noaa.gov
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