Deadline: 13 September 2015
The Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation is seeking proposals for its Environmental Curricula Grants in order 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.
Goals of Grant Programme
- 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 Criteria
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
Eligibility Criteria
- Any organization is eligible to apply, schools, non-profits, governmental agencies and others. The only criterion is that the foundation can only provide funds to an organization not to an individual. If applicants are self-employed, they need to find a sponsoring organization.
- The foundation funds organizations across the globe, for example in Kenya, Guatemala, Chile and Bangladesh.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their proposals via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Environmental Curricula Grants.
