Fiscal Year 2015 NOAA Gulf of Mexico Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program

 

The National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Region (Fisheries Southeast Regional Office) is seeking proposals under the Gulf of Mexico B-WET Program. The Gulf of Mexico B-WET program is an environmental education program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-12 environment. Funded projects provide Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for students, related professional development for teachers, and help to support regional education and environmental priorities in the Gulf of Mexico. This program addresses NOAA's Long-Term Goal of "Healthy Oceans: Marine fisheries, habitats, and biodiversity are sustained within healthy and productive ecosystems" and "NOAA's Engagement Enterprise Objective for An engaged and educated public with an improved capacity to make scientifically informed environmental decisions".

Deleted 11/23/2014 (Archived.) NOAA-NMFS-SE-2015-2004209 Agency: Department of Commerce Cooperative Agreement, Grant 6 Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, state or local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 10/24/2014 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Amy Clark; Gulf of Mexico B-WET Program Manager; Telephone: 228-688-1520 Amy.Clark@noaa.gov $700,000.00 Awards up to $100,000.00