<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:13px;line-height:15px;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">New Funding Opportunity from NOAA's Office of Education</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:13px;line-height:15px;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">NOAA’s Office of Education (OEd) has issued a request for applications for projects designed to </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">strengthen the public’s and/or K-12 students’ environmental literacy to improve community resilience to extreme weather events and environmental changes. Successful projects will advance NOAA’s mission and </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">build the environmental literacy </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">necessary for community resilience by focusing on geographic awareness and an understanding of Earth systems and the threats and vulnerabilities that are associated with a community’s location. Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education; other nonprofits, including informal education institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums; K-12 public and independent schools and school systems; and state, local and Indian tribal governments in the United States.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Proposed projects should be between two and five years in duration and have total budget requests of $250,000 to $500,000 for all years of the project. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Deadline</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">The deadline for applications to this funding opportunity is </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">11:59:59 pm EDT on April 13, 2015</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Applications must be submitted online via </span><a href="http://www.grants.gov/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">www.grants.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">. It is anticipated that awards under this announcement will be made by September 30, 2015 and that the projects funded under this announcement will have a start date no earlier than October 1, 2015.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Informational Webinar</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Two informational webinars with the program officers will occur on March 9, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EDT and March 10, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm EDT</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">. NOTE: the same content will be presented in both webinars. </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">By </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">12:00 PM EST on March 6, 2015</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, interested applicants should register for one of the webinars by emailing </span><a href="mailto:oed.grants@noaa.gov" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">oed.grants@noaa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">. I</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">nclude in the Subject line of the email: "Register for ELG15 FFO Webinar" and in the body of the email, provide the interested party's name(s), institution, telephone number, and email address </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">and indicate the preferred webinar date. An email response from </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><a href="mailto:oed.grants@noaa.gov" target="_blank" class="">oed.grants@noaa.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> will be sent with the login information and date for the webinar. Whenever possible, individuals from the same institution should try to join the webinar from the same computer/phone line.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Additional Information</span></div><br class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">To read the full funding announcement, visit </span><a href="http://www.grants.gov/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">www.grants.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Open Sans';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> (search under CFDA 11.008).</span></span><span style="font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:13px;line-height:15px;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div>
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</div><br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small" class="">Colleen Coogan</font><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><div style="display:inline" class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Stakeholder and Engagement Division; Education and BWET contact</font></div></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Gloucester, MA</font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">website: <a href="http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/BWET/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/BWET/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/noaabwet" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/noaabwet</a></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">978 281-9181</div><br class=""></div></div>
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