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EE Grants Program
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The Environmental Education Grants Program supports projects to design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate practices, methods, or techniques related to environmental education and teacher training. As required by the National Environmental Education Act, Sec. 6, this grant program provides financial support for environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about local environmental issues and provide project participants with the skills necessary to make informed decisions and to take responsible actions toward the environment. These grant projects are implemented by schools, universities, state and local government environmental and educational agencies, tribal education agencies, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organizations, and other eligible entities.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
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Approximately 470 applications were received for the EE Local Grants program in FY16. It is anticipated that 33 - 35 awards will be made for EE Local Grants with FY16 funds, and 3 grants will be awarded at headquarters for EE Model Grants with FY16 funds (selected in June 2015 from the pool of applicants received for the 2014/2015 solicitation notice). Approximately 470 applications were received for the EE Local Grants program in FY16. 33 awards were made for EE Local Grants with FY16 funds, and 3 grants were awarded at headquarters for EE Model Grants with FY16 funds (selected in June 2015 from the pool of applicants received for the 2014/2015 solicitation notice).
36 grant awards were made with FY 2017 funds for applications received under the 2016 EE Local Grants solicitation.
37 grant awards are anticipated to be made in 2018 out of 550 applications received. The 2018 grant projects will use agricultural education, community projects, and career development to educate the public about such local environmental issues as those involving air and water quality, chemical safety, food waste and recovery, school and community gardens, and recycling.
36 grant awards were made with FY 2019 funds for applications received under the 2018 EE Local Grants solicitation (under a waiver from the Office of Grants and Debarment, due to the large number of high-quality applications received in FY18). The 2019 grant projects will use agricultural education, community projects, and career development to educate the public about such local environmental issues as those involving air and water quality, chemical safety, food waste and recovery, school and community gardens, and recycling.
35 grant awards were made in 2020 out of 306 applications received. The 2020 grant projects use agricultural education, community projects, and career development to educate the public about such local environmental issues as those involving air and water quality, chemical safety, land revitalization, food waste and recovery, school and community gardens, and recycling. For more information on accomplishments associated with this assistance listing, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/education.
34 grant awards were made in 2021 out of 234 applications received. The 2021 grant projects will use community projects, career development, environmental education capacity building, and environmental justice to educate the public about such local environmental issues as those involving climate change and improving air quality, clean and safe water, and land revitalization and contamination prevention. For additional accomplishments associated with this assistance listing, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/education/grants.
For accomplishments associated with this assistance listing, please visit the following website: https://www.epa.gov/education/grants#awarded.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
