Grants and Awards

Student Grants from Planet Connect

• Awarded to high school students with creative ideas to fix an environmental problem in their school or community.
  • $1,000 grants to implement the project and participate in a local environmental internship.
  • Sponsored by NBC Universal and The Weather Channel.
  • Read about the 2010 grant winners

Public Lands Program Capacity Building Grants

• Awarded to “Friends Of” groups to help build their capacity to serve their public land, and to better connect local communities with the land.
  • $1,000 grants for ten groups to strengthen their organizational effectiveness.
  • Sponsored by Toyota Motorsales USA Inc.
  • Read about the current grantees

Richard C. Bartlett Award for Environmental Education

• Awarded to a high school teacher who best represents Richard C. Bartlett’s passion for and leadership in environmental education.
  • $5,000 annual award ($15,000 awarded to three teachers since 2007)
  • Sponsored by Baxter Healthcare
  • Read about the 2010 Bartlett Award winner

Classroom Earth High School Challenge Grants

• Single Course Grants provide funding for one teacher to include environmental themes in their core curricula.
  • Learn about the 2010 winners

• Multi Course Grants are two-year grants that offer funding to teams of at least three teachers to incorporate environmental themes across their interdisciplinary subjects.
  • Learn about the 2008 winners

Health and Environment Faculty Champion Grants

• Pediatric Asthma Faculty Champions receive a grant to train other medical faculty, nurses and residents about the environmental triggers of pediatric asthma
  • $150,000 granted over three years to six Faculty Champions who have trained 3,256 health care providers
  • Sponsored by the EPA Indoor Environments Division

Earth Gauge Content Provider Grants

• Provides funds to partners to develop Earth Gauge® content that adds to our collection of regional factoids and action tips.
  • $15,000 granted ($2,500 each) in 2009.

By Invitation Only

Department of Defense Legacy Awards

• Awarded to military lands open to the public for recreation
  • Over $1 million awarded since 1999
  • $171,594 awarded in 2009 to 51 military sites in 27 states and U.S. territories.
  • Sponsored by the Department of Defense