High School Challenge Grants
Grant money is now available for teachers with at least 3 years of experience who want to integrate more environmental education into their curricula.
Can you meet the challenge?
Grants will be awarded in the following categories:
Cross-Curricular Grants – for a team of 3 or more teachers who want to integrate environmental themes across courses - $10,000 grants are available.
Example: Three teachers team up to deliver an integrated two-year course of study for half the day. Juniors take Environmental Science, U.S. History, and American Literature. Seniors take: Environmental Physiology, American Democracy/Economics, and English/European Literature. All courses are taught using environmental education or ecological concepts as analytical frameworks to integrate the different classes, and the use of place-based experiential field experiences is an essential part of the courses.
Single Course Grants – for teachers in any subject area who want to infuse more environmental content into their coursework - $5,000 grants are available.
Example: A foreign language teacher incorporates environmental education into a thematic unit presented in a second year Spanish course. The course focuses on renewable, sustainable energy as solutions to the environmental problems faced in Latin American countries.
Example: An Environmental Science teacher uses the land across the street from the school to conduct biomonitoring studies of desert ecology, urban heat island effect and air quality. Students also learn about nuclear energy and waste, GIS mapping, and alternative energy.
Apply Now!
Download the High School Challenge application (.doc).
Applications for the 2008 grants are no longer being accepted.
Thank you for your interest.
Eligibility Requirements:
Applications must come from teachers who:
- Teach 9th-12th grades in a U.S. public or private school;
- Have at least three years of teaching experience;
- Apply for one grant category;
- Are not serving as advisors to NEEF.
Download the grant High School Challenge application (.doc).
Applications for the 2008 grants are no longer being accepted.
Thank you for your interest.
Professional Development grants are also available.
Both the challenge grants and the professional development grants are part of Classroom Earth.