Environmental Education Grants

About the Grants:
PPL Montana continues to look for new ways to partner with school districts in the communities where we live and work. Through our PPL Project Earth program, students across the nation are learning more about the environment and how to protect precious resources for the future.

With our competitive environmental education grants, schoolteachers can receive up to $1,500 in funding for school projects that focus on issues like watersheds and wetlands, air quality, renewable and non-renewable resources, energy conservation and the greening of schools. These are just a few of the topics that teachers can choose for their application.

Eligibility:
All Montana schools are eligible. 

A school may partner with an organization, association or business, but the school must submit the application and must have prime responsibility for the project.

Projects:

Grants are available for projects that enhance established classroom curricula and academic standards, or support extracurricular activities of school organizations and clubs.

What the grants cover:

• Materials
• Planning time for educators
• Field trip opportunities
• Substitute teachers' costs
• Transportation costs
• Project presentation costs such as slides, transparencies or display materials. Students will be asked to make a presentation to PPL business leaders about their project and its results.

How to apply:

Proposals should be no longer than 1,000 words and must include a description of the project, grade level, number of students involved, proposed budget and how the project's results will be evaluated. Only one application per teacher please.

All applications will begin Nov. 10, 2008 until Jan. 15, 2009. Winners will be announced at the end of February 2009. Projects should be completed by the end of the school year.

Judging:
A committee made up of PPL Montana managers, environmental professionals and educators review the applications and select schools to be funded.

Click below to see a list of the past recipients and their projects.

2007 recipients
2006 recipients
2005 recipients