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.
The on-line template will be available in November once the program is open for applications.
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 accepted online from Nov. 15, 2009 until Jan. 31, 2010. Winners will be announced mid- February 2010. Projects should be completed by the end of the school year.
Apply for the 2010
PPL Project Earth Environmental Education Grants by using our online application form. Please save your proposal as a document, then paste the information into the online form. This is a safeguard in case your proposal is not received properly. You can use this template to put your proposal together.