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The
Sarasota Bay Estuary Program currently has three funding opportunities
for community projects that further the restoration goals established
in our Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP).
Funding for Bay-Friendly Projects
The Funding for Bay-Friendly Projects awards up to $2000 for
projects that promote environmental education, awareness and
stewardship and improve the overall quality of Sarasota Bay
and its tributaries. Projects that promote Bay-Friendly Landscaping
are also eligible and can be awarded up to $1000 for new landscapes
or redesigns that promote Bay-Friendly practices. Businesses,
non-profit organizations, schools, academic institutions, religious
groups and civic associations located in Sarasota and Manatee
counties within the Sarasota Bay Watershed are eligible. To
download the Funding for Bay-Friendly Projects application for
FY 2008 click here.
PIER Funding for High School and Upper Middle School
Programs
PIER stands for protection, involvement, restoration and education.
The purpose of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program's PIER funding
for high school and upper middle school programs is to provide
funding and technical assistance to environmental education
and research programs that target high school and upper middle
school students in the Sarasota Bay watershed. Groups eligible
for funding include public high schools, private high schools,
public middle schools (grades 7th and 8th), private middle schools
(grades 7th and 8th), home schooled children equivalent to 7th-12th
grades and organizations with environmental education programs
that target the above age groups. The maximum grant award is
$3000 per school/organization per grant cycle and proposed projects
must involve at least 5 students. There is no deadline for PIER
applications, they may be submitted at any time and will be
reviewed and awarded by SBEP staff. Environmental education
or research projects that focus on coastal ecology, marine science,
water quality, stormwater runoff, pollution, wildlife habitat,
invasive species or marine toxins will be considered. All programs
must have both a classroom and field/lab component. This ensures
that student participants receive the background education and
real world/hands-on experience to make their education experience
as beneficial as possible. To learn more about the PIER program
please click on Teachers or Students. To
download a PIER Funding for High School and Upper Middle School
Programs application click here.
Julia Burch
Public Outreach Coordinator
Sarasota Bay Estuary Program |
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