Office of Education grants

The Office of Education supports formal, informal and non-formal education projects and programs through competitively awarded grants and cooperative agreements to a variety of educational institutions and organizations in the United States.

Four students reach their hands into a touch tank of marine intertidal organisms. — Students in Golden Gate learn about marine creatures in the lab through NatureBridge, a NOAA Environmental Literacy Grantee. (Courtesy of NatureBridge)
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Environmental Literacy Program ❯

NOAA’s Environmental Literacy Program provides grants and in-kind support for programs that educate and inspire people to use Earth systems science to improve ecosystem stewardship and increase resilience to environmental hazards. We build capacity for institutions and networks to advance NOAA’s mission through formal (K-12) and informal education at national, regional, and local levels.

Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) ❯

NOAA's B-WET program funds locally relevant, authentic experiential learning for K-12 audiences through Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs). MWEEs are multistage activities that include learning both outdoors and in the classroom and aim to increase understanding and stewardship of watersheds and related ocean, coastal, riverine, estuarine, and Great Lakes ecosystems.

Educational Partnership Program Cooperative Science Centers ❯

NOAA's Educational Partnership Program established four Cooperative Science Centers at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to advance collaborative research in the NOAA-mission sciences. The first four Cooperative Science Centers were established in 2001 and the fifth Center in 2006.