Grants and Funding Opportunities

The Indonesia-US Youth Leadership Exchange (IULX) offers high school students a practical, hands-on experience in environmental action planning and leadership development. This two-way exchange will focus on community activism to address local and regional environmental issues in the U.S. and Indonesia.The IULX initiative highlights young people as our future leaders and as valuable contributors to their communities.

HP and DoSomething.org know you have what it takes to protect the environment and fight climate change. Green your school this spring and you could win great prizes.

Here's how:

1. Find your school and register to get involved and see who else is participating.

Members of the environmental community and Green Giant are recognizing individuals making a giant difference in communities across the country.  The Green Giant Awards program celebrates and rewards smart environmental initiatives in four categories: green civic leader, green entrepeneur, green local organizer and green parent.

The competition is open to young people around the world aged between 13 and 16 years.  Teams must consist of between two to five young people with one adult as supervisor.  Projects can focus on any environmental subject that young people have found interesting and will be published on the Volvo Adventure website, where the best projects are selected for the international final - an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden.
 

The 2011 Thacher Environmental Research Contest, sponsored by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, challenges high school students (grades 9-12) to conduct innovative research on our changing planet using the latest geospatial tools and data, which in recent years have become increasingly accessible to the public.

The Mountaineers Foundation promotes the study of the mountains, forests and streams of the Pacific Northwest, and contributes to preserving its natural beauty and ecological integrity. They fund modest, short-term projects consistent with those purposes, with a maximum grant normally at $5000.

The Echoing Green Fellowship is a two-year program that provides start-up capital and technical assistance to help new leaders launch their organizations and build capacity.  It offers a grant of $60,000 for individuals ($90,000 for 2-person partnerships) paid in four equal installments over two years.

The Captain Planet Foundation funds and supports hands-on environmental projects for children and youth. The objective is to encourage innovative programs that empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Grants will be awarded to educators working with youth form the ages of 6-18.

The Chesapeake Bay Trust EE Grant Program awards funding to enhance Bay education programs and build green schoolyard projects that serve as models for schools across the state. Applicants can request funds in three different tracks: