Mid Atlantic Marine Education Association
Educational Project Grant Guidelines
Grant Program Purpose: The MAMEA Educational Project grant program provides funding to classroom
teachers and other educators for marine and aquatic education projects.
Two $1,000 grants will be available annually. One for formal educators (classrooms, K-16) and one for informal educators (museum, aquarium, zoo, science center, government agency staff). Projects must focus on marine or aquatic topics. Applicants are encouraged to plan innovative projects that conform to the program structure outline below.
Eligibility: Any current MAMEA member with at least one year’s membership may
submit one proposal per year. Successful awardees may re-apply every other year.
To Apply: Read the following overview of the grant program to determine if your project is appropriate. Print out the application form, complete and assemble the required support documents. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit electronic documents to the Grants Chair. Be sure they are labeled with your name or initials. If this is not possible, send five copies of your application packet via postal mail.
Program Structure:
Cost sharing (match, in-kind, cooperative funding) is encouraged.
Institutional indirect, overhead costs and personal compensation (other than honoria) can NOT be funded.
Up to 80% of the total amount of the grant may be available to the grantee at the beginning of the grant period. The remaining 20% is issued subject to Board’s acceptance of the final report. Payment will be made to an institution, agency or organization with an established fiscal officer, an individual who will deposit and disperse funds from an audited, non-private account.
Original material produced using this grant support should be available in the public domain and should prominently display credit to MAMEA. Proposals must clearly describe plans for ownership and continued use of project products and equipment purchased through the grant. After the grant period, the grantee may continue to produce and distribute project products at cost.
Project staff should include an advisor from the target user group. The project should also receive input from knowledgeable professional educators and/or scientists other than the applicant).
Application Deadline:
2010 Grant applications are due on September 15, 2010. The funding period is one year
from the award date in October, through September of the following year.
The Grant Application will consist of:
Official, completed printed application form with
all items completed
Project description
Timeline
Evaluation plan
Itemized budget
Future plans
Two letters of support
Supporting materials
The application should not exceed three pages (excluding letters and supporting materials). Letters of support and supporting materials must identify the proposal title and application.
Electronic versions of application documents are preferred. If this is not possible, send four copies of the completed application, with supporting materials, to: Acting MAMEA Grants Committee Chair
Carol Hopper Brill
VIMS
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804-684-7735
E-mail: chopper@vims.edu
Evaluation of Proposals: The Grants Committee evaluates proposals according to the guidelines and merits presented in the Grant Application instructions. The Grants Chair will notify the awardee at the time of Fall MAMEA Conference. The recipient will be announced at the Fall Conference (October of each year).
Obligations of Grantee: Applications must include all requested information in the sequence indicated
on the application form. The application (excluding letters and support materials) should not exceed three pages.
Grantee will submit a final report (electronic format preferred) to both the Grants Committee Chair and MAMEA Treasurer within 90 days of the end of the funding period. The report (no more than five pages, exclusive of news articles and photos) should include the following items:
Project title
Project staff’s names and titles
Description of activities completed and/or copies of materials produced
Audience numbers and description
Evaluated impacts and user comments
Copies of news articles and/or pictures
Plans for project continuation (if applicable)
Final fiscal accounting of expenditures.
Grantee will present a seminar or poster session at a MAMEA conference
(regional or local) and/or submit an article to the Masthead about the
funded activity. The Grants Chair will assist in the promotion of Grantee presentations, as appropriate.
