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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">December 11, 2013</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EPA Seeks Environmental Education Grant Applications</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WASHINGTON </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently accepting applications for environmental education projects under
the agency’s Environmental Education Grant Program. The program works to engage communities across the country through a wide variety of educational projects that have a lasting impact on people’s health by facilitating environmental stewardship.. Projects
in the past have engaged students in stream monitoring, created sustainable mentoring communities, and provided professional development to teachers on subjects including science, technology, engineering and math.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eligible organizations include local education agencies, colleges or universities, state education or environmental agencies, tribal education agencies, 501(C)(3) nonprofit organizations, and noncommercial educational
broadcasting entities working in education.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This competitive grants program will total $2.77 million. Each of the ten EPA regional offices will award two or three grants and one or two grants will be awarded from EPA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
Each award will be an estimated $75,000 to $200,000. EPA expects to award between 22 and 32 grants nationwide.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about the program and how to apply:
<a href="EPA%20Seeks%20Environmental%20Education%20Grant%20Applications">http://www2.epa.gov/education/environmental-education-ee-grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACTS:</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dale Kemery (news media only)</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:Kemery.dale@epa.gov">Kemery.dale@epa.gov</a></span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">202-564-7839</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">202-564-4355</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Non-media inquiries</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:eegrants@epa.gov">eegrants@epa.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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