Grant Application
What county, watershed, tribal land, city, or region is your project serving?

Project Contact

Project Payee or Vendor

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Please describe your project in 2-3 sentences, 100 words or less (ex. This project will fund five in-person workshops that will demonstrate the environmental benefits of home composting and water conservation. This will be in partnership with and hosted by the Stone City Women’s Agricultural Group and will serve the Eastern Missouri watershed. The goal of these workshops is to conserve water and improve soil quality while reducing waste.)
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Describe how this project improves climate resilience within your identified community, creates new partnerships, or expands knowledge and awareness of climate change. In 2-3 sentences, 100 words or less.
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a) Indicate if this project involves tribal communities, women landowners, or both. b) List project partners, such as individual community members or organizations; indicate whether they are established or new collaborators. Projects that foster new partnerships will be prioritized. c) Please provide a quote of encouragement from a partner who supports your project. 200 words or less.
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Describe the project’s approach and goals, including expected outcomes or deliverables, and how it will contribute to climate adaptation or resilience, including both social and environmental outcomes. (For $1,000 Projects, this description need only be about 200 words. For projects up to $10,000, it should be closer to 750 words)
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Describe how this project is, or could be, connected to a partnership between your group and CO-Learn team members. Detail what discussions, activities, and ideas among your group and the CM CO-Learn team have gone into creating this project’s idea and goals. For example, new partners may have only had interactions at a webinar or meeting, but more established partners may describe a growing network of relationships with their organization, community members, CO-Learn team members, and others.
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Timeline of your project

Timelines should begin two months after you submit your application. (ex. you apply on June 15th, please make your project timeline August 15, 2025 – August 15, 2026)
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Budget and justification

Helpful Budget Tips

The funding for these projects comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA guidelines stipulate:

Allowable Expenses:
  • Personnel effort for PI/staff to conduct the project
  • Travel costs associated with data collection, outreach, education, and dissemination
  • Speaker Fees
  • Participant stipends—This cost may be a flat amount per participant and would be provided to cover costs associated with participating in your activity or event. Examples of expenses included in participant stipends are travel costs, childcare, and other related expenses that help to defray costs incurred to participate.
  • Advertisement Costs
  • Indirect costs/F&A is limited to 10% unless the organization has a federally negotiated rate
  • Supplies or equipment up to $5,000. Please contact us to discuss if you require equipment costs greater than $5,000.
Not allowable:
  • Entertainment costs or social activities
  • SWAG or give-away branded materials
  • Honorarium or incentive payments
  • General office supplies (this would be considered an F&A cost)
  • Books or journals
  • Dues, subscriptions, or membership fees
  • Building acquisition, construction costs, capital expenditures for improvements to land
  • Generally, food is NOT an allowed expense. However, there are specific circumstances where food may be allowable, such as part of an organized meeting, workshop, or conference that shares technical or educational information. Including food in your budget may be subject to review by the funding agency, and could delay project approval. Costs must be fully justified and the intent clearly defined. You will be required to provide a tentative agenda as part of your justification, with the finalized agenda provided once available. Food costs for social events will not be covered.
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