Funding Opportunity: Empowering the Next Generation of Community Resilience Leaders
The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking proposals for youth leadership training programs that equip youth (ages 15-24) with the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to build resilience to climate hazards and associated disasters. The GRP will accept proposals from academic institutions and nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status based in GRP's geographic region (the coastal Gulf of Mexico regions of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas; and the coastal region of the Gulf of Alaska). A total of $2M is available for this funding opportunity, with a maximum request of $500,000.
Download the RFA here.
Not accepting applications
Awarded 2023
Awarded Projects
- Expanding and Diversifying Youth Climate Resilience Opportunities in Coastal Mississippi
- Florida Resilience Corps: Training and Engaging Northwest Florida’s Opportunity Youth to Be Resilience Leaders
- Resiliency: Empowering Gulf Coast Youth in the Face of Disasters
- Inspiring Seascapes: Growing climate-resilient youth through science and art expeditions in the Gulf of Alaska
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