Submit Applications for YLACES Grant Program

Deadline Date: February 28, 2025

Donor Name: Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists

Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000

https://www.ylaces.org

What prevents you and your students from conducting environmental research? Is it access to scientific measurement equipment, transportation for field work, substitute teachers, or mentoring? Let Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists help you overcome barriers to students progressing from taking environmental observations to doing environmental research.

Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES) offers grants to equip the rising generation with scientific thinking ability.

Grants range from equipment and supplies for taking environmental measurements to recognition and support for students presenting their research projects and working for pervasive inclusion of student research projects in science teaching.

Funding Information

• Educators in the US may apply for grants of up to $1,500 for instruments and supplies to facilitate youth environmental research and data collection.
• US environmental educators and organizations may apply for grants of up to $5,000 for local student research symposia (SRS).
• YLACES will award up to seven SRS grants in 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• US Educators:
  • Student participants are expected to produce research projects and share data through publicly available (or non-proprietary) data-sharing platforms. Environmental research is required for this grant and must be explained in the grant application. Grantees must commit to coaching students in conducting research projects and sharing their observations and reports.
  • The local SRS supported by YLACES is to be based on the GLOBE regional SRS model but instead should be one-day events with student participants drawn from a school, school district(s), a locale, or a small region. During the SRS, there should be peer-to-peer reviews and the opportunity for students to talk with STEM professionals about their research. 
• International Educators:
  • International environmental educators or organizations may submit grant proposals for instruments and supplies to facilitate youth environmental research and data collection with the endorsement from the GLOBE Program in their country.

Ineligibility Criteria

• YLACES grants do not fund computers or staff time.

For more information, visit YLACES.