BLM CA CESU California Youth Summits

Funding Opportunity Number: L15AS00202 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.225Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Sep 01, 2015Award Ceiling: $450,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 01, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: For the past three years, the Bureau of Land Management California State Office has sponsored four Youth Summits for young adults working or interested in natural resource management or closely related field. These summits involved BLM-California working collaboratively with governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, youth organizations and other partners to strengthen and expand opportunities for young people and their instructors. The Youth Summits focused on possible careers with the BLM or other land management agencies. The recipient will assist BLM-California on ways the agency can strengthen and expand its partnerships with conservation organizations serving young people and academic institutions that utilize the Educate, Engage and Employ goals of the BLM-Washington Youth Strategy. In addition, Secretary Sally Jewell has launched an ambitious initiative to inspire millions of young people to play, learn, serve and work outdoors. For the health of the U.S. economy and our nationâ¿¿s public lands,...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding