2008 NANFA Gerald C. Corcoran Education Grant

The North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA) has created a cash award program to support development and implementation of educational projects featuring native fish ecology and conservation. Thanks to a generous matching grant from the Corcoran family, this program will provide NANFA members with up to $1000 a year for environmental education projects such as:

• Production and distribution of educational materials (print and electronic media)
• Education based aquatic surveys
• Lecturing expenses
• Nature Center exhibits
• School materials and displays
• Field and laboratory supplies
• Teacher training workshops

• Qualifying applicants must be members in good standing of NANFA. Membership dues will be accepted with funding applications, or paid separately.

• Educational projects require creativity and often require considerable verbiage to describe them accurately. Therefore, no maximum length is defined. Applicants are encouraged to be thorough, yet succinct. As a guide, a suitable proposal, including cover sheet, budget, timeline and accompanying information could total approximately 8 pages of double spaced text.

• Proposal format should be as follows:
• Cover sheet with project title and applicant's name, email and postal addresses and telephone number(s).
• Summary statement of proposed project describing its relevancy to NANFA's stated mission.
• Educational objectives.
• Description of specific and generalized target audience(s) including audience size, age/grade level ranges, and other pertinent demographics.
• Detailed description of proposed project including but not limited to: educational format, planned site(s), project lifespan, expected outcomes, and methods of evaluating project success.
• Timeline.
• Itemized budget.

• Include a list of all cooperating individuals and organizations with contact name, email and postal addresses and telephone numbers. Indicate NANFA memberships where applicable and include a one-two sentence statement of each individual's/organization's expected contribution to the project.

• NANFA regional projects will receive priority, based upon the number of members involved. Of course the project must be competitive and well-planned. If the project is proposed as a NANFA regional project, please include a letter of endorsement from the appropriate regional representative(s). If the applicant is a NANFA regional representative, an endorsement can be obtained from a member of the NANFA Board of Directors.

• If funded, recipient will:
• Be required to provide a financial accounting for all funds expended and held financially responsible for any misuse of NANFA funds.
• Be requested to report on the project in one of the following ways:
  • An article to be published in American Currents
  • A presentation at a future NANFA Conference
  • Text and photographs for the NANFA website.

• Recipient is requested to acknowledge NANFA's financial support in any published materials produced with the funds and in any print or electronic media coverage of the project.

• Application deadline for the current funding cycle is 31 March 2008. Award(s) will be announced and funds distributed by 1 June 2008.

Submit 5 copies of the application to:

Sajjad Lateef
600 Park View Dr., Apt. 211
Santa Clara, CA 95054