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Environmental Entrepreneurship Program (EEP)
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High School Pipeline and Environmental Demonstration Projects
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The Environmental Entrepreneurship Program (EEP) provides funding to eligible Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) on a competitive basis to provide students with training in the application of NOAA sciences in order to foster economic development opportunities. EEP facilitates partnerships among MSIs; various NOAA offices; academic research, government and business organizations that can help prepare students with appropriate knowledge and skills to exploit environmental tools and technological resources.
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For the purposes of this program, Environmental Entrepreneurship is defined as a program to provide student training in the application of NOAA sciences to create business opportunities. In partnerships with the academic community, NOAA and the public and private sector, the MSIs train students in a complement of entrepreneurial and technical skills that will help foster environmentally sustainable and economically viable local communities.
In FY05, the program provided funding in two categories: High School Pipeline and Environmental Demonstration projects.
The former entrain a “pipeline” of high school (and even middle school) students to facilitate their understanding concepts of NOAA-related sciences and social sciences. The latter are geared towards engaging MSI students and faculty in collaborative, field-based learning experiences.
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For more information, contact Ellen Gordon at 301-713-9437 x 126 or
e-mail: Ellen.Gordon@noaa.gov
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