Selected Catalyst grantees will be called on to provide vital technical assistance and mentoring support to Capacity Building Grantees, Institutional Grantees, and others who are working to achieve systemic improvements in the preparation of teachers to use modern technologies for improved learning and achievement. The Environmental Protection Agency, along with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is inviting applications for research on the processes involved in the quality, quantity and availability of water resources, and on watershed ecosystem structure, function and dynamics. The 1999 competition focuses on environmental knowledge and education excellence, safe water, and healthy communities. Consultants may incorporate relevant scholarship into the project, refine project format and design, or identify other partners to assist in project development. May 17 and Sept. 13.
Cost sharing is required .