DEQ utilizes funds from this program to conduct water quality management projects that concentrate on supporting and enhancing watershed protection activities, and to provide support for appropriate projects managed by planning district commissions and interstate organizations throughout the Commonwealth. PDC's provide 25 percent funding match. The Virginia Coastal Program will not have a competitive grant process for FY '99. The Environmental Education Grants Program provides financial support for projects which design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques, including assessing environmental and ecological conditions or specific environmental issues or problems. No formal deadlines for proposals, but proposals should be submitted before October 1 in order to fit into the current year's docket.
Preference is given to modest local projects.
Local, state, and federal government agencies and programs are not eligible. Guidelines and application forms are available upon request. The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy was established in 1974 to develop and support public programs, education, and research in the humanities and to relate the humanities to public issues. The VFH promotes understanding and use of the humanities through public debate, group discussion, and individual inquiry. Principal activities of the Virginia Foundation include an internationally recognized Fellowship Program, a series of Annual Initiatives and Special Projects, the Virginia Folklife Program, the Virginia Center for Media and Culture, a statewide network of Regional Councils, and the Grant Program to which these guidelines apply.