Application Process
Section 1 – Contact Information
Provide school and direct contact information. You will receive a password and personal link to your application after your contact information is received. From that point you may submit the sections of your grant, as they become ready, and at your own pace, up until our deadline of November 10 for completed applications.
Section 2 – Narrative:
Provide in your own words, a simple, clear and concise description of your environmental project idea. Use no more than two pages of text for this section. Use 10 or 12 point, single-spaced, typed text, with 1” margins. The online form will accept a fixed amount of text. Your narrative should focus on the following four (4) areas. Use the following questions to develop your narrative.
A. Design & Development:
Describe your project design. Provide an action plan and timeline as a part of your description so that we can see your steps and the timetable for their accomplishment. Does your project address the NC Beautiful mission and NC Standard Course of Study? Is it integrated with other disciplines such as language arts, technology, math, social studies, etc.? Will your project impact student learning? Will it create community awareness and involvement?
B. Project Evaluation
How will you evaluate the success of your project? For example, does your project gather and analyze information/data? Will your data produce student work materials, plans, activities for your future classes and other teachers? Will you use written, photographic and video records to publicize or promote your efforts and the successes of your students and your project? Could your project be replicated across North Carolina?
C. Project Personnel:
Identify other project personnel, their roles and responsibilities, their position in school or the community. How will these individuals help ensure project success and sustainability? Feel free to include biographical information as a part of your supporting documents to show the knowledge or innovative thinking that key project personnel can contribute to the success of your project.
D. Project Sustainability:
Describe how your project will be sustained after this grant money runs out. Are there resources and people to sustain it? Are there partnerships with the community you can form to provide support and financial assistance after the grant funds are expended? Will your students continue to develop a relationship with the environment? (Feel free to include letters of support from your community that show how they will help sustain your idea with the supporting documents.)
Section 3 – Budget:
Submit a one page budget. Include a narrative justifying why you need these funds and in table format show where the money will be spent using the following guidelines:
- Explain your budget and how materials and equipment will be used.
- List the types and quantities of materials and equipment needed.
- List the source of in-kind donations to include funds, supplies, and people.
Section 4 – Commitment letter:
Submit the Commitment Letter from the online application. It must be signed by the applicant and school principal. Scan and upload as a .jpg of .pdf attachment to your application. Receipt of this letter completes the required portion of the grant submission process. Supporting information can be submitted until November 10.
Section 5 – Supporting Documents:
Using the online application, feel free to submit no more than one each .jpg or .pdf file for the following categories: drawings, photographs, and letters of support from your fellow teachers or community partners. The size of the files is limited to <300kb each.
Section 6 –Year End Report
At the end of the school year, but no later than June 30, submit a year end report with the following documents:
- A one to two page narrative report describing both the successes and set-backs that were encountered in implementing the project. Use the results of the project evaluation and other experiences related to the project in writing this narrative. Use 10 or 12 point, single-spaced, typed text, with 1" margins.
- A one page itemized list of expenses and copies of all receipts paid from the NC Beautiful grant. Funds that were not expended must be returned to NC Beautiful.
- Optional: Submit no more than five pictures documenting the project. If students are included in the photographs, include parental permission to use the photographs in NC Beautiful publications and on the web site.
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