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The Water Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide unbiased, balanced information on water issues in California and the Southwestern United States. The Foundation's mission, since its founding in 1977, [ 1 ] has been "to create a better understanding of water resources and foster public understanding and ...
In 2019, the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation partnered with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP) to dramatically increase the number of scholarships offered from the historical average of 15-20% of nominees at the national level to over 40%.
Planet Water Foundation, [21] Started in 2009 by Mark Steele, Founder and CEO (Board Chairman & Director) U.S. based non-profit organization are dedicated to providing clean water to some of the poorest communities by installing community-based water filtration systems and implementing Water-Health and Hygiene educational programs. Their ...
Waterschool is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tiffanie Hsu and produced by the Swarovski Foundation. The film follows the experiences of six young female students who live along six of the world's major rivers: the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Danube, Ganges, and Yangtze. The film showcases the Waterschool program, an environmental education ...
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", [a] is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are ...
In 2010-2011, the base MFP formula was $3,855 per pupil, without accounting for special student needs. [7] The MFP formula also takes into account the additional expenses school systems incur in educating special classes of students (e.g. at risk, special education and gifted and talented students.) [1] In the end, school districts get an average of about $10,000 of state and local funding per ...
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) is a grant awarded annually by the National Science Foundation to approximately 2,000 students pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees in the natural, social, and engineering sciences at US institutions. As of 2024, the fellowship provides an ...
First Opportunity Partners program, enhancing private college access and opportunity for low-income, minority, first generation, and new American students. Its three-fold purpose is to broaden the accessibility to higher education, to strengthen student retention and academic experiences, and to prepare students for the future world of work.