Grants for Teachers and Students for Field-based Ecology Research - Get your students back outside with support from the Diack Ecology Education Program

The Diack Ecology Education Program promotes student field-based research in Oregon schools through grants for teachers and students. For the past 30 years, Diack has provided grants to Oregon teachers for field-based research equipment. In the past eight years, we have awarded 163 grants for over $550,000. The process is simple and fast. If you need low tech equipment like waders, poinchos or binoculars; or high tech equipment like water quality sensors or drones - Diack can provide the funds. We also can assist with transportation funding. We want to help students discover our natural world through inquiry-based ecological research.

This webinar session will outline the process for applying for a grant. I will give examples of funded projects from elementary, middle and high school. I will go through the step-by-step process for applying. We accept grants anytime during the school year and the processing time is very fast. Our record from receiving the application to reviewing to approving - two hours and thirteen minutes.

If you or your students have ideas for field-based research, we want to help.

Hosted by Mike Weddle and Bernie Carlsen, Diack Ecology Education Program.

This event is open to everyone, OSTA Member or not. However, we respectfully request that if you are, or have been, an OSTA member, that you log in to the website before registering for this event. Signing in before registering saves you and our organization time, so we thank you! 

This meeting will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive an email with the meeting link after you register. If this is your first time using Zoom, you will need to allow yourself a few minutes to download the app here: https://zoom.us/