The Gerald C. Corcoran Education Grant
The North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA) has created a cash award program to support development and implementation of educational projects featuring native fish ecology and conservation. Thanks to a generous matching grant from the Corcoran family, this program will provide NANFA members with up to $1000 a year for environmental education projects such as:
- Producing and distributing educational materials (books, brochures, posters, displays, video, Internet resources, etc.)
- Stream surveys with public education as a primary goal
- Public lectures
- Nature center displays
- School materials and displays
- Teacher training workshops
The award was established in memory of past NANFA President Gerald C. Corcoran, who stressed public education regarding the continent’s native fishes. NANFA is an organization made up of home and professional aquarists, university and other professional researchers, conservationists, anglers and naturalists. As its name implies, the group is dedicated to the study and conservation of North America’s native fishes.
Quick Details
Grant proposals are due January 15th.
Funding awarded on March 31st
Proposals will be evaluated and ranked by a review committee. Qualifying applicants must be members of NANFA but non-members may submit their annual dues with their proposals.
Application Guidelines
- Qualifying applicants must be members in good standing of NANFA. Membership dues will be accepted with funding applications, or paid separately.
- Educational projects require creativity and often require considerable verbiage to describe them accurately. Therefore, no maximum length is defined. Applicants are encouraged to be thorough, yet succinct. As a guide, a suitable proposal, including cover sheet, budget, timeline and accompanying information could total approximately 8 pages of double spaced text.
- Proposal format should be as follows:
- Cover sheet with project title and applicant's name, email and postal addresses and telephone number(s).
- Summary statement of proposed project describing its relevancy to NANFA's stated mission.
- Educational objectives.
- Description of specific and generalized target audience(s) including audience size, age/grade level ranges, and other pertinent demographics.
- Detailed description of proposed project including but not limited to:
- educational format
- planned site(s)
- project lifespan
- expected outcomes
- methods of evaluating project success
Submit copy of the application to, via e-mail:
