WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that NOAA’s Office of Education has awarded $499,181 in Environmental Literacy Grant funding to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) as part of a national environmental literacy competition.  
 
“Educating our state’s future leaders on the environmental and economic impacts of warming waters and sea level rise is important for the future of our state,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement. “This investment will support innovative educational opportunities for Maine’s students and community engagement efforts by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.”
 
The funding will be used by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for a three-year project that will design, pilot, and deliver interactive digital learning experiences that use the best available NOAA data and tools to engage participants in scientific concepts and principles behind predicted changes in sea level and storm frequency. Throughout the project, communities and students from across Maine will be able to engage with scientific data and forecasts.
 
This funding for GMRI is part of the NOAA competition for Strengthening the Public’s and/or K-12 Students’ Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Changes, which awarded a total of $2.75 million nationally to six award winners.   
 

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