21, 2024, to bring your idea to life! Go Wild Grants are designed to help students and educators protect and restore habitat on school grounds, for the benefit of wildlife and people. [...] Previous grantees have created native pollinator gardens and seed orchards, restored creeks and forests, monitored local wildlife, conducted biodiversity inventories, raised awareness about conservation issues, and more! We will prioritize ideas that help school communities to: • Learn and discover the local ecosystem, its history, biodiversity, how it works and what it needs • Take action for nat. [...] Ideas that qualify for granting must: • Take place within the school community during the 2024-2025 school year • Be completed by June 23, 2025 • Not be associated with a for-profit entity If selected for funding from WWF-Canada, you are agreeing to: • Implement your idea and plan • Share stories, information, photographs and possibly videos from your project. [...] Materials and services associated with the proposed activities are appropriate expenses – This could include (but is not limited to): plants, soil, equipment, and field costs needed to complete the project; honoraria for Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers; communication materials and promotional costs; costs associated with documenting the project; permits; facility or vehicle rental fees, if. [...] Applications that fail to adhere to the guidelines will not be accepted.
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- Learn and discover 1
- Take action for nature 1
- Connect 1
- All proposed projects will be assessed by a panel of WWF-Canada staff using the following criteria 2
- Quality and relevance of project 2
- Impact 2
- Is the impact proposed realistic for the activities planned How will the project be monitored and results measured How effective is the project in connecting students to nature in their community 2
- Sustainability and management 2
- Can this project be sustained beyond the first year Is there a management plan for habitat created Are there future plans to expand 2
- Implementation plan 2
- Is the implementation plan achievable Can the goals be met according to the budget and timeline 2
- Budget 2
- Is the budget appropriate for the proposed activities Does the project have any in-kind support 2
- Storytelling 2
- Does this project tell a good story How creative is it Is it fun 2
- Connections to Indigenous communities 2
- Preference will be given to projects that have meaningful connections to Indigenous learning and Indigenous-led conservation. 2
- Priority will be given to projects that use native seedsplantstrees as well as those who have significant impact in terms of people engaged plants planted andor habitat stewarded. 2
- Ideas that qualify for granting must 2
- Take place within the school community during the 2024-2025 school year 2
- Be completed by June 23 2025 2
- Not be associated with a for-profit entity 2
- If selected for funding from WWF-Canada you are agreeing to 2
- Implement your idea and plan 2
- Share stories information photographs and possibly videos from your project. All funded projects may be profiled and promoted by WWF-Canada on various communications channels where relevant. 2
- Submit a final report by 2
- June 23 2025 2
- Schools classrooms student groups in Canada 2
- Grades K 12 elementary middle and secondary schools 2
- Please note applications must be completed by an educator or school employee. Students can connect with their teacher and apply together. 2
- You can apply as many times as you want but we will only provide one grant per year for one of your schools project ideas. 3
- Staff salaries or any other fees not directly related to the proposed activity are not considered eligible expenses. 3
- For questions regarding Go Wild Grants please email gowildwwfcanada.org or call us at 1-800-26- PANDA 72632. 3
