Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Climate Literacy Innovation Opportunity

Division: Teaching and Learning Services

Office:  Assistant Commissioner

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Purpose: 

The overarching goals of the Climate Literacy Innovation Opportunity grant program are to:

  • Create innovative, high-quality climate change learning opportunities for K-12 students from eligible local education agencies (LEAs) outside of formal classroom instruction.
  • Provide sustained opportunities for an interdisciplinary team of instructional staff to learn, co-plan, co-teach, and reflect on high-quality, standards-based climate change education.
  • Expand and strengthen a network of LEAs dedicated to sharing best practices and resources for implementing climate change education across New Jersey.

In order to expand access to high quality climate change learning and create room for innovation around interdisciplinary and experiential learning opportunities for students and less traditional instructional methods for educators, grantees will plan and execute an out-of-school time program (after school, weekend, or summer) that offers sustained professional development opportunities for instructional program staff before, during, and after their student program, with the support of their regional Climate Change Learning Collaborative (CCLC) partners.

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has established a single 15-month project period grant program. This grant program is open to New Jersey Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with priority given to those LEAs that did not participate in previous Climate Change grant initiatives, and to Schools Development Authority (SDA) LEAs. Five (5) of the fifteen (15) awards will be reserved for SDA LEAs,

Applicants may apply for up to $45,863. Based on the availability of FY26 state funding, this grant program will begin June 1, 2026, and will end on August 31, 2027.

 

   

Eligible Agencies: NJ LEAs and SDAs

Grant Type: Competitive

Number of Award(s) Anticipated: 15

Total Amount Available: $687,945

Application Due Date: 2/12/2026