Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists - YLACES

YLACES Grants
Grant deadlines are July 15th and February 28th.

Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists offers grants to environmental educators for instruments and supplies to facilitate youth environmental research and data collection and to equip the rising generation with scientific thinking abilities.

YLACES works to provide environmental research opportunities for all students. However, barriers such as lack of school resources, unsafe neighborhoods in which to conduct research and physical limitations of students create obstacles to achieving this goal. Further, the negative environmental consequences of laws, regulations and policies, such as pollution, often disproportionately impact vulnerable populations such as minority, economically disadvantaged and immigrant communities. Therefore, the 2022 YLACES grant guidelines are designed to:

Provide equitable access to environmental research opportunities for all and

Support citizen science activities that will improve understanding of or help to address the environmental and human health challenges faced by the local community