Outdoor School Grant

Outdoor School Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Oregon State University (OSU)
Amount: US $500 - US $20,000
Last Updated: September 03, 2025

Summary

The Outdoor School Grant provides immersive outdoor education experiences for Oregon’s 5th and 6th graders, promoting learning in the state's natural landscapes. It aims to empower youth through community-building and high-quality resources, ensuring equitable and culturally responsive programs. With a focus on fostering personal and environmental awareness, the grant supports programs that are a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 6 days, encouraging schools to maximize outdoor learning time.

Overview

Outdoor School Grant Outdoor School is an immersive outdoor education experience for Oregon’s 5th and 6th graders in the world’s greatest classroom. In Oregon’s natural landscape, students learn about themselves, their peers, the environment, and natural resources, and leave with skills to prepare them for their future. Who We Are We are a diverse and passionate team of educators and learners committed to the success of youth and outdoor education. We work diligently to foster community building and provide high-quality Outdoor School resources for all Oregonians. Our Vision Outdoor school will create equitable and positive outcomes for every Oregonian through empowering learning experiences. Our Mission Together, we guide and support equitable, culturally responsive, and interdisciplinary outdoor school programs for Oregon’s youth.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. To qualify for funding, outdoor school programs must be located in the state of Oregon and they must be a minimum 3-day and maximum 6-day, 5-night outdoor learning experience that happens during the school year and during school hours. We consider a school day to be approximately 6 hours, which makes the minimum outdoor school program length approximately 18 hours, though we encourage schools and districts to maximize the time spent learning outdoors at the outdoor school site.