EcoLogik Leadership Academy Receives Grant from National Park Foundation
The EcoLogik Institute is honored to have received generous financial support from the National Park Foundation’s Field Science Program.
Field Science provides students and teachers alike the opportunity to enter into the living classrooms, encouraging collaboration between schools, local and national parks, and park partner organizations across the country.
Field Science, formerly Citizen Science 2.0, began in 2017 with a three-year pilot program, thanks to generous support from the Veverka Family Foundation. By 2020, 36 schools from across the country had the opportunity to bring students and teachers to local national park sites to explore science lessons, including watershed health, wildlife monitoring, and more. NPF’s Field Science program helps teachers gain a greater confidence in using parks as science classrooms and enhances students’ understanding of scientific concepts and introduces them to future career opportunities in our national parks.
This funding will primarily support the EcoLogik Leadership Academy and Apprenticeship Program. The EcoLogik Leadership Academy creates a continuum of support for the young women who have participated in the summer experience or apprenticeship program by offering ongoing learning and internship opportunities, career development, female mentorship, and a community of alumnae.
Additionally, a portion of funding will be used to create a strategic framework to expand EcoLogik Programing to other National Park Sites in the future.
The EcoLogik Institute team is beyond grateful to the support of the National Park Foundation with this opportunity.
