Abby Lillpop
alillpop@purdue.edu
765.430.0279

The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) will provide grants for the development of innovative educational resources and Extension initiatives to address the preparation for, response to, and recovery from hazards and disasters in rural communities.

Priority themes and possible research topics include:

• Information sharing and distributing techniques for just-in-time programming focused on enhancing national, regional, multi-state, or state networks
• Educational materials, programs, and delivery methods to provide national, regional, multi-state, or state constituents with added value in developing plans, response, recovery, and mitigation protocols related to disaster issues
• Development of materials targeting underserved audiences such as, but not limited to, English Language Learners, individuals with low literacy, and older adults who lack technology access or literacy
• Innovative approaches to address current and anticipated disaster education needs
• Enhancing partnerships at the national, regional, multi-state, or state stakeholder levels to prepare for and respond to disasters through Extension education
• Research projects that enhance the capabilities of Extension professionals to develop and deliver disaster programming to stakeholders

Eligible applicants are extension professionals employed by land-grant or sea-grant universities. At least one individual on the project must be an EDEN delegate.

Award ceiling: $35,000
Project period: 7 months
Estimated total program funding: $160,000

Application instructions and a link to the online form are available on the program website.

Applicants that prefer to mail the application, may send it to the address below with a postmark no later than November 5, 2021.

Abby Lillpop
National EDEN Project Coordinator
ATTN: EDEN Development Grants Program
1341 Northwestern Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47906