Dan Wolz Clean Water Education Grant

About this program

Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) and the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA) fund the Dan Wolz Clean Water Education Grant to support K–12 classroom projects that integrate clean water and water-environment issues into curriculum. One K–12 MSTA science teacher will receive $1,500 for classroom/project supplies, complimentary registration for the MSTA Annual Conference (to accept the award and present the following year), complimentary registration and one-night hotel for the MWEA Annual Conference the year after the award, and mileage reimbursement to the MWEA conference; award determination is made in November and presented at the 2026 MSTA Annual Conference. Eligible applicants are K–12 MSTA science teachers with a clean water project embedded in their curriculum. Recipients must present at both conferences (30–40 minutes at MSTA; 15–20 minutes at MWEA), write articles for the MSTA newsletter and MWEA magazine describing implementation, and apply via the MSTA online application (grant rubric available on the MSTA site); status is open and no deadline is listed.