OpenAtlas Opportunity Score 80/100
Utah Nature-Based Learning Infrastructure Grant — 2027
Utah's 2027 Nature-Based Learning Infrastructure Grant provides $500–$15,000 for permanent public outdoor-learning and nature-based-play infrastructure. A 20% match applies; applications close September 21, 2026.
Funding$500–$15,000 per award
DeadlineSeptember 21, 2026 (official program page and 2027 guide do not state a closing clock time or time zone)
Last verifiedSeptember 15, 2026
Required next actionOfficial Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation Youth Engagement page and 2027 Program Guide reverified September 15, 2026. Nature-Based Learning Infrastructure requests are $500-$15,000 with a 20% total-project-cost match and support permanent nature-based learning infrastructure. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, municipalities, counties, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, after-school programs, tribal governments, schools, teachers and districts. Publication is active. Applicant-specific outreach remains fail-closed unless an exact close time/time zone is authoritatively established under the Utah lane rules.
Broad Eligibility
Utah nonprofits, municipalities, counties, after-school programs, tribal governments, schools, teachers, and school districts; permanent public access is required and school sites must be open to the public outside school hours.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 80/100. Direct school/community outdoor-learning infrastructure opportunity with a $15,000 ceiling and 20% total-project-cost match. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100 because the verified scope is permanent outdoor-learning infrastructure, not clinical technology.
The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation is accepting applications for the 2027 Nature-Based Learning Infrastructure Grant, formerly the Outdoor Classroom Grant. The program supports permanent, built, publicly accessible infrastructure that enhances outdoor learning and nature-based play.
Funding: $500–$15,000. Match: 20% of total project cost. Application cycle: August 3–September 21, 2026. Contract length: 18 months.
Eligible applicants: nonprofits, municipalities, counties, after-school programs, tribal governments, schools, teachers, and school districts. Public access is required; school sites must be open to the public when school is not in session.
Eligible infrastructure includes school gardens, green schoolyards, amphitheaters, pergolas, shade structures, pavilions, picnic areas, wildlife-viewing/habitat features, outdoor climbing walls or boulders, low-ropes courses, and other permanent nature-based learning infrastructure. Short-lived seasonal materials are not supported.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 80/100. The opportunity directly includes schools and districts and has flexible outdoor-learning infrastructure uses, but the award ceiling is modest and the scope is narrowly recreational/educational.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. The official funding purpose is permanent outdoor-learning infrastructure and does not create a defensible N9+ telehealth, RPM, remote physical-exam, or clinical-technology pathway.
Source verificationOfficial government source · recreation.utah.govAtlas last verified this record September 15, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
