Active — 2026 cycle announced September 22, 2026; application due November 2, 2026, but exact closing time/time zone and updated 2026 detailed application instructions are not yet published on the linked program page.Atlas Opportunity Score 56/100
Georgia DNR Conservation Teacher of the Year Grant — 2026
Funding$1,000 award to one Georgia K-5 public or private school teacher, including science specialists serving those grades.
DeadlineNovember 2, 2026. The September 22, 2026 DNR announcement does not publish an exact closing clock time or deadline-specific time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026
Required next actionMonitor the official Georgia DNR program page for updated 2026 application instructions. Before any applicant-specific package or ORIGINAL outreach, verify the current submission format, scoring rubric, allowable and excluded costs, principal/director approval requirements, prior-recipient restrictions, exact closing time/time zone, verified business Contact, Email_Opt_Out != true, no authoritative permanent hard bounce, and no duplicate Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue/prior successful ORIGINAL transmission.
Broad Eligibility
Georgia kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public or private school teachers, including science specialists serving those grade levels. Applicants must use Georgia native animals, plants, and habitats as the context for Georgia Standards of Excellence.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 56/100. N9+ Fit 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit 0/100. Legitimate current Georgia DNR K-5 environmental/life-science education opportunity with a clear $1,000 award and November 2, 2026 date. Strategic value is limited by the single-award structure and small size. Applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach remains fail-closed because the current DNR announcement does not state an exact closing time/time zone and the linked program page still carries prior-cycle detailed application instructions as of September 23, 2026.
Georgia DNR Conservation Teacher of the Year Grant — 2026
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Conservation Section announced the 2026 Conservation Teacher of the Year grant on September 22, 2026. The program will provide one $1,000 award to a Georgia kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public or private school teacher, including science specialists serving those grades, who demonstrates exceptional energy and innovation in teaching life sciences.
Applicants must use Georgia native animals, plants, and habitats as the context for Georgia Standards of Excellence. DNR states that cross-curricular teaching is encouraged and that preference will be given to creative projects, outdoor learning, and projects that could not otherwise be funded. Teaching may take place on school grounds or online.
The announced application deadline is November 2, 2026, and DNR expects to notify the winner by November 16, 2026. The September 22 announcement does not publish an exact closing time or deadline-specific time zone. As of September 23, the linked program page still displays the prior 2025 application-period details, so Atlas must reverify the current 2026 application instructions, scoring rubric, allowable and excluded costs, required approvals, submission format, and any prior-recipient restrictions before applicant-specific package production or ORIGINAL outreach.
N9+ Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. This is a narrow K-5 conservation and life-science education grant and does not establish a defensible clinical technology, telehealth, or healthcare-device pathway.
Source verificationReferenced source · georgiawildlife.comAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
