PADI Foundation: underwater science, environmental projects, and education

PADI Foundation supports underwater science, environmental projects, and education. PADI will fund projects that will enrich mankind's understanding of the aquatic environment and encourage sensitivity to and protection of the delicate ecological balance of underwater life. PADI will also fund projects to increase understanding of sport diving physics and physiology that will benefit the general diving public and add to the scientific understanding of man's relationship and ability to survive in the underwater environment. In 2013, $266,450 was awarded to 59 projects. PADI will consider proposals with budgets up to $20,000 although the average for proposals will be on the order $5,000 to $10,000.
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