GPA funding opportunity announcements for the week of April 8, 2013
National Funding Opportunities
Deadlines Coming Up Soon:
Snapdragon Book Foundation Grant. Snapdragon Book Foundation
Snapdragon Book Foundation Grant
The Snapdragon Book Foundation is offering grants to school libraries that serve disadvantaged children. Grants will be awarded to public, private, and experimental K-12 schools. Last year, the Foundation awarded 6 grants of $800-15,000 to help school libraries in underserved areas to purchase books.Deadline: April 15, 2013
Academic Enrichment Grants. McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers Academic Enrichment Grants to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning. The Foundation provides up to $10,000 for programs that nurture the intellectual, artistic, and creative abilities of children from low-income households. Eligible applicants must be employed by schools or non-profit organizations, have direct and regular contact with students in grades preK-12, and work with students from low-income households.Deadline: April 15, 2013
Teacher Development Grants. McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers Teacher Development Grants to individuals or small teams of teachers who implement groundbreaking K-12 classroom instruction. The grants provide opportunities for teachers to integrate strategies that encourage critical inquiry. Teachers will have the opportunity to reflect and write about their projects and share their results with other teachers. The Foundation will award up to $10,000 to individuals for a maximum of 3 years. Eligible applicants include licensed K-12 teachers employed in public or private schools who have the background and experience to complete the project successfully and are willing to work in collaboration with the Foundation.Deadline: April 15, 2013
Thacher Environmental Research Contest. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Thacher Environmental Research Contest
Sponsored by the IGES, the Thacher Environmental Research Contest is open to high school students (grades 9-12) who demonstrate the best use of geospatial technologies or data to study Earth. Eligible geospatial tools and data include satellite remote sensing, aerial photography, geographic information systems (GIS), and Global Positioning System (GPS). The main focus of the project must be on the application of the geospatial tool(s) or data to study a problem related to Earth's environment. Three students will receive $500-2,000. The teachers of the winners will receive a $200 amazon.com gift card. Deadline: April 15, 2013.
Green Your School Challenge. Do Something
Do Something is giving $5,000 to K-12 schools that reduce their carbon footprint. In addition, $1,000 prizes will be awarded to the 5 schools with the most participants signed up. Eligible schools must make concrete efforts to reduce their environmental impact during an 8-week competition. Winners will be chosen based on their school's energy saved, garbage reduced, number of people involved, and innovative quality of actions and ideas. Deadline: April 22, 2013
Young Scientist Challenge. Discovery Education and 3M
The Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge is a national science competition for students in grades 5-8. The Challenge is designed to encourage the exploration of science among America’s youth and to promote the importance of science communication. To enter, students must submit a video entry online that demonstrates his or her understanding of scientific concepts. Ten finalists will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota to compete in the final challenge in October 2013. The winner will receive $25,000 and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”Deadline: April 23, 2013
Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award. National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award
Sponsored by NCSS, the Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award will provide $2,500 to K-12 social studies teachers who wish to make their dream of innovative social studies a reality. Grants will assist classroom teachers in developing and implementing imaginative, innovative, and illustrative social studies teaching strategies and supporting student implementation of innovative social studies, citizenship projects, field experiences, and community connections. Applicants must be members of NCSS. Award recipients will present at the NCSS Annual Conference and receive a commemorative award piece during the awards reception at the annual conference. Deadline: April 28, 2013
ING: Unsung Heroes
http://ing.us/about-ing/citizenship/childrens-education/ing-unsung-heroes
ING Unsung Heroes began in 1995 as a way for ING to demonstrate its commitment to the education community. Grants are given to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning. Each year educators submit applications for an ING Unsung Heroes grant by describing projects they have initiated or would like to pursue. Each project is judged on its innovative method, creativity and the ability to positively influence the students chosen by ING’s Educators Advisory Board. Winners are selected by Scholarsh9p America, a national nonprofit educational support and student-aid service organization.
Eligibility: K-12 teachers; Awards: Each year 100 finalist are selected to receive a $2,000 grant, payable to both the winning teacher and his or her school. At least one grant is awarded in each of the 50 states, provided at least one qualified application was received from each state. Of the 100 finalist, three are selected for additional financial awards: $25,000 for the first place, $10,000 for second palace and $5,000 for third place. Deadline: April 30, 2013.
Green in Action Awards. Green Education Foundation (GEF)
GEF's Green In Action Awards will be granted to schools, classes, or groups of green keepers who submit photos, videos, and artwork describing their environmental project, weigh-in, activity, community service project, or green team program. Winning schools will receive $250 for their class and also be featured in national news and have their application materials (such as videos, photographs and scanned artwork) shared on the National Green Week website.Deadline: April 30, 2013
Google Science Fair. Google, CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American
In partnership with CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American, the Google Science Fair is open to students around the world who are between the ages of 13-18. To enter, students may register online and create their projects as a Google Site.
All finalists will visit Google headquarters in the summer 2013 to compete in a final, live event, where the judges will select 3 finalist winners, one from each age category: 13-14, 15-16, 17-18. One of the 3 finalists will be selected as the Grand Prize winner and will receive a $50,000 scholarship and a range of other prizes. Finalists will each receive a $25,000 scholarship and a range of other prizes. Deadline: April 30, 2013
Grants Related to Health, Safety and Quality of Life
Support for Outdoor Youth Programs
The North Face Explore Fund aims to inspire the next generation of young explorers and conservationists by supporting nonprofit organizations throughout the country that are working to get youth outdoors to explore their natural world. Grants are provided to organizations that encourage youth outdoor participation, focusing primarily on creating more connections of children to nature, increasing access to both front and backcountry recreation, as well as providing experiential education for both personal and environmental health. Funded programs should seek a specific audience and reach out to a specific community or place of interest. In 2013, the Fund will award 30 grants of $2,500; ten additional grants of varying amounts will be awarded based on online voting taking place this summer. Visit the Fund’s website to submit an online application. Deadline: May 1, 2013.
Grants Address Hunger Issues
The BI-LO Winn-Dixie Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of people in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Foundation's primary focus is on providing funding to organizations that address hunger. The Foundation also funds a limited number of programs focused on health, education, women, and children. Visit the Foundation’s website to submit an online application. Deadline is June 30, 2013.
The Standard Charitable Foundation
The Foundation provides funds in support of programs that strengthen the quality of education and develop systems to improve its overall effectiveness, with particular emphasis on K-12. The programs should promote access and opportunity to schooling and help low-income and at-risk students succeed in school and prepare for postsecondary education. The foundation is especially interested in programs that bolster literacy in the early years and focus on diversity and inclusion. It will also consider requests for funds to develop after-school programs, improve education leadership skills and help students achieve high results. Eligibility: K-12 educators and nonprofit organizations. Award: varies based on scope of proposal. Deadlines: May 1 and October 1. Applications may be submitted year-round upon approval of Letter of Inquiry.
The Humana Foundation: Support for Health Projects in Company Communities
www.humanafoundation.org/
The Humana Foundation promotes healthy lives and communities by supporting nonprofit organizations in communities where the company has a meaningful presence. The Foundation's giving focuses primarily on health; however, selected projects promoting arts and culture and education improvement are also supported. The Foundation's health-related giving focuses primarily on the following three areas: childhood health and education, health literacy, and active lifestyles and wellness. The application deadlines vary by location. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the grant guidelines and to submit an online application.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Innovative Healthcare Initiatives Funded
www.rwjf.org
The mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is to improve the health and healthcare of all Americans. The Foundation works with a diverse group of dedicated people and organizations to address problems at their roots and to help make a difference on the widest scale, particularly for the most vulnerable among us. Grants are awarded for projects in the United States and U.S. territories through Calls for Proposals that target specific health issues. In addition, support is provided in response to unsolicited proposals that address the Foundation's Pioneer program area, which supports innovative ideas that push beyond conventional thinking to explore solutions at the cutting edge of health and healthcare. Unsolicited proposals are reviewed throughout the year; Calls for Proposals have specific deadlines. Visit the Foundation’s website for a list of current Calls for Proposals and detailed information on submitting unsolicited proposals.
Healthy Communities Nationwide Recognized
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Roadmaps to Health Prize
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community efforts and partnerships across the United States that are helping people live healthier lives. Up to six winning communities will each receive a $25,000 cash prize and have their success stories celebrated and shared broadly with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring locally-driven change across the country. For the purposes of this prize, "a community" is defined as one of the following: town, city, county, tribe or tribal community, or region (such as contiguous towns, cities, or counties). Visit the program’s website to review the selection criteria and learn more about the application process. Deadline: May 23, 2013.
Support for Healthy Communities Worldwide
The PepsiCo Foundation seeks to foster healthy, vibrant, and self-sufficient communities worldwide through global partnerships that improve the quality of life in the areas of health, environment, and education. In the Health category, the focus is on food security and improved nutrition. The Environment category supports programs that address water security, sustainable agriculture, and adaptive approaches to climate change. In the Education category, the emphasis is on access to education and training for the underserved as well as women’s empowerment. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the specific focus areas and to review grant guidelines. Letters of interest may be submitted at any time.
Allstate Foundation Teen Safe Driving Program
The goal of the Allstate Foundation Teen Safe Driving Program is to help instill a lifetime of safe driving attitudes and behaviors in teens. The Foundation will give grants of varying amounts to programs that help grow the KTD teen-to-teen smart driving movement, provide unique and innovative ways to make smart driving socially acceptable to teens, and engage Allstate agents and employees as volunteers in the program. To be eligible for funding, an organization must be exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, or be a municipal, state, or federal government entity. Deadline: Rolling
American Council on Exercise (ACE): Free Operation FitKids Curriculum
Free Operation FitKids Curriculum
The free ACE Operation FitKids curriculum (a $99.95 value) is designed for educators looking to integrate health and fitness into classroom learning. The 7-lesson curricula are available to grades 3-8 and teach students the extreme dangers of being overweight and the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle. The program is available in an easy-to-download PDF format. Deadline: Rolling
Horse Welfare and Service Programs Funded
The EQUUS Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life of horses, promoting the use of horses to enrich the lives of those in need, and educating the public about the horse's unique ability to empower, teach, and heal. The Foundation provides grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations that impact the well-being of horses, and/or that are improving the quality of life of people through their interactions with horses. The Foundation's two funding priorities including the following: programs that are directly involved with horse rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, foster care, and/or retirement; and programs providing services to the public, such as therapeutic riding, equine-assisted activities, or horsemanship programs. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the application guidelines and process. Online applications will be accepted between May 1 and June 15, 2013.
American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): DataStreme Atmosphere Science Education
DataStreme Atmosphere Science Education
DataStreme Atmosphere is an AMS major pre-college teacher enhancement initiative to train weather education resource teachers. The program shows how to teach K-12 science, mathematics, and technology using weather.
Resource teachers participate in the DataStreme Atmosphere distance-learning course, offered twice a year to selected participants. The 13-week course focuses on the study of the atmospheric environment through the use of electronically-transmitted weather data and learning materials, such as study guide readings and investigations. Deadline: Rolling
Easton Sports Development Foundation, Inc. Grants for Archery or Bow Hunting
Grants for Archery or Bow Hunting
Each year, the Easton Sports Development Foundation gives grants that benefit archery and bow hunting programs. Grant requests of less than $25,000 from schools and qualified 501(c)3 organizations may be eligible to receive funding at any time. Grant requests that exceed $25,000 may also receive funding if submitted before March 1 or September 1 of each year.Deadline: Rolling
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Foundation: Grants for Youth Programs
The ESA Foundation awards grants of varying amounts to positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the quality of life, health, and welfare of today’s youth. To receive funding, an organization must be tax-exempt, seek funding for a specific project or program that will be in two or more states, support youth ages 7-18, and provide youth programs and services that utilize technology or computer and video games to educate America's youth. Deadline: Rolling
Grants Promote Community Organizing for the Disadvantaged
Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) participates in the empowerment of economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people who are seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression, and injustice. SDOP currently supports groups in the United States who are oppressed by poverty and social systems, want to take charge of their own lives, are organizing to do something about their own conditions, and have decided that what they are going to do will produce long-term changes in their lives or communities. Supported projects must be presented, owned, and controlled by the groups of people who will directly benefit from them and must address long-term corrections of the conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression. Grants of up to $20,000 are provided. Visit the SDOP website to review the grant criteria. Applications may be submitted throughout the year.
FedEx: Education Charitable Contributions
Education Charitable Contributions
The FedEx Social Responsibility Department is giving financial contributions, in-kind shipping services, and the coordination of volunteer services to non-profit organizations that request 5% or less of a total project budget, contingency grants, or seed money where other sources will contribute matching amounts. Organizations must show evidence of competent management, low administrative and fundraising expense ratios, and a nondiscriminatory program that benefits broad segments of the community. FedEx's funding focus includes programs that address pedestrian and child safety and educational projects that engage students in the global economy and advance opportunities for minorities through access to higher education.Deadline: Rolling
Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and Stretch Island Fruit Co.: Fruit Tree 101
FTPF, with support from the Stretch Island Fruit Co., is sponsoring Fruit Tree 101, which brings fruit tree orchards to schools in order to improve the environment while creating a source of tasty snacks. Typical donations involve about 20-25 trees minimum to public schools. The trees, materials, orchard installation design work, and onsite environmental curriculum are all free of charge for the benefit of the school and its students.Deadline: Rolling
Office Depot: Recycling Rules
Sponsored by Office Depot, Recycling Rules is open to K-12 schools whose teachers, principals, and administrators recycle ink and toner cartridges that are not visibly damaged. In addition to receiving credit for recycled cartridges, schools may also receive credit for recycling small electronics, such as cell phones and MP3 players. At the end of each month, Office Depot will award a credit to each school's account. Once an account’s value exceeds $25, Office Depot will send the designated school an Office Depot gift card.Deadline: Rolling
Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength awards grants of $5,000 - 10,000 to non-profit organizations, schools, and other eligible organizations involved in the following activities:
* Increasing access to after-school snack and meal programs or childcare programs supported through CACFP
* Increasing access to summer meals programs supported through the Summer Food Service Program or the National School Lunch "Seamless Summer" Program
* Educating and enrolling more eligible families in SNAP/WIC
* Increasing the availability of Universal School Breakfast through alternative models such as in-classroom breakfast and grab-n-go
* Advocacy around any of the above anti-hunger issues. Deadline: Rolling
Vision Service Plan (VSP): Sight for Students
Sight for Students is a VSP charity that provides free vision exams and glasses to low-income, uninsured children. The program operates nationally through a network of community partners who identify children in need and VSP network doctors who provide eye care services. More than 50,000 children each year receive a free comprehensive exam and corrective lenses through Sight for Students Deadline: Rolling
Women's Sports Foundation: Free Award-Winning GoGirlGo! Curriculum
Free Award-Winning GoGirlGo! Curriculum
Sponsored by the Women's Sports Foundation, the Free Award-Winning GoGirlGo! Curriculum is designed to teach girls in grades 3-8 about health-risk behaviors and other issues such as body image, bullying, drugs, and stress. The curriculum also includes true-life stories from champion athletes like Julie Foudy, Sanya Richards, and Diana Taurasi. Deadline: Rolling
American Red Cross: Ready Rating Program
The American Red Cross Ready Rating Program is a membership program designed to help businesses, organizations, and schools become better prepared for various types of emergencies. Members may join this free, self-paced program and complete a 123-point self-assessment of their school's level of preparedness to reveal areas for improvement.
Members will learn tips and best practices to make improvements. Members may also make a commitment to improve their readiness score each year. Deadline: Ongoing
The Coca-Cola Foundation: Support for Community Needs Worldwide
The Coca-Cola Foundation partners with nonprofit organizations worldwide that address community needs and priorities in a meaningful way. The Foundation supports programs that focus on one of the following four categories: Water Stewardship promotes access to clean water and sanitation, watershed protection in water-stressed regions, utilization of water, and water conservation. Healthy and Active Lifestyles supports physical activity and nutritional education programs, programs that motivate behavior modification, and programs that encourage lifestyle/behavioral changes. Community Recycling addresses litter abatement efforts, recovery and reuse, community recycling awareness, and research and innovation. Education focuses on scholarships, school drop-out prevention, access to education programs, and other education initiatives. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the community request guidelines and application procedures. Online applications may be submitted throughout the year.
David L. Katz, M.D.: ABC for Fitness (Activity Bursts in the Classroom)
ABC for Fitness (Activity Bursts in the Classroom)
David L. Katz's ABC for Fitness program shows schools how to integrate physical activity into brief episodes in classrooms without taking away time for classroom instruction. The 79-page downloadable manual provides instruction for teachers interested in incorporating physical activity at the beginning of each class. ABC for Fitness aims to ensure that children obtain the level of physical activity essential for good health and well being.Deadline: Ongoing
Discovery Education: Ready Classroom
Discovery Education is offering free online resources to prepare K-12 classrooms for various emergencies, including: earthquakes, extreme heat, floods, hurricanes, landslides, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, and winter storms. The site also offers downloads for an emergency plan worksheet, emergency supply kit checklist, and H1N1 resources.Deadline: Ongoing
Environmental Reclamation Services, LLC: Funding Factory
From Environmental Reclamation Services, LLC, FundingFactory is a free fundraising by recycling program for schools, nonprofits, and charities. Participating organizations can earn points redeemable for cash or new technology by recycling empty printer cartridges, cell phones, and other small electronics from their communities and supporters.Deadline: Ongoing
National Cyber Security Association and CyberSmart!: Cyberbullying Package
The National Cyber Security Association is partnering with CyberSmart! to distribute free cyberbullying prevention lessons to schools nationwide. In developing these lessons, CyberSmart! has examined current research findings from cyber security, school violence prevention, and character education. Their free materials offer schools the opportunity to begin a dialogue with students and build a sustained cyberbullying prevention campaign to remind the school community about safe, ethical online use.Deadline: Ongoing
National Weather Service (NWS): Online Weather School
JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School
JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School, is designed to help K-12 educators and emergency managers learn about weather and weather safety. The information contained in JetStream is arranged by subject, beginning with global and large scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air masses, wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, tropical storms, cyclones, and flooding. "Learning Lessons" interspersed in JetStream can be used to enhance the overall educational experience.Deadline: Ongoing
Parents Against Abduction and Abuse Signals (PAAAS): PAAAS Self Survival Awareness.
Direct Classroom Funds Available to all Schools. Each classroom can receive $1,500 through school participation with the PAAAS Self Survival Awareness program. The program promotes the Awareness through education of your school and community population with corporate involvement for self survival to save victims lives on- their- own when Abused, or Missing in this internet world. Minimum preparation requires each school to sell one hundred corporate sponsors STOP Bullying Tee Shirts, and retain $15.00 of the $20.00 from each Tee Shirt sale. To start awareness and funding in your school Click Here
Toyota and Discovery Education Free Curriculum for Teen Driver Safety
Free Curriculum for Teen Driver Safety
Toyota and Discovery Education are offering Toyota Teen Driver, a free online resource for educators, students, and parents that promotes responsible driving for teens. In addition to parent-focused resources, the web site offers a digital curriculum that includes lesson plans, activities, and discussion starters for students in grades 9-12. Through these resources, educators can help inform students about the dangers of distracted driving, enable them to drive safely, and encourage their friends to do the same.Deadline: Ongoing
USTA Southern: Kids Tennis Club Matching Equipment Grant
Kids Tennis Club Matching Equipment Grant
USTA Southern is offering matching equipment grants to elementary schools that organize a Kids Tennis Club. Kids Tennis Clubs are designed to give kids the opportunity to sample tennis through supervised play and interactive activities while meeting new friends and enhancing their social and physical development. Because no courts are required, Kids Tennis Clubs can be located in a variety of open play settings including schools, parks, youth centers, and tennis facilities.Deadline: Ongoing
Walgreens Corporate Contribution Program: Health Programs in Company Communities
Walgreens Corporate Contribution Program
The Walgreens Corporate Contribution Program supports nonprofit organizations in local Walgreens communities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides grants to organizations that focus on access to health and wellness in their communities, pharmacy education programs and mentoring initiatives, civic and community outreach, and emergency and disaster relief. Health is the company's major area of focus, with priority given to programs that address the health needs of community residents. The company also accepts sponsorship or promotional marketing requests. Visit the company’s website for application procedure information.
Grants Relating to School Physical Improvement
Grants to Build Skateparks. Tony Hawk Foundation
The primary mission of the Tony Hawk Foundation is to promote high-quality, public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States. The Foundation primarily considers skatepark projects that are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors, are in low-income areas (or areas with a high population of "at-risk" youth), can demonstrate a strong grassroots commitment to the project, encourage skaters to look after their own safety and the safety of others without restricting their access to the park or over-regulating their use of it, and don't charge an entrance fee. Grant amounts range between $1,000 - $25,000.Deadline: July 1, 2013
Department of Agriculture: Community Facility Financing
The Community Facilities Direct and Guaranteed Loans Program provides support to develop essential community facilities for public use in rural areas. These facilities include schools, libraries, childcare facilities, hospitals, medical clinics, assisted living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations, community centers, public buildings, and public transit. Loan funds may be used to construct, enlarge, or improve community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services, including costs to acquire land needed for a facility, pay necessary professional fees, and purchase equipment required for its operation. Applications are reviewed by Rural Development field offices throughout the year.
Major League Baseball (MLB): Baseball Tomorrow Fund
The MLB's Baseball Tomorrow Fund is directed towards programs and schools that are determined to have youth involved in baseball. Funds may be used for improving the quality of baseball for youth ages 10-16 and support existing programs, new programs, and field construction or refurbishment. The average grant award is $50,000.Deadline: Rolling
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Sponsored by FEMA, the HMGP provides grants to state and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster.
Following a disaster declaration, the state will advertise that HMGP funding is available to fund mitigation projects. Those interested in applying to the HMGP should contact their local government to begin the application process.
Eligible projects include those that conform to the state's Hazard Mitigation Plan, provide a beneficial impact on the disaster area, and are cost-effective. Deadline: Rolling
Major League Baseball (MLB) Baseball Tomorrow Fund
The MLB's Baseball Tomorrow Fund is directed towards programs and schools that are determined to have youth involved in baseball. Funds may be used for improving the quality of baseball for youth ages 10-16 and support existing programs, new programs, and field construction or refurbishment. The average grant award is $50,000.Deadline: Rolling
Calypso Systems: Integrated Classroom School Grant Program
Integrated Classroom School Grant Program
The Calypso Systems Integrated Classroom School Grant Program is designed to provide counties, districts, and municipalities with equipment grants to help facilitate the evaluation of various classroom multimedia, user interface, and control and technology management products. The program is directed specifically towards entities involved with either the design of new school buildings or substantial upgrades to existing school buildings. Applications are available solely to K-12 school districts and private schools. Deadline: Rolling
Grants Relating to Science/Technology/Environment/Math
Samsung Grant Competition. Samsung Techwin America
Samsung is offering 10 SAMCAM 760 document cameras to K-12 teachers who submit winning lesson plans that incorporate the use of a document camera to enhance their students' learning experience. Deadline: May 1, 2013
Verizon Foundation
http://www.verizonfoundation.org/grants/
The foundation focuses on preparing students for success in the 21st century by leveraging mobile technology, digital content and teacher training for schools and organization – all focused on increasing student interest and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The foundation offers education grants using a three-step process: Check eligibility, apply online and Final decision. The online Eligibility Quiz checks to see if the applicant’s school matches the foundation’s guidelines and offers other avenues of support for projects that may not meet the guidelines. Organizations seeking grants must be prepared to track and report specific results that demonstrate measureable human impact. Impact reports are required every three months once a grant is approved. Eligibility: K-12 nonprofit and public schools. Award: Varies, based on the past several years the average grant size ranged between $5,000 and $10,000. Deadline: continuous basis from January 1 through October 14.
The Cedar Tree Foundation is dedicated to the belief that the power of individuals and organizations can make significant changes in our world. The Foundation's grantmaking focuses on the following areas of concern: sustainable agriculture, environmental education, and environmental health. The Foundation gives particular consideration to proposals demonstrating strong elements of environmental justice and conservation. Although the Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals, U.S.-based nonprofit organizations working in the Foundation’s program areas are welcome to submit letters of inquiry at any time. Visit the Foundation’s website for instructions on developing letters of inquiry.
EarthEcho International and the NEA Foundation: EarthEcho Water Planet Challenge Grants
http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grants-programs/nea-foundation-earthecho-grants/
Student Achievement grants in support of service-learning programs that improve the health of our water planet. Interested applicants must cite specifically how they are utilizing EarthEcho’s Water Planet Challenge Action Guides to effect change in their classrooms and communities and to encourage students to take action that will help to protect, restore and preserve our water planet. Eligibility: Public middle school and high school educators. Award: $2,000. Deadlines: February 1, 2013, June 1, 2013.
Also: From conserving energy and improving the quality of drinking water to understanding the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, the Water Planet Challenge’s collection of free Action Guides, videos, lesson plans and service-learning materials will help educators connect with students and jumpstart student awareness and involvement in effecting change. http://www.waterplanetchallenge.org/wpc/index.cfm/service-learning/action-guides/
Lemelson-MIT: InvenTeams
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/
Inventeams is a national grants initiative of the Lemelson-MIT program that is intended to foster inventivenss among high school students. InvenTeams, comprised of high school students, teachers and an industry mentor, are asked to collaboratively identify a problem to solve, conduct research on the problem and then develop a prototpyope invention as an in-class or extracurricular project with the purpose of inventing something of value for their school or local community. Applying for an InvenTeam grant is a two-step process. The initial application is available online each fall and due in the spring (for grants awarded the following academic year).
Eligibility: High School science, math or technology educators; Awards: Grants of up to $10,000 support the efforts of teams made up of from five to 15 students; Deadlines: March 1, 2013 for early feedback; April 5, 2013 for initial application; September 6,2013 for final application.
Plus: teachers can find invention resources for implementing a successful project using the onlne Invention Guide. Menu tabs provide acess to an Overview of inventions, Invention Links with web resources for inventions and inventors, Team Organization guidelines for setting up InvenTeams and Creativity suggestions.
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/guide.html
Cyberbee: Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project
Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project
Through Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project, Cyberbee enables K-12 schools to exchange weather information across climate zones. The free program helps schools predict, track, and research global weather by asking questions, gathering and comparing collected data, and sharing their findings with others. To participate, schools may register, collect weather data, post a general description of the weather, view information from other schools, and ask Vince Miller, Meteorologist, questions about the weather.Deadline: Ongoing
Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation (CICF): Educational Assistance and Training Programs
Educational Assistance and Training Programs
CICF focuses its efforts on programs that are designed to improve the quality of life in communities served by the cruise industry. The Foundation supports programs that enhance educational opportunities for youth, including those designed to improve literacy, teach basic life skills, and promote good citizenship. CICF also supports academic enrichment opportunities aimed at enhancing student proficiencies in reading, math, and science.Deadline: Rolling
David Moursund: Free IAE Books
David Moursund is offering free downloads of Information Age Education (IAE) Books. Books on the following topics are available:
* brain, science, and math
* math lesson plans
* math tutoring
* math maturity
* science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and additional free books.Deadline: Ongoing
The Pioneer Community Investment Program: Quality of Life Programs in Company Communities
Pioneer Community Investment Program
The Pioneer Community Investment Program supports efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities where the company's customers and employees live and work. The company focuses its grantmaking on the following areas: K-12 science and agriculture education; food security, sustainable agriculture, and healthy food issues; and local community betterment. Organizations with active Pioneer management/employee participation receive priority consideration. Requests may be submitted at any time and are reviewed quarterly.
Computers for Learning (CFL): Computers for Learning
CFL places computers in classrooms, prepares children to contribute and compete in the 21st century, and allows government agencies and the private sector to transfer surplus computers and related equipment to schools and educational non-profit organizations. A school is eligible to receive donations through the Computers for Learning program if is a public, private, parochial, or home school serving preK-12 students. Special consideration will be given to institutions located in federal empowerment zones and enterprise communities. Deadline: Rolling
American Honda Foundation: Youth and Scientific Education Grants
Youth and Scientific Education Grants
http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id-ahf
The American Honda Foundation makes grants to nonprofits, programs, and organizations that directly benefit STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) youth education. The AHF engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized byt the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. Eligibility: Public school district or private/public elementary and secondary schools. Todetermine if a program/project meets the qualifications for consideration, the online application process begins with an Eligibility Quiz. Award: From $20,000 to $75,000 over a one-year Period. Deadline: Quarterly (November 1, February 1, May 1, August 1 annually)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Lunar Plant Growth Chamber Challenge
Lunar Plant Growth Chamber Challenge
Sponsored by NASA, the Lunar Plant Growth Chamber Challenge engages K-12 students in designing, building, and evaluating lunar plant growth chambers. Eligible registrants must be K-12 educators who want to teach students about the engineering design process and how to conduct a scientific experiment. Educators who register will receive cinnamon basil seeds that have flown in space on the STS-118 space shuttle mission. All registered teachers will also receive a NASA certificate of participation and the latest information on the design challenge.Deadline: Ongoing
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom: Gardening for Grades School Garden Mini-Grants
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom is offering a new grants program to help educate Florida’s students about the importance of agriculture. The program will provide 222 $500 mini-grants that must go toward creating or improving a school garden that grows Florida fruits and vegetables. Certified, general education Florida teachers and agriscience teachers engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade level are eligible. Teachers who receive the grant will receive a copy of Florida Agriculture in the Classroom’s new resource, Gardening for Grades.
The grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Proposals can be submitted through the Florida Agriculture in the Classroom beginning Sept. 1 until the grant funds are depleted. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Florida Agriculture in the Classroom directly at 352-846-1391 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Air Force Association (AFA): Air Force Junior ROTC Grant
The AFA provides grants every other academic year to support classroom aerospace educational programs, opportunities, activities, and interest when no funds are available. The AFA is currently offering $250 to K-12 teachers who wish to enhance student knowledge of how aerospace plays a prominent role in today and tomorrow’s society. Funds may be used for purchasing textbooks or videotapes, going on a field trip to an aerospace museum, Air Force base, other aerospace facility, and more.Deadline: Rolling
Lockheed Martin Corporation Philanthropic Contributions
The Lockheed Martin Corporation will give grants to nonprofits and K-12 schools that propose projects involving K-16 Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) educational initiatives, community outreach, or customer and constituent relations. To be considered for grant funding, organizations must be located or operate in a community in which Lockheed Martin has employees, demonstrate fiscal and administrative responsibility and stability, and have an active, diverse board, effective leadership, continuity and efficiency of administration.Deadline: Rolling
Project Management Institute (PMI) Educational Foundation, Inc.: Cheetah Learning Scholarship
The PMI Educational Foundation, Inc. is awarding scholarships for K-12 teachers to enroll in the Cheetah PM Fundamentals Online Certificate Program, which provides information about the field of project management. Educators will develop new professional capabilities to enhance their teaching and professional management skills while receiving continuing education units through an IACET-certified provider. There is no cost to educators for this online training program.Deadline: Rolling
Annie's Homegrown: Grants for Gardens
Annie's Homegrown offers up to $250 to community gardens, school gardens, and other educational programs that connect children directly to gardening. Funds may be used to buy gardening tools, seeds, or other needed supplies. Eligible applicants include K-12 schools and nonprofits. Deadline: Rolling
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation: Science and Math Classroom Grants
Science and Math Classroom Grants
The AIAA Foundation gives up to $200 to science and math programs. Eligible applicants include AIAA Educator Associates who are K-12 teachers that apply science, mathematics, and technology in their curriculum. Grants may be used for classroom demonstration kits, classroom science supplies, or other materials that energize science, math, and technology hands-on learning. Deadline: Rolling
Cyberbee:Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project
Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project
Through Weather Watch: An Interactive Weather Project, Cyberbee enables K-12 schools to exchange weather information across climate zones. The free program helps schools predict, track, and research global weather by asking questions, gathering and comparing collected data, and sharing their findings with others. To participate, schools may register, collect weather data, post a general description of the weather, view information from other schools, and ask Vince Miller, Meteorologist, questions about the weather.Deadline: Rolling
Give Something Back International (GSBI) Foundation: Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
The GSBI Foundation's GVC is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources that aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally-productive ways. One of the major projects of the GVC is the annual Clubhouse Program. The Clubhouse is a non-competitive flexible program focused on collaborative learning. Projects may include topics such as language class exchanges, environmental research, collaborative science projects, and discussion groups. The program can begin at any time and last months or multiple years.Deadline: Rolling
America The Beautiful Fund: Operation Green Plant
Sponsored by the America the Beautiful Fund, the Operation Green Plant Program helps grow food for the hungry and beautify roadways, parks, and neighborhoods in 20,000 communities across the country. The program is now inviting applicants to request vegetable seeds, flower seeds, and/or herb seeds to help beautify their own communities. To apply, applicants must write a short letter describing their project and fill out the application form. Deadline: Rolling
Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Charitable Contributions Program
Wells Fargo Charitable Contributions Program
Wells Fargo is committed to improving the bank’s local communities across the country through grants and volunteer activities. The funding priorities of the Wells Fargo Charitable Contributions Program vary from state to state; however, the bank generally supports the following areas of interest: community development, including housing, job training, economic development, and programs for small businesses and farms; education, including K-12 education with an emphasis on math/science and financial literacy programs; human services, including healthcare and basic needs; and arts, culture, and civic projects. Visit the website listed above and click on a state in order to review the local funding guidelines and application procedures. Deadline: Rolling (usually every quarter)
Wells Fargo: Charitable Contributions
Wells Fargo supports educational programs that promote academic achievement for low to moderate income preK-12 students in math and science, literacy, and history of the American West. Eligible applicants include educational institutions and nonprofits located in particular states across the U.S. Grants are also considered for professional development programs and programs that encourage school partnerships with parents, the business community, or the community in which the school is located.Deadline: Rolling
Toshiba America Foundation: 6-12 Science and Math Grant
The Toshiba America Foundation gives up to and over $5,000 to math and science teachers (grades 6-12) in public and private schools. Funds will be given to teachers who engage students in positive and challenging learning experiences. Past successful grantees have used their students' natural curiosity and enabled them to frame their own scientific questions. Deadline: Rolling
Waynesburg University: Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program
Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program
The Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program is currently accepting proposals for the integration of primary sources in K-16 education. Additionally, cultural institutions and other community organizations may be partners within these programs. Proposals up to $20,000 will be considered and accepted on a rolling basis. Preference will be given to proposals that have the most potential for being integrated into K-12 classrooms for the long-term. Eligible states include Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.Deadline: Rolling
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Explorer Schools Project: Free Resources
Explorer Schools Project: Free Resources
NASA's Explorer Schools Project offers free online resources to help science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators inspire and engage future scientists, engineers, and technicians. The Project gives educators of grades 4-12 access to NASA’s people, missions, research, and facilities. Free materials include online videos, training materials, lessons, live chats, and collaboration tools.Deadline: Ongoing
GeoGebra
GeoGebra offers free open-source mathematics software for K-12 education. The software provides a platform for educators to teach geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus through the use of graphics, tables, an easy-to-use interface, and an authoring tool. Deadline: Ongoing
National Science Foundation (NSF) Plant Cyberinfrastructure Program (PSCIC): iPlant Collaborative
The NSF’s PSCIC was created to form a new type of organization, iPlant: a collaborative that enables transformative research through the use of a unified cyberinfrastructure. iPlant is a community of researchers, educators, and students working to enrich all plant sciences through the development of cyberinfrastructure - the physical computing resources, collaborative environment, virtual machine resources, and interoperable analysis software and data services – that are essential components of modern biology. iPlant fosters a new generation of biologists equipped to harness rapidly expanding computational techniques and growing data sets to address the challenges of plant biology.Deadline: Ongoing
Smithsonian Institution: Shout Program
The Smithsonian Shout Program provides free online professional development opportunities, instructional resources, and an online badging program to enable educators to incorporate media-rich, engaging interdisciplinary environmental education lessons into their classrooms. The program also features opportunities for hands-on learning and online collaboration with educators, students, and experts in the field from across the globe. The Smithsonian is concluding this year's "Water Matters" series with an interactive teacher prep session and webinars in May 2012. Webinar archives will be available online.
The online Badging Program will continue to be available throughout the year. It offers students the opportunity to earn digital badges by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental topics and participating in community activities. Many of the badge-based learning activities are integrated with the Shout online conferences and encompass multiple academic disciplines and skill sets.Deadline: Ongoing
Shodor
Shodor is a non-profit organization that serves K-12 students and educators by providing materials and instruction that relate to computational science (scientific, interactive computing). Shodor's free online curriculum tools can be used in the classroom. Deadline: Ongoing
PBS Kids and the WGBH Educational Foundation Design Squad Nation
For parents, teachers, and engineers, Design Squad Nation engages kids in hands-on engineering through activities, animations, video profiles, and episodes. Activities focus on the engineering design process and use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
These free resources can be used in classrooms, after-school programs, libraries, museums, events, and at home. Teachers may find resources by topic: Electricity, Force/Energy, Green, Health, Simple Machines, Sound, MusicSpace, Transportation, Sports/Games, Structures, and Technology/Materials.
Deadline: Ongoing
Grants Supporting Community Involvement/Volunteerism, General Education, Social Studies
Jan Stauber Grant. Beacon Society
Sponsored by the Beacon Society, the Jan Stauber Grant provides up to $350 to K-12 teachers and librarians who wish to develop a teaching project that introduces young people to Sherlock Holmes. The grant was created to encourage more young people to read and provides financial support to projects that connect youth to Sherlock Holmes. Deadline: May 1, 2013
Youth Literacy Grants. Dollar General
The Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant provides up to $4,000 to schools, public libraries, and non-profit organizations that want to implement or expand literacy programs for students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading. Eligible schools and nonprofits must operate within Dollar General's 35-state market area.Deadline: May 23, 2013.
Playwright Discovery Program. VSA arts
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others. Playwrights may write about their own experiences or the experiences of another person or fictional character. Young playwrights with or without disabilities are encouraged to apply. The selected script will be professionally staged and produced at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The award recipient will receive up to $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C. to view the winning script as it is performed onstage.Deadline: June 1, 2013
LEGO Children’s Fund: LEGO Children's Fund Grants
The LEGO Children’s Fund provides quarterly grants to programs with a special interest in collaborative efforts and raising matching funds. The Foundation gives priority consideration to programs that meet their goals and are supported in volunteer time and effort by LEGO employees. Grants will be awarded to qualified tax-exempt organizations, including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in early childhood education and development, technology and communication projects, and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on under-served youth. Typical awards are $500-5,000.Deadline: Quarterly – January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15.
Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation: Economics Education and Literacy
http://www.kazanjian.org/grants/apply
The Calvin K Kazanjian Economics Foundation provides grants in support of programs that raise public participation in economic education and/or create a demand for greater economic literacy. The foundation gives special attention to proposals and projects with national impact, speecificall programs that apply new strategies for teaching economics, including online and web-based instructin; encourage measurement of economic understanding; and help otherwise disenfranchised youth learn to participate in the economic system. Elibility: K-12 educators; Awards: from $3,500 to $150,000. With an average award of $22,000. Deadlines: February 15 for review in May/June, or September 15 for review in November/December.
Gale and Library Media Connection:TEAMS Award
The Thomson Gale TEAMS Award is open to all K-12 public and private school teachers in the United States who have collaborated with media specialists to promote learning and increase student achievement. Three winners will receive $2,500, Gale products, a 1-year subscription to Library Media Connection, and a choice of professional publications from Linworth Books. Winners will also be featured in a Library Media Connection article.Deadline: June 30, 2013
Cisco Global Impact Cash Grants: Initiatives for the Underserved Funded
Visit the Cisco website to learn more about the grantmaking criteria and to take the Eligibility Quiz.
Cisco Global Impact Cash Grants support nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and worldwide that provide assistance to underserved populations. In the Education category, Cisco supports technology-based solutions and education delivery models that enable children to master knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The Economic Empowerment category focuses on programs that provide technology-based solutions to underserved populations transitioning from education to workforce, or re-entry to workforce. Through the Critical Human Needs category, Cisco grants help overcome the cycle of poverty and dependence by supporting organizations that address the basic needs of underserved communities, with a focus on clean water, food, and shelter.. Organizations can begin the application process at any time
EverythingESL.net: EverythingESL.net
Everything ESL is a free site that offers a range of lesson plans, teaching tips, and resources for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers.Deadline: Ongoing
Sun Microsystems: Curriki
Curriki is a global community for K-12 teachers, students, and parents to create, share, and find open learning resources that improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. Curriki encourages collaboration from around the world to develop “best of breed” learning resources (peer-reviewed and classroom tested) and to create a culture of continuous improvement. The site currently has more than 40,000 K-12 learning resources and over 250,000 members. (Sponsored by Sun MicrosystemsDeadline: Ongoing
Shmoop: Free Online Learning Guides for Students and Teachers
Free Online Learning Guides for Students and Teachers
Shmoop is offering free online learning guides to students and teachers. From analyzing A Midsummer Night's Dream to surveying some major battles in U.S. history, Shmoop Learning Guides span 12 subject areas, including biology and mythology. Plus, high school students preparing for college can access Shmoop's College 101, a free guide to university and college admissions that covers topics such as entrance tests, financial aid, and scholarships.Deadline: Ongoing
Roads to Reading Initiative: Books for All Kids Program
The Books for All Kids Program provides free books to nonprofits, after-school programs, and child care centers. All book donations will be announced through email alerts and are made on a first come, first serve basis. Please note: Public and charter schools are not always eligible for donations, as guidelines vary from offer to offer. Deadline: Ongoing
Waynesburg University: Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program
Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program
The Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program is currently accepting proposals for the integration of primary sources in K-16 education. Additionally, cultural institutions and other community organizations may be partners within these programs. Proposals up to $20,000 will be considered and accepted on a rolling basis. Preference will be given to proposals that have the most potential for being integrated into K-12 classrooms for the long-term. Eligible states include Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Deadline: Rolling
Give Something Back International (GSBI) Foundation: Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
The GSBI Foundation's GVC is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources that aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally-productive ways. One of the major projects of the GVC is the annual Clubhouse Program. The Clubhouse is a non-competitive flexible program focused on collaborative learning. Projects may include topics such as language class exchanges, environmental research, collaborative science projects, and discussion groups. The program can begin at any time and last months or multiple years.Deadline: Rolling
JPMorgan Chase: Education Grants
JPMorgan Chase invests in programs and services that increase economically-disadvantaged children's access to high-quality educational opportunities. The Company focuses on helping K-12 students acquire the knowledge and skills needed to become productive, engaged citizens. JPMorgan also funds projects that integrate the arts into children's educational programs. (Note: There are some restrictions based on geographic location. Check site for eligibility.)Deadline: Rolling
Dirksen Congressional Center: Robert H. Michel Special Project Grants
Robert H. Michel Special Project Grants
Sponsored by the Dirksen Congressional Center, the Robert H. Michel Special Project Grants support work that enhances understanding of the U.S. Congress. Eligible applicants are scholars who conduct research about Congress and teachers who teach social studies, history, government, or political science. Accordingly, the grants are intended to fund work that advances the public understanding of the federal legislature through research and teaching. Examples of eligible projects include conferences involving congressional scholars, efforts by teachers to develop creative ways to teach their students about Congress, and publications, especially those with appeal beyond academia. Individual awards will generally fall in the $2,500 to $5,000 range.Deadline: Rolling
Office Depot Foundation: Office Depot Foundation Grants
Office Depot Foundation Grants
The Office Depot Foundation will give cash donations to non-profit organizations, schools, and libraries that bring systemic change to the communities they serve. Grant amounts will be between $50-10,000. The majority of grants will be in the vicinity of $1,000 and be supported by in-kind donations when inventory allows. Deadline: Rolling
Give Something Back International (GSBI) Foundation: Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) Clubhouse Program
The GSBI Foundation's GVC is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources that aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally-productive ways. One of the major projects of the GVC is the annual Clubhouse Program. The Clubhouse is a non-competitive flexible program focused on collaborative learning. Projects may include topics such as language class exchanges, environmental research, collaborative science projects, and discussion groups. The program can begin at any time and last months or multiple years.Deadline: Rolling
Comerica Charitable Foundation: Financial Literacy Program Grants
Financial Literacy Program Grants
The Comerica Charitable Foundation awards grants of varying amounts to communities in Texas, Michigan, California, Arizona, and Florida. The Foundation supports education programs including K-12 and adult financial literacy programs. When applicable, it also encourages efforts made by non-profit organizations to use minority and women-owned businesses in the development, design, or implementation of charitable fund-raising campaigns.Deadline: Rolling
Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation Literacy and Education Grants
The Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation provides literacy and education grants to support summer reading programs, early childhood education programs, and literacy programs for children with special needs. Grants generally range between $1,000 to $10,000, but the average grant is $1,500.Deadline: Rolling
Wal-Mart Foundation: Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Program
Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Program
The Wal-Mart Foundation will give $250 and more to programs and initiatives that address the educational needs of under-served young people ages 12-25. Examples include programs focused on high school success, access and retention of first-generation college students, and adolescent literacy. The Foundation has a particular interest in supporting veterans and military families, traditionally under-served groups, individuals with disabilities, and people impacted by natural disasters. Eligible applicants include K-12 schools and colleges with current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Deadline: Rolling
Kinder Morgan Foundation Grants for Non-Profit Youth Programs
Grants for Non-Profit Youth Programs
The Kinder Morgan Foundation gives grants primarily to K-12 educational programs. Funding is provided to local, state, and regional educational institutions, libraries, and programs that provide ongoing support. The Foundation also supports youth programs provided by local arts organizations, symphony orchestras, museums, and others that focus on education, the arts, and the environment. Eligible organizations must serve a community where Kinder Morgan has operations. Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000.Deadline: Rolling
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.: Sponsorships and Charitable Donations
Sponsorships and Charitable Donations
Barnes & Noble considers local and national support requests from non-profit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or education (preK–12). They also consider sponsorship opportunities where they can partner with organizations that focus their core businesses on higher learning, literacy, and the arts. Eligible recipients are either local literary, arts, or educational organizations seeking a sponsorship or donation from a Barnes and Noble store or national literary, arts, or educational organizations seeking a charitable donation or sponsorship opportunity from a Barnes and Noble corporate office.Deadline: Rolling.
Grants Supporting Arts & Humanities
Grants Promote Artistic Communities
Surdna Foundation: Thriving Cultures
The Surdna Foundation seeks to foster just and sustainable communities throughout the United States. The Foundation's Thriving Cultures program honors and celebrates the artistic impulse as part of community behavior and as a way to strengthen community identity and cohesion. Through the Thriving Cultures program, grants are provided to nonprofit organizations that address the following three lines of work: Teens Artistic Advancement, Artists Engaging in Social Change, and Community Driven Design. Teacher fellowship/Scholarship available. Visit the Foundation’s website to review detailed program guidelines for each of the Foundation’s Thriving Cultures lines of work. Online letters of inquiry that focus on these areas are accepted throughout the year. Various deadlines.
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA): Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-Grant
Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-Grant
Sponsored by the IBMA, the Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-Grant provides matching funding requests of up to $200 for in-school bluegrass music programs. While the IBMA appreciates all forms of music related to bluegrass, including mountain music, old-time, early country, Cajun, blues, and a host of other styles, they give priority to programs with a central focus on bluegrass music. Live ensemble demonstrations are encouraged, along with a brief overview of the history and pioneers of bluegrass music, the instruments used, their role in a band, the vocal harmony structure used in bluegrass music, and bluegrass music today.Deadline: Rolling
The RGK Foundation: Grants Promote Education, Health, and Community Programs
The RGK Foundation endeavors to be a catalyst for progressive change in humanitarian concerns by providing support to nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation’s grantmaking focus is on innovative programs in the following three categories: The Education category priorities include programs that focus on K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science, and reading); teacher development; literacy; and higher education. In the category of Medicine/Health, the Foundation's interests include programs that promote the health and well-being of children and programs that increase access to health services. The Community category targets a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Interested applicants may submit an online letter of inquiry via the Foundation’s website throughout the year; invited proposals are reviewed quarterly.
Dreyer's Foundation: Small Grants and Product Donations
Small Grants and Product Donations
The Dreyer's Foundation makes small grants of up to $1,000 and donates ice cream products and gift certificates/auction items to bona fide non-profit organizations for events. These proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis. Most funds go to a limited number of schools across the country where Dreyer's or Edy's employees are involved. The mission of the Dreyer's Foundation is to promote family, school, and community environments that build skills and foster talents in young people.Deadline: Rolling
Fender Music Foundation Music Grant Program
The Fender Music Foundation's mission is to aid non-profit music programs across America. The Foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)(3) organizations that are established, ongoing, and sustainable. Organizations should provide music instruction to people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to learn. The Grant Committee reviews applications 3 times a year, and grant awards range from $500-5,000.Deadline: Rolling
My Resource Cloud and Bongo LLP: Coco
Coco is a series of resources to teach children (3-6 years of age) foreign languages, including French, English, Polish, German, Spanish, and Chinese. Young learners will have access to a wide range of languages while also having fun. Words are pronounced by native speakers. The teacher acts as a facilitator and does not need to speak any of the languages themselves.Deadline: Ongoing
Classroom Resources
Association of American Educators Foundation: Classroom Grants
http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/classroom-grant-application
The grants can be used for a variety of projects and materials, including, but no limited to, books, software, calculators, math manipulative, art supplies, audiovisual equipment and lab materials. The number of classroom grants awarded depends on the number of applicants. Eligibility: full-time K-12 educators who have not received a grant from AAE in the previous three grant cycles (18 months). Award: Up to $500. Deadline: March 1 and October 1, annually.
DonorsChoose.org
The nonprofit DonorsChoose.org helps fill gaps in classroom resources. In 2009, DonorsChoose.org distributed $17 million by serving as a broker between public school teachers in need of resources and funders who have something to give. Full-time public-school teachers are eligible to submit projects to DonorsChoose.org. The requests are screened for clarity and student focus. Funders go to DonorsChoose.org and select projects based upon location, subject, cost, poverty data, and more. Once a project is fully funded, DonorsChoose.org purchases the resources and ships them directly to the teacher. Of teachers who post classroom requests on DonorsChoose.org, 70% receive funding and projects costing less than $400 receive funding more than 75% of the time. While teachers can ask for a wide variety of resources, technology, books, and classroom supplies are the categories funded most frequently. The best project requests are student-focused requests for materials or resources that will make learning relevant to the students served. DonorsChoose.org has 245,000 donors, the majority of whom are first-time givers to public schools. Donors are evenly divided among individual citizens, corporations, and foundations and have donated over $57 million since 2000. No Deadline
Computers for Learning (CFL): Computers for Learning
CFL places computers in classrooms, prepares children to contribute and compete in the 21st century, and allows government agencies and the private sector to transfer surplus computers and related equipment to schools and educational non-profit organizations. A school is eligible to receive donations through the Computers for Learning program if is a public, private, parochial, or home school serving preK-12 students. Special consideration will be given to institutions located in federal empowerment zones and enterprise communities. Deadline: Rolling
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI): Free Award-Winning Science Publications, Videos, and Materials
Free Award-Winning Science Publications, Videos, and Materials
The HHMI is a non-profit medical research organization that is helping to enhance science education at all levels and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide. HHMI provides an online catalogue where K-12 teachers can browse and order from a variety of award-winning publications, videos, and materials - all free. Find DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books about plants, animals, the human body, biomedics, evolution, genetics, research findings, and lab safety. Deadline: Rolling
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS): Free Earthquake Posters
The IRIS is offering free posters to K-12 teachers who wish to educate their students about earthquakes. Available posters include Earthquakes... Like Ripples on Water, A Century of Earthquakes, Sumatra: Andaman Island Earthquake, Exploring the Earth Using Seismology, and History of Seismology. The IRIS is also offering a free whitepaper that presents 5 tips to maximize the educational value of their posters.Deadline: Rolling
Please note: Time-sensitive requests must be sent at least 3 weeks in advance
International Paper Learning Center: Free Life of the Forest Teacher Packet
Free Life of the Forest Teacher Packet
From the International Paper Learning Center, the Life of the Forest Teacher Packet is a complimentary poster set for K-6 teachers. Posters are each 16" x 20" and come with accompanying 5-piece handout set. Teachers may each request 1 packet.Deadline: Rolling
Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF): Reading Resource Project
Sponsored by LEF, the Reading Resource Project is an ongoing program that runs throughout the year. The program distributes books free of charge to literacy programs. Recipients only pay shipping, handling, and administrative costs, which is only $0.68 per book ($68 per set of 100 books). Reading Resource Project books come in sets of 100 and are available for grades preK-2. There will not be more than five copies of the same book in any set.Deadline: Rolling
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Public Alert Radios for Schools
Public Alert Radios for Schools
NOAA is distributing free public alert radios to preK-12 schools that wish to help safeguard children. The radios alert school personnel of weather conditions, emergencies, and terrorist threats, even when other communication lines are unavailable.Deadline: Rolling
Netop: GAP Grant Program
Netop is offering GAP grants to K-12 teachers who wish to purchase Netop classroom management software. Grants of $150-300 will be available for classroom labs and grants of $1,100 will be available for site or school district licenses. Interested applicants must fill out an online form. Deadline: Rolling
Pets Care Trust: Pets in the Classroom Grant
The Pet Care Trust is awarding Pets in the Classroom Grants to K-6 teachers who wish to teach children how to care for pets. In order to receive a grant, teachers must shop at a local pet supply store. Grant certificates will be distributed in the amounts of $50, $100, or $150 and may be used to purchase new pets, pet environments, or pet food and supplies for existing classroom pets.Deadline: Rolling
Tool Factory and Olympus:Digital Wish Grants
Digital Wish helps teachers find funding for classroom technology. All teachers who submit a lesson plan will be automatically entered to win up to 50 technology grants. Through Digital Wish, teachers can tell their stories and let the world know how they will use technology in the classroom. Class stories will be publicly posted so that potential donors can make a contribution.Deadline: Rolling
Animoto: Free Animoto Plus Account
Educators can apply for a free Animoto Plus account to use in the classroom. Teachers may use Animoto to create digital presentations that incorporate images, video clips, music, and text. Deadline: Ongoing
Annenberg Media: Free Multimedia Resources
Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to help advance teaching in American schools. Their multimedia resources include online videos that help K-12 teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods in the arts, foreign languages, literature, mathematics, science, social studies, and history. Teachers can also integrate many of the programs in their classrooms.Deadline: Ongoing
Bill Zimmerman and Guarionex Press Ltd.: Make Beliefs Comix
Created by Bill Zimmerman, Make Beliefs Comix is a free site that allows users of all ages to create their own comic strips. Visitors can choose their characters, their characters' emotions, and add talk or thought balloons. The site is great for ESL learners and creative types.Deadline: Ongoing
Democrasoft, Inc.: Collaborize Classroom
Collaborize Classroom is designed to complement classroom instruction and engage students in online activities, assignments, and discussions that allow for deeper participation inside and outside of the classroom. The site enables teachers to:
• Allow students to participate on their own time with an easy-to-use private platform.
• Enrich curriculum with multimedia by embedding Microsoft Office documents, videos, pictures, and PDFs.
• Teach students how to have productive, respectful and supportive discussions online.
• Publish discussions to a results page so students can see tangible outcomes of their conversations.
• Access detailed student participation reports that make grading easy.
• Download free lesson plans to get started.Deadline: Ongoing
Discovery Education: Ready Classroom
Discovery Education is offering free online resources to prepare K-12 classrooms for various emergencies, including earthquakes, extreme heat, floods, hurricanes, landslides, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, and winter storms. The site also offers downloads for an emergency plan worksheet, emergency supply kit checklist, and H1N1 resources. Deadline: Ongoing
Full Sail University Educator Studio
Educator Studio is an online community for professional educators who wish to find and share relevant lesson plans used in the classroom. The website offers a range of tools, including a comic-creating tool, an online music creation studio, podcast publication tool, word cloud creation tool, and more.Deadline: Ongoing
Hewlett-Packard and Scholastic Environmental Education Program for 4-6 Grades
Environmental Education Program for 4-6 Grades
Hewlett Packard and Scholastic offer free dynamic skill building materials to students in grades 4-6 that raise awareness of the impact of electronics on the environment. The innovative lessons introduce students to the concepts of product life-cycle, environmental issues, and the role that students can play in environmental responsibility. They focus on building skills in science, language arts, and math.Deadline: Ongoing
Kindersay: Kindersay
Kindersay is a free online video web site designed to help preschool and English as Second Language (ESL) children learn English words. Over 500 online activities are available in a special Word Show format.Deadline: Ongoing
LEARN NC: Instructify Free Online Art Resources
Instructify Free Online Art Resources
Created by LEARN NC, Instructify lists the most innovative and successful practices in K-12 education and makes them available to teachers and students everywhere. The site lists free resources for art teachers to stock their toolboxes with classroom ideas and methods of instruction. Teachers can also find useful, free technology to utilize in the classroom. Deadline: Ongoing
LEARN NC: Instructify Free Online Science Resources
Instructify Free Online Science Resources
Created by LEARN NC, Instructify lists the most innovative and successful practices in K-12 education and makes them available to teachers and students everywhere. The site lists free resources for science teachers to stock their toolboxes with classroom ideas and methods of instruction. Teachers can also find useful, free technology to utilize in the classroom. Deadline: Ongoing
MediaCore: MediaCore for Teachers
Educators can create a free video site with MediaCore, a flipped classroom-friendly site that allows teachers to record and upload video content. The site enables teachers to capture and share moments from the classroom in HD, allowing students to revisit the learning on demand.Deadline: Ongoing
PBS Teachers: Arts Online Activity Packs
PBS Teachers offers online arts activity packs for K-12 teachers. These activity packs provide a set of educational resources focused on art history and music. They are packaged in a widget format that teachers can embed in their own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. They offer lessons on how music, art, and words can unify individuals in protest, how to create musical instruments, and how music affects moodDeadline: Ongoing
PBS Teachers: Health and Fitness Online Activity Packs
Health and Fitness Online Activity Packs
PBS Teachers offers online health and fitness activity packs for K-12 teachers. These activity packs provide a set of educational resources focused on sports, medicine, and community health. They are packaged in a widget format that teachers can embed in their own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. They offer lessons on community health and making healthy choices.Deadline: Ongoing
PBS Teachers : Reading and Language Arts Online Activity Packs
Reading and Language Arts Online Activity Packs
PBS Teachers offers online reading and language arts activity packs for K-12 teachers. These activity packs provide a set of educational resources focused on American authors, poetry, and Shakespeare. They are packaged in a widget format that teachers can embed in their own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. They offer lessons on great American authors, Shakespeare, and the Renaissance.Deadline: Ongoing
PBS Teachers: Science and Technology Online Activity Packs
Science and Technology Online Activity Packs
PBS Teachers offers online science and technology activity packs for K-12 teachers. These activity packs provide a set of educational resources focused on oceans, technology and ethics, forensic science, and Earth Day. They are packaged in a widget format that teachers can embed in their own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. They offer lessons on breakthroughs in medical research, weather, Earth Day, innovation and invention, and forensic science.Deadline: Ongoing
PBS Teachers: Social Studies Online Activity Packs
Social Studies Online Activity Packs
PBS Teachers offers online social studies activity packs for K-12 teachers. These activity packs provide a set of educational resources focused on global populations, citizenship, the presidency, and democracy around the world. They are packaged in a widget format that teachers can embed in their own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. They offer lessons on American identity, indigenous cultures, China, citizenship, patriotism, religious diversity in America, genocide, and other subject matter. Deadline: Ongoing
Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation: We Give Books
We Give Books is a new digital initiative from the Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them. All of the picture books are available for online reading and are appropriate for children up to age 10. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers. Deadline: Ongoing
Schoology: Schoology
Schoology enables educators to manage lessons, engage students, share content, and connect with other educators. Educators can also post assignments, quizzes, and links to additional resources as well as conduct online courses, provide one-on-one remediation, or host discussions.
Schoology connects students and parents to educators and learning resources in a safe, secure online environment. Deadline: Ongoing
Scotch Brand Products and Discovery Education Science Fair Central
Scotch Brand Products and Discovery Education offer a web site that supports educators, parents, and young scientists as they embrace one of the school year's greatest opportunities for project-based learning - the science fair. Featuring comprehensive free resources, Scotch Science Fair Central provides clear guidance to teachers and science fair leaders on how to help students capture the spirit of innovation as they plan, complete, and present a successful science fair project.Deadline: Ongoing
Throwplace.com: Give or Receive Donations
Throwplace: Give or Receive Donations
Throwplace.com is a place where individuals, businesses, and charities can collaborate to either receive or give donations.
Receive a Donation
Simply register with the site, browse donations, and request wanted items. If your request is selected by the donor, you will receive a confirmation email.
Donate Items
To donate items, simply register, fill out a Throw Form, wait to receive requests from interested individuals, select a recipient, and arrange for shipping or pick-up.Deadline: Ongoing
Utubersity.com : Utubersity
The goal of Utubersity is to organize and display the best educational videos from Youtube and other sites in an organized, accessible way. Utubersity classifies and tags videos to enable users to find materials more easily and efficiently. Videos feature full-length lectures, documentaries, and conferences on subjects ranging from art to astronomy.Deadline: Ongoing
Verizon Foundation: Free Online Educational Resources
Thinkfinity: Free Online Educational Resources
Sponsored by the Verizon Foundation, Thinkfinity.org provides a wealth of online educational and literacy resources for students, parents, and afterschool programs. Their goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classrooms and beyond by providing free extensive on-site professional development training. All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools, and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students.Deadline: Ongoing
WatchKnowLearn: Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students
Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students
WatchKnowLearn has indexed over 20,000 educational videos and placed them into a directory of over 3,000 categories. The videos are available free to K-12 teachers and students. Users can directly access the directory or search for videos by subject and age level. Videos come with accompanying titles, descriptions, age level information, and ratings.Deadline: Ongoing
Teacher Awards & Opportunities
Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards Program. Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and John Wm. Butler Foundation, Inc.
Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards Program
The John Wm. Butler Foundation, Inc.'s Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards Program honors teachers who have demonstrated their capacity to change the outcome of students’ lives and communities where they teach. Nominees must be licensed, active elementary or secondary (K-12) classroom teachers, teach at an accredited public or private school, have at least 5 years of teaching experience, and instructed students the equivalent of 20 hours per week for at least 5 of the past 7 years. Two teachers will each receive a $5,000 cash prize and transportation and lodging expenses (up to $1,000 USD) to attend the TMA’s 25th annual conference, October 3-5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Deadline: May 1, 2013
Outstanding Special Education Teacher Award
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
Outstanding Special Education Teacher Award
Sponsored by NASET, the Outstanding Special Education Teacher Award is given to teachers who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of special education. Eligible candidates must be nominated by an individual involved in the field of special education and have also taught for a minimum of 3 years. The winner will receive an award that bears the recipient's name, award name, award date, and the official seal of NASET. Deadline: May 1, 2013
Broad Center for the Management of School Systems: Academy Program
The Broad Program is a 10-month executive management program that augments prior educational training with skills and tools from the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Eligible applicants are CEOs and senior executives from business, non-profit, government, and education backgrounds. Participants will keep their current jobs while attending The Academy, and all tuition and travel costs will be covered. The Academy expects to place graduates into superintendent or senior cabinet level positions within 18 months after completing the program. Deadline: Rolling
Education-Portal.com: Teacher Grant Program
The Education-Portal.com Teacher Grant provides 2 grants of $500 per month to preK-12 teachers who creatively and effectively incorporate Education-Portal.com's free online video lessons into their curriculum to improve student engagement and comprehension.
Education-Portal.com has a growing library of 500 free video lessons and quizzes. Their lessons are created by subject matter experts and professional educators and are completely free and available for teachers to use as a supplemental classroom resource. Teachers may use the videos to increase student engagement, differentiate instruction, and reinforce concepts. Deadline: Rolling
National Education Association (NEA) Foundation: Learning and Leadership Grant
The NEA Foundation provides opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The Foundation will give $2,000 to individuals and $5,000 to groups engaged in collegial study. Grant funds may be used for fees, travel expenses, books, or other materials that enable applicants to learn subject matter, instructional approaches, and skills. (Note: Preference will be given to members of the NEA.)Deadline: Rolling
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF), Inc. Training Scholarships for Teachers
Training Scholarships for Teachers
The PMIEF Training Scholarship is a powerful opportunity to place nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, teachers, and educational administrators side-by-side with project management practitioners and specialists. PMIEF offers complimentary training scholarships to give educators and nonprofits background in the field and training designed to inspire a growth in project-based learning curricula and an improvement in effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofits.Deadline: Rolling
Woodrow Wilson Foundation : Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color
Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color
The goal of the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color is to help recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as K-12 public school teachers in the United States. The Fellowship offers the opportunity to ensure that greater numbers of highly qualified teachers of color enter public school classrooms around the country.
The Fellowship includes:
■ $30,000 stipend to apply toward the cost of a master’s degree at a participating graduate program
■ Preparation in a high-need public school
■ Support throughout the 3-year teaching commitment
■ Guidance toward teaching certification
■ Lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders
Deadline: Rolling
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT): Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Program
Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Program
Sponsored by the NAGT, the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Program recognizes exceptional contributions in the field of earth science at the secondary level. Eligible applicants include middle and high school teachers. Winners will receive NAGT membership, $500 in travel funds, $500 in classroom improvement funds, one-year membership and subscription to EOS and Physics Today, one-year subscription to The Professional Geologist, and an assortment of publications from the USGS. Individuals may apply themselves or nominate a colleague for the award: Deadline: Ongoing
Pre-College Grant Program. American Psychological Foundation (APF)
APF's Pre-College Grant Program offers up to $20,000 to programs that focus on supporting high school students talented in psychology. Applicants must be educational institutions or 501(c)(3) nonprofits that not only wish to encourage talented high school students to pursue psychology, but also reinforce the discipline of psychology as a science in secondary school curricula.Deadline: May 1, 2013
Do Something: Do Something Grant
Do Something is offering $500 grants to youth under 25 who have recently created a sustainable community action project, program, or organization. The grants facilitate the growth and success of student programs and are awarded weekly. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and stay active for consideration 3 months after submission.Deadline: Rolling
Starbucks: Shared Planet Youth Action Grants
Shared Planet Youth Action Grants
Starbucks is giving Shared Planet Youth Action Grants to help young people realize their potential to reinvent their local communities. Applicants must be tax-exempt non-profit organizations that provide young people (ages 6-24) with a continuum of service opportunities in social entrepreneurship. Applicants outside of the U.S. must be charitable and identified as nongovernmental organizations or the equivalent of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Grants range between $10,000 - $30,000.Deadline: Rolling
Youth Service America (YSA): Everyday Young Heroes Award
Each week in the National Service Briefing, YSA features an Everyday Young Hero to highlight a young person's achievements and commitment to community service. Everyday Young Hero Award winners will receive a certificate and award letter and will be featured on the YSA website. Winners will also be considered for YSA's other awards, including YSA Service Stars and the Harris Wofford Award. Deadline: Rolling
STEM For Innovation Success
Science
The Nature Conservancy: Nature Works Everywhere
http://www.naturewaorkseverywhere.org/about
A new initiative to help students learn the science behind nature’s fantastic “factory.” The site gives teachers, students and families everything they need in order to start exploring: videos, interactive games and interactive lesson plans aligned to standards. Each lesson plan is available as a free downloadable PDF with a related interactive whiteboard presentation. Video tours take students around the world to visit nature – fro coral reefs to bee gardens, from Main’s snowy forests to Africa’s grasslands.
Innovation Headquarters of 3M and Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life
http://www.scienceofeverydaylife.com/innovation/
In the Science of Everyday Life website, students go beneath the surface of everyday life by exploring the science all around them.
Innovation Explorations takes students through the rooms of an ordinary house.
Virtual Labs engage students in investigating circuitry, heat conduction and electrical energy.
Travel Through Time portal takes them on a journey through a century of innovation.
Sets of Inquiry-based lessons (aligned to national standards for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12) address key areas of life science, physical science, earth science and technology/innovation using common materials found in most classrooms.
Did You Know?, Meet 3M Scientists, and Science Fun are additional sections provided for teachers and students to discover enven more about science.
NASA: PUMAS
http://pumas.gsfc.nasa.gov/examples/
Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS) offers 79 one-page examples of how science and math can be used in interesting settings and everyday life. Titles of examples lessons include Automatic Windshield Wipers (conduction), Grandpa’s social Security (algebra), How, Now, Pythagoras? (Pythagorean theorem), Probability and Traffic Signals (probability), the Cause of the Earth’s Seasons (weather), What is Wind Chill (weather and wind chill). The examples, written primarily by scientists, engineers and other content experts, are aimed mainly K-12 classroom teachers. PUMAS examples can be sorted by title, grade level, date accepted, keyword, benchmark or author. In addition, teachers can submit a request for a specific example.
National Science Foundation: The Secret Lives of Wild Animals.
http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/animals/
Website for children and all ages. Multidisciplinary teams of biologists, computer scientists and engineers use innovative tracking and information-management systems to discover how animals, spend their minutes, days, and years negotiating within an ecosystem to find food and mates, survive predators or adapt to human encroachment. This area of research, called “landscape ecology”, leads students to understanding the myriad interactions between land and beast, and very balane of nature, as well as new ideas about how we live together on a shrinking planet. The animals features on the site are the deer, ocelot, agouti, dragonfly, zebra and seal. For each animal, students get an overview, tracking technology, movie, quick facts and location.
Siemens Science Day: Learning by Doing
http://siemensscience day.discoveryeducation.com/activities/hands-on-science-activities.cfm
Free hand-on science activities related to earth science, life science and physical science topics. Teachers will find dozens of activities with corresponding tools and videos from Discovery Education. Each activity plan contains a summary, overview, learning objective and correlation to national standards for science and technology, detailed lesson procedure, extension activities, background and key vocabulary. Teacher and student handouts are available.
Technology
21stCenturyLit.org
13 modules to teach 21st century skills in English or social studies classes at grades 7-12. The modules use journalistic methods and new digital tools to help educators teach digital literacy, information literacy and citizenship literacy. Students learn how to conduct research, fi9nd sources efficiently and effectively, integrate the use of content creation tools available on the Internet and collaborate with others. All modules include Rationale, Lessons, Worksheets and Appendices along with other related resources for introducing the skills.
Thirteen Ed Online’s wNetSchool: Internet Primer
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/primer/
Online guide for K-12 teachers that provides instruction for using the web in the classroom. The Primer is comprised of six sections: Seeing the Big Picture, Making the Connection, Using Internet Tools, Searching Smart, Evaluating the Web and Using the Web. The guide includes lessons, tutorials, and dozens of examples that make it interesting and fun to explore the Internet with students. The Primer offers tips, interactive templates and other resources that will help teachers put knowledge into practice.
MIT Media Lab: Scratch
http://info.scatch.mit.edu/Educators
A free visual programming language developed by MIT Media Lab that makes it easy for students to create interactive stories, animations, games, music and art- and share their creations on the web. Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. As young people create and share projects in Scratch, they develop design and problems –solving skills, while learning to think creatively, reason systematically and work collaboratively. Scratch is intended for students aged 8-16, but younger children can work on Scratch projects with teachers, parents or older siblings. It runs on Mac, Windows and Linux computers.
Kent State University: TRAILS (Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills)
A free self-guided, self-administered assessment tool designed for use by library media specialists and teachers to determine the information literacy competencies of their students. This knowledge assessment has multiple-choice questions targeting information literacy standards at grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. After setting up an account, teachers can enter options and schedule a session for students.
Woogi World
http://www.woogiworld.com/educators/
Educators can partner with parents to manage WoogiWorld, an online virtual community where K-6 students learn smart, ethical online behaviors through fun activities. The instructional Cyber Hero program includes educational games on cyber safety (Keep Private and Chart Police), cyber security (Compu-Protect and Crash & Tell) and an interactive comic book on cyber ethics (CyberBully Avenger). Students will learn to balance technology in their life and use it for good with the fun simulation game oncyber health (Time Management). Educators can manage students in their class to see their achievements in learning cyber safety and monitor scores as students work through the Woogi World games.
Engineering
A sightseer’s Guide to Engineering
http://www.engineeringsights.org/
A database of sightseeing sites throughout the 50 states that help tell the engineering story. The sampling of activities and creative marvels can be searched by keyword, engineering discipline or category, or by clicking on a state on the map of the United States. Entries include sightseeing details and background information.
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at the Stevens Institute of Technology: Catch A Wave
http://ciese .org/curriculum/tideproj/index.shtml
Catch A Wave is an educational project for students in grades 6-12 that uses online, real-time data to guide student discovery of the causes and effects of ocean waves and tides. The Earth’s ocean are in constant motion, and through this project, students will discover the causes and effects of the movement of the water on the shoreline and humans, Students are challenged to think critically and creatively about the effects of ocean waves and tides by answering questions such as How much energy is involved with waves and erosion: Can humans stop erosion of the shoreline? Should we? Is it cost effective? The Catch a Wave Teacher Guide contains activities that aid in teaching students how to access and interpret real-time wave data and to how use the information to solve real-world problems.
Teach Engineering: A House is a House for Me
http:www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_a_house_for_me/a_house_for _me.xml
If students could live anywhere in the world and in the climate of their choice, what kind of house would they construct? What would they need in order to build their house so it could withstand the climate? A House is a House for Me is a detailed lesson plan that guides students in grades 3-5 in creating a model for a home. The lesson, from Teach Engineering, includes links to engineering background information, related lessons, recommended resources, and vocabulary and assessment rubrics.
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at the Stevens Institute of Technology: the Stowaway Adventure
http://ciese.org/curriculum/shipproj/
The Stowaway Adventure is a multidisciplinary Internet-based learning experience designed to expose students in grades 5-8 to real-world problems solving through unique uses of instructional technologies. In particular, students use real-time data from the Internet to track a real ship at sea, determine its destination and predict when it will arrive. In addition, they monitor the weather conditions at sea and predict when rough weather may have an impact on the ship’s arrival time. Students use the engineering design process to generate research questions; brainstorm ideas; and design, build and test a prototype travel bag for their adventure on the high seas. The complete Real Time Data Project contains menu links to Project Information, a Teacher Guide, Reference Material and Ask an Expert.
Questioneering
http://www.tryengineering.org/trivia.html
Questioneering is an engineering game for middle school and high school students. This fast-paced online trivia game can be played in single-player, multiplayer or team mode. In single-player mode the student has 30 seconds to answer each of 12 questions during Stage 1. In Stage 2, the student answers as many questions as he or she can in 60 seconds. And in Stage 3, the student chooses how many points to risk on the final question. In the multiplayer mode, the student gets a link to send to a friend so they can pay the game together. Teachers can also send a link to another classroom for a unique team challenge.
Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: NCTM Illuminations project: Calculation Nation
http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
The games of Calculation Nation are organized around content from the upper elementary and middle grades math curriculum. By becoming a citizen of Calculation Nation, student can play free online math strategy games that will help them learn about fractions, factors, multiples symmetry and more, as well as practice skills such as calculating area and distance. Calculation Nation uses the power of the web to let students challenge opponents from anywhere in the world while challenging themselves by investigating significant mathematical content and practicing fundamental skills. Under the Parents & Educators tab are directions for using the games, information on the math understandings addressed in the games and lists of related resources.
Fuel the Brain
http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Interactives/
Fuel the Brain is a collection of games and interactive to help students practice elementary math skills related to Counting & Cardinality, Number & Operations, Measurement & Data, and Science. Popular interactive use base-ten blocks, number lines, geoboards, money and clocks. Seasonal picks help relate math to the time of year. Each math interactive game has related printables to use offline. Teacher Guides support the use of the interactive in the math curriculum and suggest classroom adaptations and customizations. Other Resources includes Wheel Chart Interactive and eZ Grader.
Math Active
http://www.asset.asu.edu/new/mathactive
Math Active lessons are Flash-animated math modules designed for K-12. Each module features content created by educators to target a specific geometry performance objective. MathActive can be used for remediation, extension of introduction of concepts. Many of the modules are created with English, Spanish and Navajo narration. All Flash lessons have a printable Teacher Guide listing materials, objectives, extensions and assessment recommendations.
Math-kitecture
http://www.math-kitecture.com/
Math-Kitecture is about using architecture to do math – or math to do architecture! Math-Kitecture has a number of activities, including Floor Plan Your Classroom, which offers engaging ways for students to study mathematics by doing real-life architecture. The three-step process for creating a classroom floor plan, for example, includes links to background information and specific examples along with drawings for each step. Students learn estimation, measurement, proportion and ratios by hand-drafting a floor plan of their classroom to scale.
Sokikom
http://wwwlsokikom.com/educators/
Sokikom’s website motivates students in grades 1-6 to learn math in a safe, social-learning game environment. The multiplayer online games are based on the National council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) curriculum focal points and the Common core State Standards for mathematics. Sokikom has designed the web-based games using the principles of guided, discovery-based, social and situated learning. The games emphasize real-time cooperation and collaboration to engage students in developing math skills as they help one another learn math. An adaptive learning engine adjusts the activities based on individual student needs. The free basic plan allows for one game using a basic curriculum. Sokikom is offering free student subscription upgrades to teachers through the end of the 2012 school year, and possible even beyond. Currently, there are no limits to the number of student upgrades, so teaches can add as many students as needed.
University of Cambridge’s Millennium Mathematics Project: NRICH-CORE
http://nrich.maths.org/stemrich
The stemNRICH-CORE section of the University of Cambridge’s NRICH website is devoted to the mathematics underlying science and technology. The stem RICH-CORE collection is made up of mathematical-science problem tasks covering topics in the Living World, the Physical World, Technology and Core Maths. The Core Math’s section involves SET contexts and mathematical concepts that students between the ages of 11 and 16 typically encounter. An Advanced Scientific Mathematics section provides problem-solving tasks for students aged 16 and up.
Plus: NRICH is part of the family of activities in the University of Cambridge’s Millennium Mathematics Project, which also includes the Plus and Motivate sites. Plus magazine opens a door to the world of maths, with all its application, by providing articles form top mathematicians and science writers on topics as diverse as art, medicine and sport. Educators can read the latest mathematical news on the site every week, browse the blog, listen to podcasts and keep up-to-date by subscribing to Plus (via email, RSS, Face book, iTunes or Twitter). Motivate provides free online maths-based resources for school, including multi-media packs and cross-curricular resources and projects. [Plus magazine] http://plus.maths.org/content/
[Motivate resources] http://motivate.maths.org/content/
FREE AND INEXPENSIVE RESOURCES
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Resource Kit
http://web.ttech4learning.com/digital-storytelling-resource-kit?utm_campaign=pixie-research-pl
From classroom management to project ideas to script writing and planning, the resources in the kit will help get teachers and students started telling digital stories. The kit’s resources help students develop 21st century communication skills and make personal connections to the content they are learning. The kit includes articles with ideas for integrating digital storytelling across the curriculum, samples of digital storytelling (web based and PDFs with web links) and lesson plans for creating video biographies, news broadcasts and more. PDF format with online web links.
Thinkport’s Think K-12 Classroom
http://www.thinkport.org/Classroom/onlineclips.tp
Teachers can browse online videoclips by subject category or complete a keyword search to find a clip that will fit a specific need. Subject categories include major curriculum content areas as well as the arts and professional development. Most of the clips are available to view online as Flash files or downloaded as MPEG files.
WatchKnowLearn
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
An index of more than 33,000 educational videos placed in a directory of 3,000 plus categories. The videos are available to teachers and students 24/7. Users can dive into the innovative directory or search for videos by subject and age level. Video titles, descriptions, age-level information and ratings are edited for usefulness. The website invites broad participation in a new kind of wiki system, guided by teachers. Confirmed registered users can add videos to grade-level and subject-area pages. They can also edit pages by other registered users.
Plus: WatchKnowLearn has created three Common Core Classrooms that have aligned videos in the main directory with the ELA and Mathematics standards for K-2. http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Content.aspx?IED=CommonCore.Overview
Figure This! Family Corner
http://www.figurethis.org/fc/family_corner.htm
Provides teachers with math brochures to download and print. The five brochures are resources for engaging parents in their children’s math education. The downloadable brochures are available in full color or black and white, and in English or Spanish. Titles are Families & School, Families & Math, Families & Homework, Families & support, and Math & Literature. PDF Format.
Virginia Dept. of Education: Mathematics Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/matematics/resources/vocab_cards/index.shtml
A way to display mathematics content words and associated visual cures to assist in vocabulary development. The cards can be used as an instructional tool for teachers and then as a reference for all students, particularly English learners and students with disabilities. PDF and MS Word formats.
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Help Prevent Underage Drinking Kit
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/mathematics/resources/vvocab_cards/index.shtml
Educate 5th and 6th grade students about the consequences of underage drinking. The kit includes teaching guide and poster, bonus work-sheets and a family guide with colorful illustrations and comics, quizzes and activities. The materials in the kit are aligned with national teaching standards. The digital version can be downloaded at no charge; the print kit can be ordered from SAMHSA at a nominal cost for shipping and handling. PDF format.
Museum of Vision and The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Http: //www.museumof vision.org/education
Downloadable curriculum guides to teach children aged 10-14 about the eyes and the science of vision. Titles includeHealthy Eyes, Healthy Body; Eye Openers; Exploring Optical Illusions. Animal Eyes; And Art and Vision: Seeing in 3-D. The lessons, which focus on life science and health, include handouts and activities for use in the classroom. Full-color diagrams make it easy for students to visualize scientific content, and additional resources provide curriculum support. PDF format.
US Dept of Interior’s Geological Survey: Map Adventures Teacher Packet
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/mapadventures/mapadven.html [PDF version]
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/mapadventures/index.html [online version]
A study of how to understand and use maps for K-3 students. The downloadable kit contains seven lesson plans, including lessons on symbols and legends, directions on a map and map grids and scale.
US Dept of Interior and National Mapping Division, US Geological Survey: Exploring Maps
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/exploringmaps/
An interdisciplinary set of materials on mapping for grades 7-12. The packet of materials helps students learn basic mapmaking and map-reading skills and understand how maps can answer fundamental geographic questions. The map images and accompanying activities can be used in various courses, including geography, history, mathematics, art, English, and the sciences. The instructional package includes a teacher’s guide, activity sheets, tow posters and maps, including a map of the earliest know roads of the Roman Empire and a map of earthquake-prone areas around the world. PDF format.
C-Span
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Special-Offers.aspx
Wall poster that includes information about the Electoral College, historical election results and key dates leading up to the 2012 presidential election. The poster and accompanying lesson ideas and activities have been updated based on the 2010 census. PDF format.
Kids.gov: How To Become President of the United States
http://publications.usa.gov/USAPubs.php?PubID=6099
A colorful and informative poster (22”x34”) is intended to help students understand the process of becoming president of the US. PDF format.
PowerPoint Palooza
More than 220 PowerPoint presentations for AP American History, AP World History and Global Studies. The presentations range in size from a dozen or so slides each to more than 145 slides per title. Several presentations contain sound or music. Some were created by teachers; others by students. Teachers can save the files, modify them and use them in the classroom. The only requirement is to download the files before using them and to keep the author as the original source.
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
http://www.studentreportinglabs.com/reporting-labs-curriculum
This program connects high school students to local PBS stations and news professionals in their community to produce original, student-generated news video reports. The young people who participate in the project learn how to report, problem-solve, synthesize information and investigate important topics. The project also includes a three-unit news literacy/digital media curriculum and online collaborative space designed to transform students’ understanding of news, build a foundation of civic engagement and spark a lifelong interest in current events. The curriculum can easily be adapted to the McREL standards, Common Core State Standards and ISTE Standards. PDF format.
Common Sense Media: Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum
http://www.comonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculm/k-5
The ready to use instruction for K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 helps to guide students into making safe, smart and ethical decisions in the digital world where they live, study and play. The detailed lesson plans in each unit include print-ready student handouts and links to parent resources. PDF format.
Commonsense Media: Standing Up, Not Standing by: Cyberbullying Toolkit for Educators
http://www.comonsensemedia.org/educators/cyberbullying-toolkit
A resource to help teachers show students how to take a stance when they see digital harassment happening and create a positive school culture where they and their classmates can thrive-both online and off. Since parents are worried and confused about cyberbullying too, the toolkit for educators includes a “workshop in a box”, organized by student age ranges, which teachers can use to bolster parent-involvement efforts. PDF format.
Web Safety Posters
http://ww.free-for-kids.com/internet -safety-posters.shtml
Posters that offers advice and guidance to both young and older children on how to use the Internet safely, particularly online chatting, messaging, and sharing personal information. Each of the web safety posters can be downloaded and printed and then posted on a bulletin board at a computer station or in the school technology lab to reinforce the importance of surfing and chatting online safely. The posters can also be shared with parents to help remind them of the dangers and risk associated with children and teenagers communicating in cyberspace across the web. PDF format.
Council for Economic Education: It All Adds Up
A site for teens who want to get a head start on their financial future. Students can play online games and simulations to learn about managing credit, buying a car, paying for college, budgeting, saving and investing. Each simulation requires students to investigate, make decisions and use their mathematics and economics knowledge to complete the game.
FBI: FBI Kids
http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids
Activities and interactive games for K-12 students. About the FBI displays the different patterns used to identify fingerprints: loop, double loop, central pocket loop, tented arch, plain arch, plain whorl and accidental. How We Investigate takes students through a case from start to finish in the FBI laboratory, including the many tricks used by spies. The interactive FBI Adventure presents four cases that involve packages from different countries for students to solve.
Jefferson Labs in Newport News, VA: It’s Elemental – Balancing Act!
http://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/index.html
http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/teachers.php [teacher resources]
A game where chemistry students in grades 7-12 can practice balancing chemical equations by choosing the correct coefficient. The game lets students select the number of equations to complete and a difficulty level. Each incomplete chemical equation can be balanced by selecting coefficients from the pull-down menus. The Jefferson Lab also offers a plethora of Teacher Resources, including hands-on activities, worksheets, puzzles, online games and videos.
NASA: NASA Kid’s club
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Educational games, engaging multimedia and visuals, and educational activities to K-4 students’ developmental and learning abilities as addressed in national education standards in math, science and technology. The skills levels provide a natural progression through the site, so users can find interactive games best suited to their abilities. For example, Roving on Mars (Level 3) challenges grade 2 students to use their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination to navigate a rover through a maze on the surface of Mars. Flip Time (Level 4) changes grade 3 students to match analog time to the corresponding readings on digital clocks. And Go to the Head of the solar system (Level 5) challenges grade 4 students to answer questions about celestial objects as the travel through the solar system. The developmentally appropriate content is based on national education standards and benchmarks at each grade level. Teachers can click the red apple to get game descriptions matched d to the skills and ISTE standards address by each game.
National Science Foundation and NFL Football: NBC Learn: The Science of NFL Football
http://www..nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nfl-football
A collection of streaming videos and lessons that unravel the science behind professional football while examining the Pythagorean Theorem, Newton's laws of motion and Vectors.
Project Noah
This is a tool to explore and document wildlife and d a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Students explore the wildlife around them and help scientists with the data collection. They can post a new spotting, upload photos, tag plants and animals with location data, join missions and earn patches the Organisms section is a field guide to help students identify the wildlife they find. The Project Noah missions are challenging and meaningful investigations that touch on nearly every key concept in the life sciences, from adaptation and natural selecting to conservation and biodiversity.
Boston Massacre Files
http://bostonhistory.org/sub/bostonmassacre/gme.html
History comes alive with this interactive simulation of the Boston Massacre, using artist portraits, eyewitness accounts from the trials that followed, an interactive history timeline and guided questioning to help students understand this event in American history. Middle school students will find the simulation intriguing as they investigate the evidence and try to formulate their own conclusions about the Boston Massacre.
Kid’s Voting USA
These classroom civics activities introduce students to the concepts of citizenship in the earliest grades and continue throughout their school years. After class preparation, students take part in a voting experience. This “real-life” practice dispels the mysteries of the voting process and reinforces the knowledge and skills gained through Kids Voting classroom activities. The activities help students meet national and state curriculum standards for social studies.
Plus: DoubleClick Democracy is an online service of Kids Voting USA. The service provides students with the opportunity to participate in an authentic voting experience by using a web-based voting system. In addition, the system can be used for nay election or contest, such as poster contests, student government races and homecoming elections.
International Monetary Fund (IMF): Trading Around the World
http://www.imf.org/esternal/np/exr/center/students/trade/index.htm
This is an interactive game that lets students in grades 7-12 experience the challenges and excitement of international trade. To succeed in the game, students need to get the best price for the goods they sell and the biggest bargains for the goods they buy. They also need to watch how the global economy is doing, since the prices they will be able to get and the deals they can make depend on how healthy the global economy is. To be successful in trading around the work, students must use their imaginations, negotiating skills and bank accounts wisely. If students want to return to the game and keep playing, a Player ID Number allows them to return where they left off.
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Grants terminology
On-going - the window for grant applications is continuous
Rolling – the window for grant applications and awards is offered at various times; need to check their website for next cycle of funding
Items marked with this sign are first time on the list.
RRRevised 4/12/2013
Last Updated on Friday, April 12 2013 10:59
