GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Posted 12/01/08
American Association of School Librarians: National School Library Media Program
of the Year Award
The National School Library Media Program of the Year Award recognizes exemplary
school library media programs that ensure students and staff are effective
users of ideas and information and are fully integrated into the host school's
curriculum. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: school districts and single
schools within a district -- public as well as non-public -- from kindergarten
through 12th grade.
Deadline: Jan. 2, 2009.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslawards/natlslmprogram/2009nslmpy.pdf
National Teachers Hall of Fame
The National Teachers Hall of Fame honors exceptional career teachers, encourages
excellence in teaching, and preserves the rich heritage of the teaching profession
in the United States. Maximum award: recognition; $1,000 scholarship for a
student in the inductee's school district who plans to pursue a degree in education;
$1,000 in educational materials from the Pearson Learning Group for the inductee's
school district. Eligibility: nominees must have a minimum of 20 years of full-time
preK-12 teaching experience, and hold a valid teaching certificate or license
from the state in which he or she is teaching or has taught. Deadline: Jan.
2, 2009.
http://www.nthf.org/nominate.htm
Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award
National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Earth Science Teacher
awards are given for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest
in the Earth Sciences at the secondary level. Maximum award: $500 classroom
improvement funds. Eligibility: middle and high-school teachers of earth science.
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2009.
http://www.nagt.org/nagt/programs/oest.html
Amgen: Award for Science Teaching Excellence
The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence recognizes extraordinary contributions
by educators across the United States who are elevating the level of science
literacy through creativity in the classroom and motivation of students. Maximum
award: $5,000 to recipient, $5,000 to the recipient's school for the expansion
or enhancement of a school science program, for science resources, or for the
professional development of the school's science teachers. Eligibility: full-time
classroom teachers grades K–12 in public or private school whose major
responsibilities include teaching science and who work in California, Colorado,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, or Washington state.
Deadline:
Feb. 2, 2009.
http://www.amgen.com:80/citizenship/aaste.html
ING: Unsung Heroes Awards
The ING Unsung Heroes awards program recognizes innovative and progressive
thinking in education through monetary awards. Maximum award: $25,000. Eligibility:
full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified
staff members with effective projects that improve student learning at an
accredited K-12 public or private school.
Deadline: April 30, 2009.
http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/dc/documents/companylobinformation/001143.pdf
The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation’s
Music Matters Grants
Purpose:
The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation’s mission is to support and redefine
music education. Through music education, a child can better achieve his/her
full potential and stimulate personal and educational growth.
Music Matters Grants for 2009 will focus on educational reform in school music
programs and independent music programs. Grants will be awarded in April 2009
(money will be distributed by October 2009), to schools and music programs
throughout the United States. Grant amounts for this cycle are between $1,000-$12,000
each and are made on an annual one-time basis.
Deadline: February 04, 2009
Maximum Award: $1,000-$12,000
Number Of Awards: Multiple
Period: One year.
http://heart.muzak.com/what/grants.aspx
Horace Mann Scholarships
Purpose:
Horace Mann is dedicated to serving the needs of the educational community.
The Horace Mann Companies is offering $30,000 in scholarships for public and
private school K-12 educators to take college courses.
In May 2009, The Horace Mann Companies will announce the recipients. One recipient
will receive $5,000 in scholarship funds payable over four years, and fifteen
other recipients will receive $1,000 each in scholarship funds payable over
two years. Twenty additional recipients will each receive one-time $500 awards.
Scholarship money will be paid directly to each recipient's college or university
for tuition, fees and other educational expenses.
Scholarship applicants will be judged on a written essay and school and community
activities. Financial need is not a consideration, but applicants who have
all educational expenses paid through other scholarships and/or grants are
ineligible
Deadline: March 12, 2009
Maximum Award: $500-$5000
Number Of Awards: 36
Period: Up to four years.
http://www.horacemann.com/resources/scholarships/default.aspx
WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS PROGRAM
Purpose:
The William T. Grant Foundation announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for
the William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows Program, a fellowship program for
mid-career influential researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. The program
is intended to help researchers strengthen the ways in which their work reflects
an understanding of policy and practice, and help policymakers and practitioners
enhance their capacities to recognize and use high-quality research.
Deadline: January 08, 2009
Maximum Award: $175,000
Number Of Awards: 2-5
Period: Six months to two years.
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/newsletter3039/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=706535
FMA FOUNDATION and the Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs
Foundation
Program: Grants for Manufacturing Camps
Purpose:
A demographic shift in the U.S. work force caused by retiring baby boomers
is taking place, and the manufacturing sector is already feeling the impact.
While improvements in technology have increased efficiency rates and reduced
the amount of unskilled labor needed, there is an ever-increasing demand for
highly skilled professionals such as engineers who can design, program, and
operate technology being employed.
The purpose of manufacturing camp grants is to provide a positive, hands-on
experience so young people will consider manufacturing as a future career option.
Suggested curriculum for a week of manufacturing camp might include a day or
two of introduction to CAD software, a day or two in a fabrication shop or
training facility, and a day of touring regional fabricating or tube & pipe
facilities. If assistance is needed, the FMA Foundation is a resource for locating
local manufacturers in the metal forming industry. Please see the application
procedures before applying.
Grant funds may be used for the expenses related to curriculum development
and instruction, as well as direct expenses such as housing, meals, transportation,
and supplies. Expenses related to the purchase of software or other capital
expenditures do not qualify.
Deadline: December 12, 2008
Maximum Award: $2500-$5000
Number Of Awards: Multiple
Period: Summer 2009
http://www.fma-foundation.org/Grants.cfm
Space Frontier Foundation and United States Rocket Academy
Program: Teachers in Space Program
Purpose:
Every journey begins with a single step. The Pathfinder program is the first
step in the journey toward our goal of putting a thousand astronaut teachers
into American classrooms.
Pathfinders will be the first astronaut teachers to fly in space and return
to the classroom. These Pathfinders will not only fly in space, they will also
help us design the three-week training course for the large number of teachers
who follow. We hope that Pathfinders will also return each summer to help us
teach the course. (Can you think of a more exciting summer job?)
We are currently accepting applications for the first two Pathfinders. (We
aren't sure how many Pathfinders there will eventually be. This is the first
time we've run a program such as this—in fact, the first time anyone
has—so we're learning as we go.)
We're looking for one Pathfinder who is knowledgeable in science, technology,
engineering, or math (STEM) subjects. Applicants for the STEM Pathfinder slot
are asked to submit a proposal for an experiment that could be performed on
a suborbital flight.
We're looking for another Pathfinder who has strong skills in lesson plan development.
Applications are asked to submit a lesson plan or curriculum module based on
any aspect of human spaceflight. Teachers from all subject areas, STEM and
non-STEM, are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 04, 2008
http://www.teachersinspace.org/apply/apply.htm
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Purpose:
In 2009, the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program will support projects
to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation
of librarians, to conduct research, to attract high school and college students
to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional capacity in graduate
schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional
development of librarians and library staff.
This program addresses the field’s need to conduct research on the library
and information science profession, and also to advance the work of new faculty
in library and information science by supporting an early career development
program for untenured, tenure-track faculty.
Research conducted under the early careers program should be in the faculty
member’s particular research area and is not restricted to research on
the profession.
We invite all members of the library community to play an active role in ensuring
that the profession is prepared to meet the challenges of the twenty-first
century by recruiting a new generation of faculty and librarians, preparing
library leaders, and strengthening our schools of library and information science.
Deadline: December 15, 2008
Maximum Award: $500,000-$1 million
Number Of Awards: Multiple
Period: July 1, 2009, and no later than December 1, 2009
More Information:
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Staff
Kevin Cherry, Senior Program Officer
Phone: 202/653-4662
E-mail: kcherry@imls.gov
Charles (Chuck) Thomas, Senior Program
Officer
Phone: 202/653-4663
E-mail: cthomas@imls.gov
Karmen Bisher, Program Specialist
Phone: 202/653-4664
E-mail: kbisher@imls.gov
URL: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/pdf/L21_2009.pdf
Grants for Native Plant Landscaping
The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program gives small monetary grants
to schools, nature centers, or other non-profit educational organizations for
the purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers. Funds will be provided
only for the purchase of native plants and seed. Eligibility: Schools, nature
centers and other non-profit and not-for-profit places of learning including
houses of worship with a site available. Deadline: November 15, 2008.
http://www.for-wild.org/sfecvr.html
Grants for Nonprofit Music Programs
The Guitar Center Music Foundation's mission is to aid nonprofit music programs
across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience
the joys of making music. Maximum Award: $5000. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations.
Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing and sustainable music programs
across the United States that provide music instruction for people of any
age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. Deadline:
N/A.
http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info
High Tech Camp for Girls