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Grants
We all know that often there is not
enough money in the coffers at our schools to fulfill all of
our dreams. Sometimes we have to supplement our budgets.
Here are some places where you can find grant information.
Hopefully you will find something that meets your needs.
- The Bill
and Melinda Gates
Foundation is working to
provide grants and funding to a variety of programs. Many
of their grants are tied to health care, but the
foundation is also funding the Millennium Scholars
program (a scholarship fund for minority high school
students) and community based programs in Seattle. High
school seniors are eligible for the Millennium Scholars
grants. Added 5/2/00
http://gatesfoundation.org
- California
Grant
Information
gives you and idea of what types of grants
California is funding, and how to go about applying for a
grant here.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/pg2grant.html
- If your school is interested in
finding donations of computer equipment, browse the
following resources.
- If your school is building, expanding
or upgrading your network, you should get in touch with
"Dr. Farallon" to apply for the Dr.
Farallon Education Grant
2000. Your school could be
awarded network hardware worth up to $30,000. You can
even apply online! The deadline is May 15, 2000. Added
4/25/00
http://www.farallon.com/education/grant/
- If you live in California, your
school might qualify for the Education
Technnology Staff Development Program for Grades 4 -
8 (AB 1339). Depending
upon your student-to-computer ratio, your school could
get up to $20 per student in grades 4 - 8 to be used for
staff development. Added 4/24/00
http://www.cde.ca.gov/edtech/etsd/
- Visit Genesee Intermediate School
District's Grants
and Development Department
webpage to gather information on possible grant
opportunities as well as grant writing tips. This is a
valuable resource. Added 8/21/00
http://www.gisd.k12.mi.us/gisd/Grants/grantsinfo.html
- Look at the Grantwriting
Basics page from the Maine
Philanthropy Center for help and information during the
grant writing process. The page is fairly dense but
contains important information. Added 8/21/00
http://www.megrants.org/grantwriting.html
- The Verizon Foundation sponsors the
Growth
Initiatives for Teachers (GIFT)
Program. Math and science
teachers in grades 7 - 12 who are using technology in
their classes may apply. Applications are due on January
14,2001. For more information and an application, visit
the website. Added 11/29/00
http://foundation.verizon.com/04010_a.html
- Inspiration software, an innovative
application to support visual learning, sponsors
Inspired
Teacher Scholarships. If
you are a teacher using Inspiration, you can apply to win
a $500 scholarship to support attendance at a workshop,
conference or graduate level course. For more
information, visit the website. Added 1/30/01
http://www.inspiration.com/scholarship.html
- Intel's
Innovation in Education
program provides grants ando scholarships. Grants are
only awarded to non-profit organizations in communities
with an Intel facility or to programs with a national
scope. Added 9/18/00
http://www.intel.com/education/grants.htm
- The National
Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA) has a helpful
list of tips for writing grants. Take a look at it when
you begin to make your grant-writing plans.
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/people/bievenue/gw.html
- The National
Foundation for the Improvement of
Education (NFIE) is a
creation of the National Education Association. NFIE
offers information on the Jordan Fundamentals grants
(sponsored by Michael Jordan) and Arts@Work grants as
well as information on improving student learning in
public schools.
http://www.nfie.org/
- NETC
(Northwest Educational Technology
Consortium)
provides information about educational
technology grants by compiling a list of links to other
grant sites. Several of the sites offer information on
grant writing itself.
http://www.netc.org/grants/
- The U. S. Department of Education has
created the Preparing
Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
(PT3) program. Funding for
the program allows for multi-year grant awards to
consortia in three categories: capacity building grants
to begin promising projects, implementation grants to
support program innovations in teacher preparation, and
catalyst grants for support in building improved teacher
preparation programs. You can find more information and
see results from year one of the grant. Added 3/9/00
http://www.ed.gov/teachtech/
- Resource
Guide to Federal Funding for Technology in
Education lists
possible funding sources you can contact. Some of the
sources have a website, but you will need to call
others.
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/tec-guid.html
- SAMI
Mini-Grants, Information and
Freebies from the
Science and Math Initiatives (SAMI) is presented by the
Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project. You can search
for "grants" under the "funding" category, or you can
view listings of categories such as math or science.
http://www.learner.org/sami/
- SchoolGrants
is committed to doing "the most good for the most kids."
To reach this goal, SchoolGrants links to federal and
state grant information, grants from private foundations
and grant writing tips. You can sign up for their monthly
electronic newsletter for more information and resources.
Added 1/21/00
http://www.schoolgrants.org/
- eSchool News Online has a
School
Technology Funding Center
page of links. You can find school technology grant
opportunities as well as sources for possible technology
donations.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/funding/
- The Siemens
Foundation, sponsored by
Siemens, offers monetary awards and scholarships for high
school students who perform well in math and science.
Students who take Advanced Placement courses in these
areas are eligible for some of the awards. Siemens also
partners with major universities, such as MIT, UC
Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon. Applications are available
in pdf format on the web site. For more information on
pdf documents, click here.
Added 5/2/00
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/
- The SMARTer
Kids Foundation,
affiliated with the makers of SMART Boards offers both
competitive and non-competitive grants to schools and
educators. The grants can be used to purchase SMART
technology. Added 11/1/00
http://smarterkids.org
- The following schools are all
California Technology Literacy Challenge Grant (TLCG)
recipients. Take a look at their web pages to discover
what each school is doing as a result of their grant:
- For more information on the various
projects in California, visit the Technology
Literacy Challenge Grant
home page at the California Department of Education.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ftpbranch/retdiv/ed_tech/titleiii/tlc_home.htm.1
- US
Department of Education Grants Information
page
has links to listings of grant programs, grant
forecasts and grant applications. This would be a good
place to start looking for available money. Some of the
documents at this site are available in PDF format. To
learn more about PDF documents, click here.
http://ocfo.ed.gov/grntinfo.htm
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