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. Computers for Education allows schools and other non-profits to register to receive surplus Federal computer equipment. You need to register before you can request computers. Added 5/3/00 http://computers.fed.gov/School/user.asp Computing EDGE (Equipment Donations and Grants to Education) grants computer equipment to schools. Computing EDGE helps match needy schools with excess, unused or obsolete computer equipment donated by individuals and corporations. Make sure you know what type of equipment you want and can use before making a request. Knowing what type of equipment your school can use might prevent you from receiving boxes of out-of-date equipment that you have no use for. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/donation.html PEP (Parents, Educators and Publishers) Computer Recycling site has international, national and state listings of organizations that donate used computer equipment. Added 7/28/00 http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Recycle/recycle_index.html Share the Technology assists schools and other non-profits by allowing organizations to post requests for equipment on their website. Individuals who wish to donate can also share that information. Added 5/3/00 http://sharetechnology.org 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: Desert Sands Unified School District is currently training teachers to reach technology goals as part of their TLCG. Further information can be found within their district-wide Technology Plan at http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/admin/Tech/techplan.htm. http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/ Lennox Unified School District, located near Los Angeles International Airport, has information of its TLC programs at http://www.lennox.k12.ca.us/TLC_grant/tlc_main.htm. In the second year of their grant, Lennox clearly states their goals and current status with reference to their grant. http://www.lennox.k12.ca.us/ Modesto City Schools is using their TLCG to ensure exposure to and use of technology for all students before they reach high school, as well as integration of technology into the curriculum and the community. Information can be located at http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/Challenge/Default.htm http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/ Oakland Unified School District is using their TLCG funds to create a technology-rich sixth grade social studies program called Core Values. Information and examples of work can be found at http://www.ousd.k12.ca.us/cv/. http://www.ousd.k12.ca.us/ San Diego City Schools has created the Triton and Patterns Projects with their TLCG funds. Information can be found at http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/, as well as links to a searchable web project database. http://www.sdcs.k12.ca.us/ Willits Unified School District is located in Mendocino County, California. Willits created the district web site, which can be found at http://ntap.k12.ca.us/wusd 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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