School Grant Spotlight
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A K–12 grant program is offering 10 grants of more than $3,000 each to educators to bring new technologies to their classrooms.
The Classroom Improvement Technology Grant from Turning Technologies, now in its second year, will award 10 educators the following equipment and software:
- Mobi View, a handheld, mobile interactive whiteboard with LCD display;
- 32-seat QT2 classroom clicker set with offline receiver;
- 10-year TurningPoint subscription;
- ExamView Assessment Suite & Learning Series; and
- ExamView Premium, which lets students use their mobile devices to answer questions.
The grant is open to K–12 educators from non-profit schools in the United States. The deadline for submissions is March 23 at 4 p.m. Eastern. Complete entry details can be found at turningtechnologies.com.
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Dubbed "Makerspaces: Designing Collaborative Spaces for 21st Century Learners," the project aims to encourage project-based learning, design thinking and the notion of students as creators. MoreMuch of the funding will go toward professional development, interventionists and counselors, to help students look ahead toward their careers, as well as summer STEM programs. MoreThe National Science Foundation has awarded a $225,000 grant to Brown Engineers to develop a water engineering simulation for use in STEM education. MoreAgentic Learning has launched a new competitive grant program offering two districts consulting, leadership coaching and software access designed to support the development of student-centered approaches to learning. MoreA range of organizations may qualify as intermediaries, including nonprofit school improvement organizations, charter management organizations, higher education institutions and school districts, for example. MoreThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab North America has launched the Education, Technology and Opportunity Innovation Competition in an effort to identify effective technology use and provide examples of how learning can be improved through innovation. The competition asks school networks, education agencies, nonprofits and post-secondary institutions to evaluate their education programs based on technology, especially those focused on disadvantaged students. More
Upcoming Grants
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Sponsor: Gates Foundation
Award: Two categories: $500,000 to $4 million
Number of Awards: Three to five "type 1" grants ($1 million to $4 million per year for up to three years); 10 to 15 "type 2" grants (up to $500,000 total for one to two years)
Application Deadline: Feb. 21
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Sponsor: Braitmayer Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $35,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: March 15
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Sponsor: Turning Technologies
Award: $3,000 per grant
Number of Awards: 10
Application Deadline: March 23
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Sponsor: Monsanto
Award: Up to $25,000
Number of Awards: Varies ($2.3 million available)
Application Deadline: Nominations due April 2; grant proposals due April 15
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Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Award: Up to $1,500
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: April 14 (grant opens Feb. 1)
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Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
Number of Awards: Not specified (five awarded last year)
Application Deadline: April 15 (submissions open Jan. 15)
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Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
Number of Awards: Not specified (two awarded last year)
Application Deadline: April 15 (submissions open Jan. 15)
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Sponsor: Discovery Education and 3M
Award: $25,000 grand prize; other prizes vary
Number of Awards: 71 (61 for students, 10 for educators)
Application Deadline: April 19
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Sponsor: Discovery Education and Siemens
Award: $10,000
Number of Awards: 1
Application Deadline: April 27
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Sponsor: American Honda Foundation
Award: $20,000 to $75,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: May 1 for returning organizations; Aug. 1 for new organizations
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Sponsor: Entertainment Software Association Foundation
Award: Not specified, but suggested upper limit for first-time applicants is $50,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Letters of inquiry due May 15 (submission period opens April 14)
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Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
Award: $2,000 or $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
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Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
Award: $2,000 or $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Feb. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
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Sponsor: SparkFun
Award: STEM/STEAM-related prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: Ongoing: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
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Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
Number of Awards: Varies
Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."
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Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
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Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
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