Upcoming Events & Funding Opportunities (Week of Feb. 6, 2017)

  • 02/06/17

Upcoming K–12 Grants

  • Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant

    Sponsor: Steelcase Education
    Award: Estimated $65,000 in "furniture, design, installation, onsite training and pre- and post-occupancy measurement tool for one of four classroom types designed for up to 30 students"
    Number of Awards: Up to 15 per year
    Application Deadline: Feb. 10

  • Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities

    Sponsor: United States Department of Education
    Award: Up to $1.5 million for Priority 3 or $750,000 for Priority 2 applicants
    Number of Awards: Eight to 20
    Application Deadline: Feb. 13

  • SparkFun Community Partner Program

    Sponsor: SparkFun
    Award: STEM/STEAM-releated prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Application Deadline: Third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month

  • Magnet Schools Assistance Program Competition

    Sponsor: United States Department of Education
    Award: $12 million to $15 million over a period of three to five years
    Number of Awards: 23 to 30
    Application Deadline: April 11

  • Academic Enrichment Grants

    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

  • Teacher Development Grants

    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)

  • Siemens Possibility Grant (2017 Siemens STEM Day Sweepstakes)

    Sponsor: Siemens Foundation
    Award: $10,000
    Number of Awards: 1
    Application Deadline: April 28, 5 p.m. ET

  • Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant Program

    Sponsor: Crayola and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
    Award: $2,500 plus $1,000 in Crayola gear
    Number of Awards: Up to 20 major prizes, plus one Crayola Classpack for every applicant submitting by the early bird deadline
    Application Deadline: June 23 (June 5 for early bird prize)

  • TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades 6–12

    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; Aug. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000

  • Adopt a Classroom

    Deadline: Ongoing

  • Brinker International Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing

  • Brown Rudnick Community Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing

  • Corning Foundation Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing

  • DonorsChoose.org

    Deadline: Ongoing

  • Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants


    Deadline: Ongoing
    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."

  • Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant

    Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)

  • Sony Grants for Education

    Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)

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