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Grants & Upcoming Events (Week of October 21, 2019)

  • 10/21/19

Upcoming K–12 Grants

  • Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest 2019–2020

    Sponsor: Samsung
    Award: 300 state finalist schools will be awarded a Samsung tablet; 100 state winners will receive $15,000 in technology; 20 national finalist schools will be selected to travel to the final event where they will present their project to a panel of judges. For achieving national finalist status, 15 of these schools will be awarded $50,000 in technology and supplies while the remaining five will be named national grand prize winners.; 5 national grand prize winning schools will receive $100,000 in technology.
    Number of Awards: 420
    Application Deadline: October 23

  • MicroGrant Program for Educators & Teachers

    Sponsor: Educators of America
    Award: Equipment (varies by request)
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing (quarterly:January, April, July, October)

  • Mobile Beacon Connect for Success

    Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
    Award: Up to 25 laptops and 4G LTE hotspots with free 4G LTE high-speed Internet service for 12 months
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Ongoing (quarterly)

  • Community Action Grant

    Sponsor: AAUW
    Award: $2,000 to $10,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Dec. 1

  • Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

    Sponsor: Vernier and the National Science Teachers Association
    Award: $5,500 in cash, products and travel expenses
    Number of Awards: 7 (one elementary, two middle school, three high school, one college)
    Application Deadline: Dec. 18

  • American Honda Foundation STEM Grants

    Sponsor: American Honda Foundation
    Award: $20,000 to $75,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 for new organizations; May 1 for returning organizations

  • NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants

    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

  • 2020 Engineering Contest

    Sponsor: Vernier
    Award: $1,000 in cash, $3,000 in Vernier technology, and $1,500 toward expenses to attend the 2020 National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) STEM conference or the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference
    Number of Awards: 1
    Application Deadline: Feb. 15

  • SparkFun Community Partner Program

    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

  • SparkFun Community Partner Program

    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

  • 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)

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

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