$5,000–$25,000 Social & Emotional Learning Grants for Teachers and Schools

The NoVo Foundation, Education First, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors are awarding grants to individual teachers and school systems for "teacher-led projects that foster social-emotional skills in students in grades PK-12." Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to individual teachers, and grants of $25,000 will be made available to districts and charters. The deadline is only 10 days away.

This is only the second year of the program — the  Innovation in Social and Emotional Learning Awards — and the first year awards are being made to districts and charters. The awards will be given out for "individual teachers or groups of teachers to implement the project in their classrooms and schools in the 2017-2018 school year. Awardees will also have the opportunity to present their work to a group of national SEL practitioners, experts and advocates at a convening in October 2017," according to Education First.

It's unclear how many grants will be awarded in this year's program. Last year, 23 individual educators and teams received grants (out of 430 applicants).

Applications are due April 21 by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Complete details, an application form and descriptions of last year's winning projects can be found on the Innovation in Social and Emotional Learning Awards site.

inspirED School Climate Assessment Grant ($2,500–$15,000)

inspirED, an organization created through a joint effort between Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence and Facebook, is offering multiple grants of up to $15,000 per district or up to $2,500 per school to promote social and emotional learning and to improve school climate.

The funding is to be used "to identify and support schools and districts in measuring school climate and developing and implementing interventions that ultimately support the overall well-being and success of young people," according to the company.

A total of 30 grants will be awarded. Recipients choose an inspirED vendor, such as Panorama Education, to conduct a school climate assessment. From there, inspirED supports schools by providing "pathways for students and educators to use the [school climate assessment] findings to drive change in their school via access to InspirED website resources" and offers access to an online community "of school climate experts and like-minded educators, administrators and schools to help tackle challenges, share best practices, and celebrate successes."

The application period is open now and closes in less than a month — May 5. Winners will be announced May 30, and payments will be disbursed by July 30.

Complete details can be found on the inspirED grant site here.

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