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• Upcoming K–12 Grants

  • AIAA Foundation Classroom Grant

    Sponsor: AIAA Foundation (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
    Award: $250
    Number of Awards: Not specified (up to two grants per educator per year)
    Qualification: Teacher submitting proposal must be AIAA member (Educator Associate membership is free and includes other benefits); homeschool clubs of 25 or more students also eligible
    Application Deadline: Nov. 16

  • Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge

    Sponsor: Verizon
    Award: $5,000 plus technology for state-level winners; $15,000 additional cash, plus travel and support, for national winners
    Number of Awards: 102 state-level winners (one middle school and one high school team from each state, plus DC); nine national winners (four middle school and four high school, plus one "fan favorite" based on public voting)
    Application Deadline: Nov. 18

  • 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, 2017 deadline for applications for more than $5,000

  • 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, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)

  • 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, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)

  • 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)

  Call for Papers & Proposals

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  Upcoming Events

  • ACTE CareerTech Vision 2016

    Nov. 30–Dec. 3
    Las Vegas

  • SIIA Education Business Forum

    Dec. 8–9, 2016
    New York, NY

  • Clute International Conference on Education

    Jan. 1–5, 2017
    Maui, HI

  • ALA Midwinter Meeting 2017

    Jan. 20–24, 2017
    Atlanta, GA

  • FETC 2017

    Jan. 24–27, 2017
    Orlando, FL

  • TCEA 2017

    Feb. 6–10, 2017
    Austin, TX

  • AASA National Conference on Education

    March 2–4, 2017
    New Orleans, LA

  • SXSWedu

    March 6–9, 2017
    Austin, TX

  • CUE 2017 National Conference

    March 15–18, 2017
    Palm Springs, CA

  • NSTA 2017

    March 30–April 2, 2017
    Los Angeles

  • Blended and Personalized Learning Conference

    March 31–April 1, 2017
    Providence, RI

  • CoSN 2017

    April 3–6, 2017
    Chicago

  • ICEEEL 2017 : 19th International Conference on e-Education and e-Learning

    April 24-25, 2017
    Boston, MA
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