August 2015 Funding Alert

Funder: Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation Deadline: 9/13/2015 Grant Title: Environmental Curricula Grants Funding Description: Supports educators in developing and implementing holistic environmental curricula that integrate field activities and classroom teaching and incorporate basic ecological principles and problem solving. The three goals are to: (1) empower and encourage students to become involved in solving environmental and social problems; (2) promote thoughtful and appropriate analysis and understanding of the natural world; and (3) train students as informed decision makers through the emphasis and application of basic ecological principles. Eligible: State and local governments, K-12 schools and nonprofits Awards: Multiple awards up to $1,500 each Link: http://tinyurl.com/nh6r5yz

Funder: Spencer Foundation Deadlines: November 3, 2015 Grant Title: The New Civics Description: Supports research that deepens understanding of educational and other influences on civic action, that attends to social inequalities in civic education and civic action, and that has the potential to shape future research and practice in these fields. Eligible: Principal investigators must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. Awards: Up to $50,000 Link: http://tinyurl.com/pxq45jz

Funder: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Deadline: November 6, 2015 Grant Title: Pre-K-6 Classroom Research Grants Description: The purpose of this grant is to support and encourage classroom-based research in pre-college math education in collaboration with college or university math educators. Eligible: The applicant must be either a college or university math educator who is a Full Individual or E-Member of NCTM; or a teacher (a) with a Full Individual or E-Member of NCTM or (b) who teaches at a school having a current NCTM Pre-K-8 school membership. Membership must be established by October 15, 2015. Awards: Up to $6,000 Link: http://tinyurl.com/ostnpuf

Funder: Finish Line Youth Foundation Deadline: 9/30/2015 Grant Title: Youth Athletic Programs; and (2) Youth Camps Description: The foundation focuses on improving the lives of youth through physical activity. Youth athletic programs should be community-based and address active lifestyles and team building skills. Camps must have an emphasis on sports and active lifestyle. Eligible: 501c3 nonprofits Awards: $1,000 to $5,000 Link: http://tinyurl.com/2ro77v

Funder: Kids in Need Foundation Deadline: 9/30/2015Description: Provides school supplies and teacher grants.Eligible: Certified K-12 teachers in all 50 states Awards: Up to $500 Link: http://tinyurl.com/32dof4d
Funder: Target Deadline: 9/30/2015 Description: To support learning outside the classroom. Eligible: K-12 schools with 501c3 status Awards: Up to $700 Link: http://tinyurl.com/mcea8br

Wild Ones: Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program gives small monetary grants to schools, nature centers, or other non-profit educational organizations for the purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers. Funds will be provided only for the purchase of native plants and seed. Maximum award: $500. Eligibility: schools, nature centers, and other non-profit places of learning, including houses of worship. Deadline: October 15, 2015.

Best Buy Foundation: Youth Technology Program
Best Buy seeks nonprofit partners to create hands-on learning opportunities for underserved teens to engage them in experimenting and interacting with the latest technologies to build 21st-century skills. The overall goal is to provide youth with access to new technologies and help them become interested and fluent in digital learning while developing skills to help better prepare them for future education and career success. Programs can encompass audio production (including music mixing & recording); coding/3D printing; computer Maintenance and Repair; digital photography/graphic design; filmmaking & videography; Maker Faires/hack-a-thons; mobile & game app development; programming; robotics; and web site design. Maximum award:$200,000. Eligibility: 501c3 out-of-school programs with a fundamental commitment to youth ages 13-18, operating within 25 miles of a Best Buy store or other Best Buy center of operations. Deadline: November 1, 2015.

Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education seeks to honor outstanding educators who excite a commitment in their students to the free enterprise system and unleash the entrepreneurial skills of their students at the elementary, junior high school, high school and college level. Maximum award: $15,000. Eligibility:teachers at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. Deadline: November 1, 2015.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Improving Students' Understanding of Geometry Grants
Purpose: Activities that will enable students to better appreciate and understand some aspect of geometry that is consistent with the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics of NCTM. The project should include applications of geometry to, for example, art, literature, music, architecture, nature, or some other relevant area and may integrate the use of technology into the teaching of geometry. Proposals must address the following: geometry content, the appropriateness of the application, the link between the Geometry Standard and the project's activities, and the anticipated impact on students' learning. Maximum award:$4,000. Eligibility: teachers preK-8 who are NCTM members as of October 14, 2015 or teach at a school with a preK-8 NCTM school membership as of October 14, 2015. Deadline: November 06, 2015.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Emerging Teacher-Leaders Grants
Purpose: To increase the breadth and depth of the mathematics content knowledge of pre-K–5 school teachers who have a demonstrated commitment to mathematics teaching and learning. Grantees will be expected to provide ongoing professional development to teachers within the school or district to strengthen their mathematical understanding and instructional practices.Maximum award: $6,000. Eligibility: Must be a current NCTM member (on or before October 15, 2015), a classroom (elementary school) teacher with at least three years of experience, and teach mathematics as a regular responsibility. In addition, the applicant must have the support of the school principal in becoming a mathematics teacher-leader within his or her school district. Deadline: November 6, 2015.

Funder: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Deadline:11/6/2015 Grant Title: Using Music to Teach Math Description: Proposals must address the combining of mathematics and music, planning for improving students' learning of mathematics, and/or the anticipated impact on students’ achievement. Eligible: Must be a current full, individual,- or e-member of NCTM or teach in a school with a current NCTM pre-K–8 school membership and currently teach mathematics or collaborate with teachers of mathematics in grades pre-K–2. Awards: $3000 Link: http://tinyurl.com/og47fj9

National Science Teachers Association and Shell Oil Company: Shell Science Teaching Award
Recognizes an outstanding K-12 classroom teacher who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school, and community through exemplary classroom science teaching. Maximum award: $10,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to NSTA’s national conference. Two finalists will also receive all-expense-paid trips to the conference. Eligibility: All public and private schoolteachers whose responsibilities include teaching science with at least eight years of experience, within the United States, a U.S. territory, Department of Defense school, or in Canada. Deadline: November 18, 2015.

Vernier/NSTA: Technology Awards
Promotes the innovative use of data-collection technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or other handheld device in the science classroom. Maximum award: $1,000 in cash for the teacher, $3,000 in Vernier Products, and up to $1,500 toward expenses to attend the annual NSTA National Convention. Eligibility: Current teachers of science in grades K-College. Deadline: November 30, 2015.

Wish You Well Foundation: Grants for Literacy
Purpose: To foster and promote the development and expansion of new and existing literacy and educational programs. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: 501c3 nonprofits. Deadline: Rolling.

Adobe: ConnectED software grants
As part of the White House's ConnectEd initiative, Adobe is offering creative tools and teacher professional development to schools across the United States. Maximum award: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Echosign, and a range of teacher training resources.Eligibility: public, state-operated, county-operated school, or BIA schools at the elementary or secondary school level that receive Title I funds. Deadline: Rolling.

Lockheed Martin: Grants for Education
Lockheed Martin provides grants for K-16 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education. This includes Lockheed Martin's K-12 STEM Education Initiative, Engineers in the Classroom, as well as STEM-focused curricular and extracurricular programs that provide employee engagement opportunities in a community in which Lockheed Martin has employees or business interests. Maximum award: varies. Eligibility: 501c3 nonprofits that deliver standards-based STEM education to students in K-16. Deadline: Rolling.

Fund for Teachers: Grants
The Fund for Teachers provides funds for direct grants to teachers to support summer learning opportunities of their own design. Maximum award: $5,000. Eligibility: Teachers who work with students in grades pre-K-12, with a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience, full-time, spending at least 50 percent of the time in the classroom at the time grants are approved and made. Deadline: varies by state.

Project Produce
The Chef Ann Foundation has teamed up with Skoop, a superfoods company committed to bringing the health benefits of superfoods to every American. Together we have launched Project Produce. Grants help expand students’ palates, and encourage increased consumption of and exposure to fresh produce through engagement in lunchroom education activities that encourage students to taste new vegetables and fruits offered either in a dish, cooked, or raw. The goal is to provide funds to support the food cost of these activities which are designed to touch every child. Offering these events to all kids whether they bring or buy lunch requires additional funds. Grants can help you fill that gap. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibility: Any district or independent school participating in the National School Lunch Program. Deadline: Rolling.

BJ’s Adopt-A-School Program
The program’s mission: giving “adopted” schools support they can use to enhance existing programs and curriculum objectives. Here’s how it works: Public school teachers from across America post project requests at DonorsChoose.org for materials they need (like books, art supplies, software). Donors search the site and give to the project that inspires them most. When a project reaches its funding goal, the materials are shipped to the school, and donors receive photos of the project and a letter from the teacher. Schools participating in BJ’s Adopt-A-School Giving Program receive a one-time donation to use toward discretionary programs (like field trips, special events, reading enhancement programs), and a complimentary BJ’s Business Membership. Maximum award: varies by project. Eligibility: U.S. public elementary schools. Deadline: Rolling.

Funder: National Science Foundation Deadline: 11/4/2015 Grant Title: Advancing Informal STEM Learning Funding Goals: 1) to advance new approaches to, and evidence based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; 2) to provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; 3) to advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments. Eligible: Unrestricted Awards: Collaborative Planning projects: up to $150,000 (1 year); Exploratory Pathways projects: up to $300,000 (2 years); Research in Service to Practice projects: $300,000 to $2 million (2 – 5 five years); Innovations in Development projects: $500,000 to $3 million (2 – 5 years); Broad Implementation projects: $500,000 to $3, million (2 – 5 years); Conference projects up to $250,000 (2 years); and one Informal STEM Learning Resource Center award up to $5 million over 5 years. Link: http://tinyurl.com/pvxzpeg

Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Deadline: 9/17/2015 Grant Title: Future of Nursing Scholarships Description: The goal is to develop the next generation of PhD-prepared nurse leaders who are committed to long-term careers that advance science and discovery, strengthen nursing education, and bring transformational change to nursing and health care. Eligible: Schools in the US with research-focused PhD programs. Scholars who are selected must be US citizens or permanent residents. Awards: The 2016 cohort will include up to 75 Scholars. Each scholar will receive $75,000 to be used over 3 years. This award must be matched by $50,000 cash or in-kind support from the school. Link: http://tinyurl.com/ofckthc

Funder: National Science Foundation Deadline: 9/22/2015 Grant Title: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Funding Description: The program addresses the need for a high quality STEM workforce in areas of national priorities. The program seeks to increase the success of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in STEM fields. The program provides awards to public and private colleges and universities to fund scholarships and to enhance curricular and co-curricular activities that support recruitment, retention, student success and graduation in STEM fields. Eligible: Public and private colleges and universities Awards: $70 million for 80 awards Link: http://tinyurl.com/ocal94e

Funder: National Science Foundation Deadline: 9/25/2015 Grant Title: CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service Description: The program focuses on improving cybersecurity education and workforce development. The funding may be used for scholarships or for curriculum development. Scholars must agree to work in a governmental cybersecurity position in exchange for the award. Eligible: Unrestricted Awards: $27 million for 30 awards Link: http://tinyurl.com/oo6pml4

Title: Women in Public Finance Scholarship Deadline: 8/1/15 Available to: Female students entering college in the Fall of 2015 Award: $3,000 Details: This scholarship is for college-bound female students who have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and are interested in a career public finance. Applicants must submit an application including an essay which can be found on the sponsor’s website. Link: http://tinyurl.com/o39u28l

Title: Make Me Laugh Scholarship Deadline: 8/31/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the question on the sponsor’s website. Link: http://tinyurl.com/ph4v8mm

Title: Shout It Out Scholarship Deadline: 9/30/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the question: "If you could say one thing to the entire world at once, what would it be and why?" Link: http://tinyurl.com/qeyjf2k

Title: Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship Deadline: 10/31/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $2,000 Details: Applicants must respond to the prompt on the sponsor’s website. Link: http://tinyurl.com/ouuvjrw

Title: American Bullion Scholarship Deadline: 10/31/15 Available to: College freshmen through college seniors Award: $500 Details: Applicants must complete a form on the sponsor’s website including an essay answering the following question: “Why should you trust gold to protect your retirement?” Link: http://tinyurl.com/nndnqky

Title: Griswold Home Care Scholarship Deadline: 11/1/15 Available to: High School seniors through College seniors. Award: $1,000 Details: Applicants must complete a form on the sponsor’s website to submit their application for consideration. Link: http://tinyurl.com/qbf3oms

Title: TicketCity Annual College Scholarship Program Deadline: 11/11/15 Available to: College freshmen through College juniors Award: $3,000 Details: Applicants must submit a 500-800 word essay answering one of three questions on the sponsor’s website regarding college sports. Applicants must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Link: http://tinyurl.com/nauojrs

Title: Education Matters Scholarship Deadline: 11/30/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $5,000 Details: Applicants must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the question: "What would you say to someone who thinks education doesn't matter, or that college is a waste of time and money? " Link: http://tinyurl.com/qd9fk95

Title: Unigo $10K Scholarship Deadline: 12/31/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $10,000 Details: Applicants must respond to the question: "What’s the biggest challenge facing college students today and how can it be addressed?" Link: http://tinyurl.com/obdvse8

Title: Top Ten List Scholarship Deadline: 12/31/15 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must submit a short response explaining how this scholarship would benefit them in the form of a top ten list. Link: http://tinyurl.com/ndcnmzz

Title: Union Plus Scholarship Deadline: 1/31/16 Available to: High School seniors through Graduate students Award: $500 - $4,000 Details: This scholarship is open to children of union members. Applicants must complete the requirements listed on the sponsor’s website including submitting an essay. Link: http://tinyurl.com/qc8utz6

Title: I Have a Dream Scholarship Deadline: 1/31/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must submit a short response of 250 words responding to the prompt: "We want to know... what do you dream about? Whether it's some bizarre dream you had last week, or your hopes for the future.” Link: http://tinyurl.com/qzorylc

Title: Sweet and Simple Scholarship Deadline: 2/29/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the question on the sponsor’s website. Link: http://tinyurl.com/padpb2b

Title: Superhero Scholarship Deadline: 3/31/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $2,500 Details: Applicants must submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the question: "Which superhero or villain would you want to change places with for a day and why?" Link: http://tinyurl.com/or8g886

Title: All About Education Scholarship Deadline: 4/30/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $3,000 Details: Applicants must submit a short response of no more than 250 words explaining how this scholarship would benefit them. Link: http://tinyurl.com/oa3cxe2

Title: Fifth Month Scholarship Deadline: 5/31/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: To apply you must respond to a short response question on the sponsor’s website.   Link: http://tinyurl.com/onekub7

Title: Do-Over Scholarship Deadline: 6/30/16 Available to: Students thirteen years of age or older Award: $1,500 Details: Applicants must respond to the prompt on the sponsor’s website. Link: http://tinyurl.com/pfsb7ud

Title: Siemens: Competition in Math, Science, and Technology Deadline: 9/22/2015 Available to: students enrolled in grades 9-12 during the 2015-16 school year, individually or as a team. Award: $100,000 Details: Fosters intensive research that improves students' understanding of the value of scientific study and informs their consideration of future careers in these disciplines. Link: http://tinyurl.com/p9pz6ew

Title: Delphix Technology Scholarship for Women Deadline:11/15/15 Available to: Women enrolled at an accredited university during the calendar year 2016 pursuing a technical degree such as computer science, mathematics, information technology, electrical engineering or related fields. Award: $5,000 Details: Applicants must submit a software-only computer program that they developed. Ideal submissions will demonstrate creativity and technical acumen to solve a specific problem, with strong design, implementation, testing, documentation and collaboration included. Link: http://tinyurl.com/nqz5tq2

Title: Association for Women in Mathematics Essay Contest Deadline: 1/31/16 Available to: There are three student categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and College Undergraduate. Award: Varies Details: Applicants must interview a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career and complete an essay about the interviewee. All information must be submitted using the online submission form which will be made available on the sponsor’s website on December 1st, 2015.  Link: http://tinyurl.com/qe84zxw

Title: Association for Women Geoscientists Minority Scholarship Deadline: 6/30/16 Available to: Applicant must be a woman of African-American, Hispanic, or Native American descent currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in the geosciences. Award: $6,000 Details: The application calls for a statement of academic and career goals, two letters of recommendation, high school and college transcripts, and standardized testing scores. Link: http://tinyurl.com/p8ztdy3

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