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Grant Opportunities

Profiles in Character
Every year, the Character Education Partnership honors 10 outstanding schools or districts as National Schools of Character. Reflecting America’s diverse educational system, the awards program showcases a variety of quality character-education programs and helps exemplary schools become mentors.
Deadline: December 1, 2009
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Lincoln Institute
Horace Mann and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will offer 50 teachers the opportunity to study the life and legacy of our 16th president. The fellowship is open to any full-time K–12 teacher of any subject, and no special knowledge of Lincoln is required. The fellowship features a five-day institute at the Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois., and it includes round-trip transportation, lodging, and most meals.
Deadline: February 12, 2010
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Write Letters About Literature
The Center for the Book wants to know what literature inspires your students. Co-sponsored by Target, the Letters About Literature contest asks students in grades 4–12 to submit letters about how a book, short story, poem, essay, or speech inspired them. Winners will receive a $50 Target giftcard and advance to the national level for a chance to win more!
Deadline: December 12, 2009
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Qwest Grant
The Qwest Foundation and AzTEA announces the 2009-2010 Qwest Foundation for Education Grant to be awarded to Arizona PreK-12 teachers who demonstrate an innovative use of technology with students. All AzTEA members who are Arizona certified PreK-12 school teachers are eligible to receive a maximum of one Mini-Grant award. (This includes public, charter, and private school certified preK-12 teachers.)
Deadline: Round 1: December 16, 2009
Round 2: February 17, 2010
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Integrate Technology into Academic Subjects
The Pitsco/Hearlihy/Foundation for Technology Education Grant recognizes and encourages the integration of a quality technology education program within the school curriculum. Criteria include evidence of an effective quality technology education program, documented success in the integration of technology education with other academic subjects and plans for professional development via the anticipated grant. To be eligible for the $2,000 award, applicants must be K–12 teachers who are members of the International Technology Education Association (ITEA).
Deadline: December 1, 2009
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10 Great Ways to Get a Grant
Experts reveal their top secrets to writing grant proposals that demand attention and get funding.
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Get Needed Classroom Supplies
OfficeMax is helping end “teacher-funded classrooms.” The company, in partnership with Adopt-A-Classroom, will host its annual A Day Made Better event on October 6, 2009. Last year the office superstore sent 1,300 teachers each a large box of classroom-supply staples that included scissors, glue sticks, chalk, pencils, pens, notebooks, tissues, hand sanitizer and even a digital camera.
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Improve Academic Achievement
The NEA Foundation’s Student Achievement Grants provide $5,000 to improve the academic achievement of students by engaging them in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ “habits of inquiry, self-directed learning and critical reflection.”
Deadline: October 15, 2009
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The Dysart Education Foundation
The DEF is once again offering teacher mini-grants for Dysart teaching staff. For information and application guidelines, visit the DEF website, which is accessible from the DUSD home page, or go to http://defweb.org. Click on “Employees”.
Deadline: Mini-grant applications must be turned in to the District Office by the last Friday in October!
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Wells Fargo Arizona Teacher’s Partner Program Application
Wells Fargo invites Arizona teachers in public, private and charter schools, kindergarten through 12th grade, to participate in the Wells Fargo Teacher’s Partner Program. Wells Fargo created the Teacher’s Partner Program to act as a catalyst for educational opportunities that will lead to academic enrichment and to encourage positive change in the education environment.
Deadline: The Selection Committee will review applications approximately six times per school year (September – March).
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Prepare Students for Success in the 21st Century
The Verizon Foundation is in the business of improving lives in literacy, knowledge and readiness for the 21st century. Schools seeking grants from the foundation must be prepared to track and report program outcomes as well as specific results that demonstrate measurable human impact. The foundation only accepts electronic proposals through its Apply Online process.
Deadline: Unsolicited proposals reviewed on a continuous basis from January 1 through October 31, annually
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Help Students Become Technologically Literate
Under the Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed-Tech) State Program, the U.S. Department of Education provides grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) on the basis of their proportionate share of funding under Part A of Title I. The primary goal of this program is to improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. Additional goals include helping all students become technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade and, through the integration of technology with both teacher training and curriculum development, establishing research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented.
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Create an Outdoor Science Classroom
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and National Geographic Explorer! classroom magazine have partnered to create an outdoor classroom grant program. The program provides K–12 public schools with additional resources to improve their science curriculum by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside the traditional classroom. The program is managed through the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program.
Deadlines: Vary
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Promote Diversity and Community Building
The Open Meadows Foundation provides up to $2,000 in funding for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and its organization; promote community building; and promote racial, social, economic and environmental justice. To be eligible for a grant, applicants must have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.
Deadlines: August 15, 2009 and February 15, 2010
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Increase Understanding of Environmental Issues
The Captain Planet Foundation is accepting applications for projects promoting understanding of environmental issues. The foundation funds as many projects as its annual resources allow. Generally, the range of grants awarded by the foundation is $250 to $2,500.
Deadlines: Grant proposals are reviewed over a period of three months from the date of the application submission deadline: September 30, 2009, December 31, 2009, March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010
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