Grants
Grants and Other Funding for Classroom Technology
Below is a sampling of links to alternative sources of funding for classroom technology. Grant-issuers change over time, as do the grants themselves and the companies offering them, so it pays to periodically search the Internet for opportunities using Google or Yahoo search engines or subscribe to a grant news service as noted immediately below. Scroll down or click here for Specific Grant Programs.
General Information Concerning Grants
Advice in seeking and applying for K-12 classroom technology grants, help with writing solicitation letters, grant-writing, and project proposals.
ELL Newsletter - hELLo!: Resources for Educators of English Language Learners
Targeted specifically for K-12 and Adult ELL educators, program directors and media specialists, this electronic publication provides access to imaginative and interactive Web environments, free materials, grants and resources to support the Big Ideas in reading and math and much more.
Nimble Press publishes this biweekly newsletter to keep K-12 educators abreast of the latest in grants. Additionally, 100+ grant sites are listed for your perusal.
Technology Grant News: Technology Index
This index "provides a guide to grants for school programs, curriculum development, and staff professional development for teachers, as well as grants for specific topic areas such as science, math, technology, social studies, geography, reading, learning via web quests, and other technological training."
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Specific Grant Programs:
This program rewards schools that make learning fun by integrating interactive technology into the curriculum. The te@ch program awards a $2,500 Best Buy Gift Card to selected schools.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Education grants are divided into three categories: 1) Professional Development - designed to promote leadership in the district, school and classroom; 2) School and District Grants - Recognizes high-achieving schools and districts; and 3) Scholarship Programs - Aides in removing financial barriers to higher education.
Funds hands-on environmental projects to encourage youth aged 6–18 (elementary through high school) to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Generally, the range of grants awarded by the foundation is between $250 and $2,500.
Fourier Systems Matching Grant Program For Computing Science Exploration
The Computing Science Exploration Grant Program presented by Fourier Systems, will begin on June 30, 2008 and end on January 1, 2009. Providing an opportunity for teachers to receive science-focused tools to implement in their classroom to increase student learning in math and science, grants up to $500 .
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
This initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants.
Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000.
Microsoft Unlimited Potential (UP)
This is a global initiative designed to help narrow the technology skills gap and aid global workforce development by providing technology skills through Community-Based Technology and Learning Centers (CTLCs).
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH provides grants to individuals and institutions. Grants support programs for research in the humanities as well as educational opportunities for teachers. Check the "Match an Idea to a Program" link to find a grant opportunity that best suits your project or program.
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a "pay it forward" focus - that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially - to be considered in the grant making process.
