Rural schools serviced by small independent telephone companies are eligible for grants to improve technology resources. Grants of up to $10,000 will be given to increase technology use in the classroom. Equipment, curriculum, and training are appropriate uses of grant funds.
Six specific evaluation criteria will be used to score applications, and priority will be given to applications, which show strong collaboration between the school, community, and telephone company.
- Grant Organization: Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
- Contact URL: http://www.fred.org/tech.html…
- Eligibility: Any public K-12 school located in the service area of an OPASTCO telephone company
- Grant Deadline: Friday September 17th, 2010
- Grant Value: Multiple awards of $1,000 to $10,000
Clorox Power a Bright Future grants provide necessary resources to help support school programs that enrich children’s lives. There are three grant categories: “Learn,” which includes education-focused programs, such as establishing a school recycling program; “Play,” which includes sports and exercise-focused programs, such as building a playground; and “Create,” which includes arts-focused programs, such as establishing an after-school music program. Anyone at least 18 years old at time of entry can nominate an accredited K–12, public or private school program for a chance to win a $50,000 grant or one of three $20,000 grants. Deadline: September 27, 2010 for nominations
Do you have a dream project that you want to try with your students? Have you always wanted to make an impact in your school or community? What are you waiting for? There’s more grant money out there than you have time to write for. And in today’s world we need a little more than textbooks and chalkboards to adequately prepare and successfully engage our students. Here’s some of the best grant writing tips from the International Society for Technology in Education 2010 Conference.
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Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) grants fund the projects, ideas and materials K–12 teachers need to innovate in their math and science classrooms. TAF is interested in funding projects designed by teachers or small teams of teachers for use in their own schools.
Deadlines: K–5 applications accepted once a year on October 1. Grades 6–12 applications for $5,000 or less accepted on a rolling basis, throughout the calendar year; applications for grants of more than $5,000 due August 2, 2010. Grants for K-5, Grants for 6-12
Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Melody Program provides musical instruments and instrument repairs to existing K–12 school music programs that have no other source of financing to purchase additional musical instruments and materials. Music programs must take place during the regular school day, and schools must have an established instrumental music program (concert band, marching band, jazz band and/or orchestra) that is at least three years old. Requests should not exceed $10,000 worth (retail value) of musical instruments; full or partial requests may be awarded.
Deadline: August 1, 2010 Click Here for More Information
A number of state and national education groups, as well as some technology companies, are lobbying congressional lawmakers to support continued funding in fiscal 2011 for Enhancing Education Through Technology block grants. The Obama administration has proposed folding EETT funding into a broader competitive grant program, which some say would put the country’s largest funding source for educational-technology equipment, support and training in jeopardy. eSchool News
I have written and facilitated 4 of these EETT grants and it would be a huge mistake to eliminate the EETT grants. EETT has done more for growing, improving and increasing technology usage in schools than any other program. If it is “folded” into another program and is just a piece 0f the pie, it will get lost. One of the powerful pieces of EETT is the fct that professional development for the teachers is a key part of the grant. EETT has done good things in our schools. It would just be great if every school could have an EETT grant to get their technology ball rolling.
