Grant Information: Resources to Get You Started
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We encourage visitors seeking grants or grant information to check our resource list below.
You might also consider contacting local community foundations, service organizations and businesses in your area, or your state department of education, which may provide school site-based grants in support of educational technology.
Web Sites with Grant Information | Periodicals with Grant Information | Corporate and Foundation Grants | Government Grants | Technology Donation Programs
Web Sites with Grant Information
eSchool News online
This online version of a monthly magazine contains a grants section with regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students.
- Email: info@eschoolnews.com
- Phone: (800) 394-0115
- eSchool News, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Suite 900, Bethesda, MD 20814
FastWEB
The largest online scholarship search available, with 400,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars. Provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications at no cost.
- Email: webmaster@fastweb.com
- Phone: (847) 785-8000
- FastWEB, 2550 Commonwealth Avenue, North Chicago, IL 60064
The Foundation Center
An independent nonprofit information clearinghouse on grants available throughout the United States with headquarters in New York, and additional libraries in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco. The center offers publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, research advice, custom research, and database searching. The Web site includes online training in grantseeking, proposal writing, and funding research, as well as an online librarian.
- Email: library@fdncenter.org
- Phone: (800) 424-9836 or (212) 620-4230
- The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076
Grants.gov
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies, and encompasses over 900 grant programs offered by the twenty six Federal grant-making agencies. It streamlines the process of awarding over $350 billion annually to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits, and other organizations.
- Email: support@grants.gov
- Phone: (800) 518-4726
- 200 Independence Avenue, SW, HHH Building, Room 739F, Washington, DC 20201
Grantsandfunding.com
Offers a complete listing of all Thompson Publishing Group publications that focus on grant and funding issues. Subscribers of the group's publications have access to a special section that provides resources such as grant deadlines, highlights of funding issues, and links to related Web sites.
- Email: service@thompson.com
- Phone: (800) 964-5815 or (813) 282-8807
- Thompson Publishing Group, Inc., 1725 K Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006
SchoolGrants
A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. The site offers fundraising ideas, sample proposals, grant writing tips, and scholarship information.
- Email: help@schoolgrants.org
Periodicals with Grant Information
MultiMedia Schools
This magazine addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today. Selected full-text content is now available online. Includes a NewsWatch section, which posts technology-related funding news and links.
- Publisher: Information Today
- Phone: (609) 654-6266
Technology & Learning Online
The online version of this magazine contains a Grants and Contests section with a searchable database of regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. The site integrated with Gwen Solomon's Well Connected Educator, producing a more extensive site that includes an interactive forum, software reviews, and other resources. Published eight times a year.
- Publisher: Miller Freeman
- Phone: (800) 607-4410
- Miller Freeman, 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Corporate and Foundation Grants
Computing Science Exploration Grant Program
Fourier Systems launched its first grant in June to give "educators an opportunity to create and implement a science classroom supported by technology." Entry for this grant program is open until January 1, 2009. Fourier Systems will match the winner's technology contribution up to $7,500 and give them a $500 voucher for probeware. The three runners-up will also receive $500 vouchers for Fourier Systems probeware. Enter online.
Corning Foundation
The Corning Foundation educational grants support community-service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional-technology projects for the classroom. The foundation directs resources primarily toward initiatives that improve the quality of life near Corning Inc. locations. Each year, the foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2,25 million. Support goes to institutions that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are public charities as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code.
International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
A professional association for technology-education teachers who teach problem-based learning using math, science, and technology principles. The Grants/Scholarships/Awards section provides information on support programs offered by the Foundation for Technology Education and ITEA. Opportunities are available to ITEA members only.
- Email: itea@iris.org
- Phone: (703) 860-2100
- ITEA, 1914 Association Drive, Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191-1539
NEC Foundation of America
The NEC Foundation of America supports programs with national reach and impact in assistive technology for people with disabilities. Application deadlines are March 1 and September 1. The application process takes six months.
- Email: foundation@necfoundation.org
- Phone: (631) 232-2212
- NEC Foundation of America, 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 102, Islandia, NY 11749-1412
Sun Microsystems Foundation Open Gateway Grants Program
Provides hardware and software grants, training, and technical support to assist schools, particularly in economically disadvantaged communities, in making the transition to network computing, assist schools in utilizing network-based tools to implement new teaching strategies that improve instruction and student outcomes, and promote the full integration of technology into curriculum to help ensure that students are prepared to become information workers of tomorrow.
- Email: corpaffrs@corp.sun.com
- Phone: (650) 336-0487
- Sun Microsystems, Corporate Affairs Dept., 901 San Antonio Road, M/S UPAL01-462, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Toyota USA Foundation
Committed to improving K-12 education, the Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations for projects which increase the productivity of students and/or educators primarily in the areas of math and science. Applications are reviewed continually (no deadline).
- Phone: (800) 331-4331
- Foundation Administrator, Toyota USA Foundation, A404, 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, CA 90509
Government Grants
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF supports research and education in science and engineering through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and other research and/or education institutions in all parts of the United States. The foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
- Email: info@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-5111, (800) 877-8339
- TDD: (703) 292-5090
- National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
U.S. Department of Education Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities in individual offices and programs of the U.S. Department of Education (Bilingual Education and Minority Languages, Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration, Postsecondary Institutions, Migrant Education, and so on). Links to grants and contracts information, department guidelines and regulations, and Federal Register documents (invitations for grant applications, requests for comments, and so on).
Technology Donation Programs
Computer Recycling Center (CRC)
Through its Recycling Computers for Education program, the CRC has been placing refurbished computers in California schools for the past five years. With its new "One Hundred for One Hundred" national campaign, the CRC's goal is to inspire one hundred groups, businesses, or individuals to collect one hundred computers each over the course of one hundred days, and then place these computers in schools within each community.
- Email: info@crc.org
- Phone: (888) 887-3372
- 1275 4th St., lockbox 200 PMB, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Computers for Learning
The Computers for Learning program donates surplus federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofit organizations, giving special consideration to those with the greatest need. Any public, private, or parochial school or home school serving preK-12 students in the United States or its territories is eligible.
- Hotline: (866) 472-9161
Gifts In Kind International
Each year, thousands of companies contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in newly manufactured products through Gifts In Kind International to a network of over 50,000 charities around the world. To receive product donations and discounts, registration with Gifts In Kind International's Agency Partner program is required. The annual cost is $125 if your revenue is less than $1 million and $250 if your budget is more than $1 million.
- Phone: (703) 836-2121
- Gifts In Kind International, 333 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Am trying to construct a school to use the Maria Montessori philosophy for the underpriveledged in my country. This is the first of it's kind and am seeking financial assistance for this project.
3-d animation program for kids
Have you checked out ALICE at Carnegie Mellon? It is a free program designed for middle school age and up writing virtuals worlds and 3-D animation and the price again is FREE.
Need asssistance for studies
I am am African from Nigeria and i have been learning 3D animation on my own and i have designed a couple of websites to safe some money to study 3D animation in any institution that teaches Maya and other related courses, but i have not been able to get an information that will lead me to success. I would be grateful if you could help with an information that will benefit me and others in my shoes who are interested in the same course and are from the western part of Africa that will be privileged to get support to study Autodesk Maya.
Thanks.
Technology Exploratory Teacher
I would like find funding for the purchase of Autodesk's 3D-Max software for a lab of 30 machines to teach the students 3-D modeling and animation. I have seen it work at other schools with the same age group.
The kids were excited to come to that class and their creativity and productivity was astounding. The problem solving was mostly non-linear thinking, which I think schools should do more of.
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Flat Screen Monitors needed for 2nd grade class in Kauai, Hawaii
Aloha from Kauai!
My son's Second Grade class at King Kaumualii Elementary School in Hanamaulu, Kauai still has those dinosaur monitors that take up alot of desk space. He has 22 other friends that use the computers on a daily basis. What a great present it would be for them to receive 7 flat screen monitors before the year ends. King Kaumualii Elementary School is a Title 1 School - which means that over 50% of the students qualify for either Reduced or Free Meals. If any of our worldwide 'ohana (family) are upgrading monitors during this holiday season, we would like for you to consider donating your old one to our school. I may be reached via email at tkamorin@gmail.com, or by snail mail at PO Box 162,Hanamaulu, HI 96715. Learn more about King Kaumaulii at: http://www.kaumualii.k12.hi.us/king.html Mahalo (Thank You)!
world music and culture
I currently teach African and Latin drumming and African xylophone music to middle school students. I am looking to enhance my program by including more authentic instruments. I am searching for a funding source or sources.
Leon Enneking
Batesville MS
201 N Mulberry St
Batesville, In 47006
lenneking@batesville.k12.in.us
Interfaith Grants
Does anyone know of organizations, foundations etc. that are interested in funding youth interfaith education programs?
Help Africa the way you can
obesity
I am a Dr Sears L.E.A.N. coach and am looking for grant money to offer this well-being, health and nutrition program to parents of school age children in an attempt to reach a diverse population who might not be able to otherwise finance it. I have libraries, YMCAs and other avenues for recruiting candidates but am hoping to fund it initially with grant money. Any thoughts? Live in Atlanta. Thanks. Kat