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By choosing Sprint, you can get a complete package of tailored solutions and innovations from a company with a strong history of supporting K-12 education. july september november august october december Education Grants 2015 deadlines 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 9 The National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Program www.newsfund.org/ 15 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award www.councilforeconed. wufoo.com/forms/alfred-p- sloan-foundation-teaching- champion-award/ The John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards www.councilforeconed. org/programs-2/teacher- awards/ 31 From Failure to Promise K-12 Educators’ Grants www.fromfailuretopromise. com/K-12--Educator-s- Literacy-Grant.html ALA Association for Library Service for Children Professional Service http://www.ala.org//alsc/ awardsgrants/profawards Awesome Foundation www.awesomefoundation.org/en Cisco and Cisco Foundation Grants www.csr.cisco.com/pages/ support-for-nonprofits DonorsChoose.org www.donorschoose.org 1 American Honda Foundation Grants www.corporate.honda. com/america/philanthropy. aspx?id=ahf The Mockingbird Foundation Grants www.mbird.org/funding/ guidelines/ Toshiba America Science and Math Grants for Grades 6–12 www.toshiba.com/taf/612.jsp 30 Thank America’s Teachers Grant Program www.thankamericasteachers. com/submit-a-proposal/ 30 Captain Planet Foundation Grants www.captainplanetfounda- tion.org/apply-for-grants/ Kids in Need Foundation www.kinf.org/grants/ Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Grants www.plt.org/ap- ply-for-greenworks-environ- mental-education-grant Target Field Trip Grants www.corporate.target.com/ corporate-responsibility/ grants/field-trip-grants 1 Association of American Educators Foundation Classroom Grant www.aaeteachers.org/index. php/classroom-grant-appli- cation High School Journalism Workshop Grants www.newsfund.org 5 The American Immigration Council Awards www.communityeduca- tioncenter.org/communi- ty-grants 10 The Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize www.globalteacherprize. org/#about 13 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grant www.web.mit.edu/in- venteams/ 15 NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants www.neafoundation.org/ pages/learning-leader- ship-grants/ NEA Foundation Student Achievement Grants www.neafoundation.org/ pages/nea-student-achieve- ment-grants/ Toshiba America Grants For Grades K-5 www.toshiba.com/taf/k5.jsp 16 Lowe’s Charitable and Edu- cational Foundation Toolbox for Education Grants www.toolboxforeducation. com/ 1 American Honda Foundation www.corporate.honda.com/ america/philanthropy.aspx- ?id=ahf 6 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Grants www.nctm.org/resources/ content.aspx?id=198 30 National Science Teachers Association Awards www.nsta.org/about/ awards.aspx 1 American Association of Physics Teachers High School Physics Teacher Grant www.aapt.org/Programs/ grants/hsgrant.cfm Earthwatch Teach Earth Fellowships www.earthwatch.org/education/ teacher-fellowships/teach-earth- united-states Farrell Family Foundation Grants www.farrellfamilyfoundation. com/ Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation Toolbox for Education Grants www.toolboxforeducation.com/ Reiman Foundation Grants accepts proposals any time for education-focused projects www.reimanfoundation.org/ Toshiba America Foundation accepts grades 6–12 science and math teacher applications for grants of $5000 or less. www.toshiba.com/taf/612.jsp Ongoing SPRINT.COM/K12 Continued on reverse Resources to Help You Reading a list of grant opportunities is just the beginning. What to do next and how to write a proposal so that you get the funds are the hard parts. Advice is all over the web – from planning to writing to editing to budgeting to So check out these resources and get started. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance www.cfda.gov/?static=grants&s=gener- alinfo&mode=list&tabmode=list DonorsChoose.org www.donorschoose.org ERIC www.eric.ed.gov/?q=technology Foundation Center www.foundationcenter.org/ Fund for Teachers http://www.fundforteachers.org/fund- ing-opportunities/ General Tips on Writing a Competitive Grant Proposal & Preparing a Budget www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm Get Ed Funding www.grantwrangler.com/grantManager/ templates/?a=1257&z=4 Grant Writing For Dummies Cheat Sheet www.dummies.com/how-to/content/ grant-writing-for-dummies-cheat-sheet. html Grant Watch www.grantwatch.com/cat/42/teach- ers-grants.html Grant Wrangler www.grantwrangler.com/ Grants Alert www.grantsalert.com/ Grants for Teachers www.grantsforteachers.net/ Grants.gov www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html Online Writing Lab Introduction to Grant Writing owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/re- source/981/1/ By Gwen Solomon