Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities
1. Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
January 9, 2004
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Funding Opportunities

Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs

January 9, 2004

The information in

Funding Opportunities

comes from a variety of sources and is

compiled by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Grants Management,

Grants Development Office to help Florida’s education communities serve students.

Be sure to verify availability, eligibility, and instructions with the

funding source before preparing proposals.

In this issue

Funding Source - Government

William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program / FLDOE

Mathematics and Science Partnerships / FLDOE

Funding Source - Foundations/Private

Ford Motor Company Fund

2004 Igniting Creative Energy Challenge

Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation

The NEC Foundation

William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program /

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Illiteracy

: New Even Start projects will be initiated to help break the cycle of

poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of low-income

families in Florida.

Funded projects will:

develop a program designed to integrate early childhood education, adult literacy,

or adult basic education and parenting education into a unified Family Literacy

establish a program that shall be implemented through cooperative projects that

build on high-quality, existing community resources to create a new range of

promote the academic achievement of children and adults.

assist children and adults from low-income families in achieving challenging State

content standards and state student achievement standards.

use instructional programs, founded on scientifically-based reading research, that

address the prevention of reading difficulties for children and adults, to the extent

that such research is available.

Priority will be given to proposals designed to serve districts that are not currently

being served by an Even Start project, that come from local school readiness

coalitions and new proposals designed to serve populations or areas not currently

served within districts that have Even Start programs.

: Notify contact person through email or fax by January 23, 2004

of intent-to-apply. Application deadline is March 1, 2004.

: Total of up to $6,000,000. Individual awards will range from

$75,000 to $500,000.

ELIGIBILITY

: Florida school districts, public universities, community colleges,

other state agencies, private schools, private universities and colleges,

nonprofit, community, or faith based organizations, private school readiness

coalitions (incorporated as 501(c)3 agencies), and other non-public agencies.

School district applicants must have a co-applicant (partner). Non-school

district applicants must partner with a Local Educational Agency (LEA).

Florida Partnership for School Readiness, Even Start Office

Lilli Copp, (904) 794-9112, email: lilli.copp@schoolreadiness.org or Natalie Katsaris,

(850) 922-4408, email: natalie.katsaris@schoolreadiness.org.

Florida Department of Education

Cathy Bishop, (850) 245-0478, email: Cathy.Bishop@fldoe.org or Kay Arnold

Caster, (850) 245-0479, email: Kay.Caster@fldoe.org.

Mathematics and Science Partnerships / FLDOE

Improving Math and Science Teacher Education

: The purpose of this funding is to improve and upgrade the quality

of mathematics and science teaching by encouraging institutions of higher

education (community colleges and universities) to assume greater

responsibility for improving mathematics and science teacher education. It

should aid in the establishment of a comprehensive, integrated system of

recruiting, training and advising mathematics and science teachers. A

successful proposal will focus on the education of mathematics and science

teachers as a career-long process that continuously stimulates the intellectual

growth of teachers and upgrades their knowledge and skills. It will include a

broad-based public engagement campaign to bring attention to the need for

better mathematics and science education. It will develop an academic

research base to improve the knowledge of what increases student learning in

mathematics and science in the classroom.

: Notify contact person through email or fax by January 15, 2004

of intent-to-apply. Application deadline is February 20, 2004.

: Total funding is $4.5 million. Awards range from $500,000 to

ELIGIBILITY

: Applications, in order to be considered, must be submitted by

partnerships whose membership must include the following:

An engineering, mathematics and/or science department of an institution of

higher education [community colleges, public and private colleges and

A high-need local educational agency, as described in Attachment A of the

Additional members may include:

a) Another engineering, mathematics, science or teacher training department of an

institution of higher education.

b) Additional local educational agencies, public charter schools, public or private

elementary schools or secondary schools, or a consortium of such schools.

d) A non-profit or for-profit organization of demonstrated effectiveness in improving

the quality of mathematics and science teachers.

: Marsha Winegarner, Office of Curriculum Support, (850) 245-

0831, fax: (850) 245-0803, email: marsha.winegarner@fldoe.org. Visit the website

at http://www.firn.edu/doe/curriculum/titleiib.htm.

Ford Motor Company Fund

Funding in Four Different Initiatives

: The Ford Motor Company Fund is the charitable giving wing of the

Ford American automobile company. Millions in grants are allocated each year

from this fund.

Donations are made in four areas:

Helping Communities: This funding initiative supports a variety of national

programs that will address youth, community development, diversity education

and conflict resolution at the local level. Grants will also fund touring art and

cultural exhibits through this focus area.

Learning for life: Grants in this area underwrite innovative education at all levels,

with special consideration going to science, engineering, math, and business

Sustainable Results: Sustainable Results grants fund environmental and safety

projects, including programs researching manufacturing and product effects on the

environment, innovative environmental solutions and vehicle passenger safety

issues, among other related concerns.

Willing Hands: All monies will help organizations targeting specific needs and

enhance quality of life in selected communities. Ford employee input is actively

used in determining grant recipients in this funding area.

ELIGIBILITY

: Contact Florida’s local Ford Community Relations Committee at

Community Relations Committee, Ford Motor Credit Company, 3620 Queen

Palm Drive, Tampa, FL 33619 or apply directly to the fund by mailing your

application to Sandra E. Ulsh, President, Ford Motor Company Fund, One

American Rd., P.O. Box 1899, Dearborn, MI 48126, fax: (313) 390-6965,

email: Fordfund@ford.com. For more program information, visit the website at

http://www.ford.com/en/goodWorks/fundingAndGrants/fordMotorCompanyFund/default.htm.

2004 Igniting Creative Energy Challenge

Making a Difference in Energy Consumption

: The Igniting Creative Energy Challenge program asks K-12

students and their supervising teachers to brainstorm innovative ways to make

a difference in the way they consume energy. The project should have a full

plan to implement their energy saving techniques in a larger community

setting. The National Energy Foundation hopes students will learn more about

energy and the environment and therefore, make lifelong responsible energy

Student entries must demonstrate the theme “ Igniting Creative Energy.”

They must also exhibit an understanding of what an individual, family or group

can do to conserve energy in a home or community. Entries may take the

form of science projects, essays, stories, artwork, photographs, music, video

or website projects.

: February 21, 2004.

: Four grand-prize winners will receive a hosted trip to Hawaii for

themselves and one guest (value $3,500 to $4,000).

ELIGIBILITY

: K-12 students and supervising teachers.

: Igniting Creative Energy, National Energy Foundation, 3676

California Ave., Ste. A117, Salt Lake City, UT 84104; (800) 616-8326. Please

visit the website for more details at http://www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org.

The Wireless Foundation ClassLink

Donating Wireless Phones to Public Schools

: The Wireless Foundation ClassLink donates wireless phones and

airtime minutes to public schools nationwide. This program was created

because most classrooms do not have the ability to install computer and/or

phone lines due to aging buildings and the danger of asbestos. In the past

phones have been used to call guest speakers which can enhance the

classroom learning experience, to improve student behavior “through the

possibility that an immediate phone call can bring students and parents

together for a conference,” and to have custodial personnel respond

immediately to emergency maintenance situations, among many other uses.

: Free wireless phones and airtime minutes.

ELIGIBILITY

: K-12 public schools.

: The Wireless Foundation, ClassLink Program, 1250 Connecticut

Ave. NW, Ste. 800, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 785-0081, fax: (202) 467-

5532, email: Foundation@ctia.org. For more information, visit their website at

http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/ClassLink.

Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation

Improving Economic Understanding among Americans

: This Foundation seeks to improve economic understanding

among Americans. The Foundation wants to create a public that can make

informed financial decisions. Preference will go to projects that promote

economic literacy through education; initiatives addressing the difficulty of

learning economics, as well as finding and advocating the best ways to teach

the subject; programs testing the impact of economic education, and those

working to reverse the trend of “the large number of students at risk of leaving

school, and hence never effectively participating in the nation’s economic

: February 15, 2004.

ELIGIBILITY

: The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, P.O. Box 300,

Dallas, PA 18612-0300, (570) 675-7074, fax: (570) 675-8436, email:

director@kazanjian.org. For specific program details, visit http://www.kazanjian.org.

The NEC Foundation

Making Technology Accessible to People with Disabilities

: The NEC Foundation makes cash grants to nonprofit organizations

to support programs with a national reach and impact that make technology

accessible to people with disabilities. There are several ways to make a project

national in reach, including providing a model for a program that could be used

by organizations around the nation.

: March 1, 2004.

: Total of $550,000. Awards range from $1,500 to $75,000.

ELIGIBILITY

: The NEC Foundation of America, Eight Corporate Center Dr.,

Melville, NY 11747, (631) 753-7021. Visit their website for more details at

http://www.necfoundation.org.

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