Funding Opportunities
Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
February 1, 2005
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
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Community Corrections Research / Department of Justice/ National
Institute of Justice (DOJ/NIJ)
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Summer Seminars and Institutes Grant Program / National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Funding Source - Foundations/Private
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Angel Soft Angels in Action
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Coca-Cola Foundation
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Craftsman / National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Young
Inventors Awards
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Space Challenge
Community Corrections Research / Department of Justice/
National Institute of Justice (DOJ/NIJ)
Helping Communities Improve Their Ways
PROGRAM:
The National Institute of Justice seeks proposals for research
and evaluation in all areas of community corrections, including probation,
corrections facilities and pretrial supervision. Areas of interest are: use of
electronic monitoring to manage offenders, particularly the public safety
impact and cost when used with high-risk offenders as an alternative to
incarceration; supervision strategies and case management that reduce
recidivism; and probation/parole revocation, particularly the role of
revocation policies and their impact.
DEADLINE:
February 22, 2005.
FUNDING:
Total of $1,000,000; individual awards will vary.
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ELIGIBILITY:
Colleges, universities and other 501(c)3 nonprofit and for-
profit organizations.
CONTACT:
NIJ, (202) 307-2942. You may visit the website at
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000693.pdf.
Summer Seminars and Institutes Grant Program / National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Having Summer Fun
PROGRAM:
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering
its Summer Seminars and Institutes grant programs for 2005. NEH funding
supports seminars for approximately 15 people; or institutes for 25 to 30
people, to be hosted by colleges, universities, school systems, libraries, or
other organizations in the summer of 2005. These seminars are designed
to: deepen understanding of the humanities by focusing on important topics,
texts and issues; further professional development of the participants; build
a community of inquiry with examples of superior scholarship and teaching;
and support connections between teaching and research in the humanities.
DEADLINE:
March 1, 2005.
FUNDING:
Seminars between $45,000 and $120,000; Institutes from
$80,000 to $200,000.
ELIGIBILITY:
U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations and state and local
governmental agencies.
CONTACT:
NEH’s Division of Education Programs, (202) 606-8463, email:
seminst@neh.gov. You may visit the website at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html.
Angel Soft Angels in Action
Allowing Angels to Shine
PROGRAM:
Angel Soft Angels will be visiting 12 cities across the country. At
this time, your family can participate in projects that benefit a local hunger
relief or literacy program. Applicants will learn about local service needs and
sign up with organizations that need their help. Kids will earn free "Angel
Soft Angel Wings" just by participating and parents can get free advice on
fun, simple ways to inspire children to turn their talents and interests into
projects that can benefit those in need.
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DEADLINE:
August 15, 2005.
FUNDING:
Three grand-prize winners, or fifteen first-prize winners who
together will be awarded more than $50,000 in prizes.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nominees must be legal residents of the 50 United States or
the District of Columbia, between the ages of 8 and 18. Nominators must be
legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, 18 years
or older. If a Nominator is not the parent or legal guardian of the Nominee,
he/she should have consent of parent or legal guardian of Nominee.
CONTACT:
You may visit the website at http://www.tinyurl.com/6pmg4.
Coca-Cola Foundation
Boosting Individuals’ Opportunities
PROGRAM:
The Coca-Cola Foundation aims to bolster the quality of life in
communities, as well as offering to enhance individual opportunity, through
education. The emphasis is on providing youth with educational support
systems so they will use the knowledge they gain to become dynamic
citizens. The foundations goals are to encourage and motivate young people
to stay in school, help with scholarships for aspiring students, and further
cultural understanding.
DEADLINE:
Open.
FUNDING:
Varies.
ELIGIBILITY:
Public and private colleges and universities, elementary and
secondary schools, teacher-training programs, educational programs for
minority students, and global educational programs.
CONTACT:
The Coca-Cola Foundation, Grants Administration, P.O. Box
1734, Atlanta, GA 30301, (404) 676-2568. You may visit the website at
http://www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/foundation_coke.html.
Craftsman / National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Young Inventors Awards
Bringing Ingenuity to the Table
PROGRAM:
The Craftsman/ National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Young Inventors Awards Program challenges students to use creativity and
imagination along with science, technology, and mechanical ability to invent
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or modify a tool. Students must work independently to conceive and design
their tool inventions, then with guidance from a teacher-advisor, parent, or
significant adult, the student will build the tool. The tool must perform a
practical function, including (but not limited to) tools that mend, make life
easier or safer in some way, entertain, or solve an everyday problem.
Students must send in the completed form (signed by the student, parent,
and teacher-advisor), Inventor's Log (must be 3-7 pages in length), diagram
of the tool, and a photograph of the student demonstrating the tool.
DEADLINE:
March 15, 2005.
FUNDING:
The two national winners (one from grades 2-5 and one from
grades 6-8) will each receive a $10,000 United States Series EE Savings
Bond. The 10 national finalists (five from each grade category) will each
receive a $5,000 United States Series EE Savings Bond. The winning
teachers and schools will receive prizes from Sears, Roebuck and Co. retail
stores. The 12 second-place regional winners (six from each grade
category) will each receive a $500 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond. The 12
third-place regional winners (six from each grade category) will each receive
a $250 U.S. Series EE Savings Bond.
ELIGIBILITY:
All students in grades 2-8 in the United States and the U.S.
Territories with guidance from a teacher-advisor, parent, or significant adult.
CONTACT:
Brian Short, National Science Teachers Association, (703) 312-
9241, email: brian_s@nsta.org. You may visit the website at
http://www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman.
Space Challenge / National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) / Pearson Scott Foresman
Investigating in Space
PROGRAM:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and
Pearson Scott Foresman are partnering to offer an innovative and intriguing
science and technology investigation which will take place in space. This
program is designed to challenge teachers and their students. Students will
be able to follow along from Earth via television or the Internet as
astronauts perform their investigations.
DEADLINE:
June 3, 2005.
FUNDING:
Selected teachers and their school principals will win an
expense-paid trip to Orlando, FL, to watch a space shuttle take off some
time in 2006. The winning investigations also may be published in a Pearson
Scott Foresman textbook.
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ELIGIBILITY:
K-12 Teachers. For more information email:
senior_national_science_consultant@scottforesman.com.
CONTACT:
Senior National Science Consultant/Science in Space Challenge,
Pearson Scott Foresman, D-1707, 1900 E. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL, 60025,
email: senior_national_science_consultant@scottforesman.com. You may
visit the website at http://www.scottforesman.com/hot/index.cfm.
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http://www.firn.edu/doe/grants/grants.htm.
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