Funding Opportunities
    Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
     
    June 27, 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 - Foundations/Private
     
    American Educational Research Association / National Center for
    Education Statistics / National Science Foundation
     
    Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Library Mini-Grants
     
    School, Home and Office Products Association- Kids in Need
    Foundation Teacher Grants (SHOPA)
     
    Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
     
    Toshiba America Foundation
     
     
     
     
    American Educational Research Association / National
    Center for Education Statistics / National Science
    Foundation
    Providing Grants for Research in Education Policy
     
    PROGRAM:
    The American Educational Research Association (AERA) will
    provide small grants, fellowships, and training through the AERA Grants
    program for researchers supporting education policy and practice using data
    from at least one of the large-scale data sets supported by the National
    Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation.
     
    DEADLINE:
    September 1, 2005.
     
    FUNDING:
    For research grants: eight grants yearly of $20,000 for one-
    year projects or up to $35,000 for two-year projects. For dissertation
    grants: 10 awards of $15,000 for one-year projects are anticipated.
     
    ELIGIBILITY:
    Research grants are available for faculty at institutions of
    higher education, postdoctoral researchers and other doctoral-level

     
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    researchers. Dissertation grants are available for advanced doctoral
    students at the dissertation writing stage.
     
    CONTACT:
    Jeanie Murdock, Program Director, American Educational
    Research Association, (AERA) Grants Program, 5662 Calle Real, #254,
    Goleta, CA 93117-2317, (805) 964-5264, email: jmurdock@aera.net. You
    may visit the website at http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram.
     
     
     
    Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Library Mini-Grants
    Improving Children’s Lives through Literacy and Creativity
     
    PROGRAM:
    The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation’s Mini-Grants program is
    designed to improve children’s lives by increasing literacy, inspiring
    creativity, and enhancing their appreciation of the arts.
     
    DEADLINE:
    September 15, 2005.
     
    FUNDING:
    Mini-grants of $350 each.
     
    ELIGIBILITY:
    Public libraries and public school libraries.
     
    CONTACT:
    Ezra Jack Keats Mini-grants, 450 14
    th Street, Brooklyn, NY
    11215-5702. You may visit the website at
    http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrants.htm.
     
     
     
    School, Home and Office Products Association (SHOPA)
    Kids in Need Foundation Teacher Grants
    Recognizing Exceptional Teachers
     
    PROGRAM:
    Kids In Need Teacher Grants provide K-12 educators with
    funding to help them realize their dreams of providing innovative learning
    opportunities for their students. The SHOPA Kids In Need Foundation helps
    to engage students in the learning process by supporting our most creative
    and important educational resource — our nation's teachers.
     
    DEADLINE:
    September 30, 2005.
     
    FUNDING:
    170-200 grants ranging from $100
    - $500. Winning projects are
    put in the form of lesson plans and are published as a
    Best Practices Guide
     
    which is distributed to other teachers through the Kids in Need Resource
    Centers and from the Foundation office.
     

     
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    ELIGIBILITY:
    Certified K-12 teachers. Lesson plans are judged according
    to their innovativeness and merit, clarity of objectives, replication feasibility,
    suitability of evaluation methods, and cost effectiveness.
     
    CONTACT:
    You may visit the website at
    http://www.shopa.org/shopa_foundation/teacher_programs.php.
     
     
     
     
    Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
    Giving Artists More Opportunities to Be Effective
     
    PROGRAM:
    The Surdna Foundation strives to promote outstanding arts
    teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. The Foundation recognizes
    that teachers often lack the time and resources to connect with other arts
    professionals. Through the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, artists
    will be given the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in
    their fields. Surdna believes that this approach to professional development
    will enhance the effectiveness of arts teachers and will directly benefit the
    young people they teach.
     
    DEADLINE:
    November 18, 2005.
     
    FUNDING:
    Twenty awards of up to $5,000 each, and a complementary
    grant of $1,500 to the fellow's school to support post-fellowship activities,
    will be made. The fellowship award may be used to defray the costs of
    tuition and other fees, room and board, travel, purchase of materials and/or
    equipment for personal art-making, childcare and other relevant expenses.
     
    ELIGIBILITY:
    All permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in
    specialized, public arts high schools are eligible. Teachers of the visual arts
    (including film, video, and other media), theatre arts, music, dance and
    creative writing are invited to apply. Applicants must have been teaching
    arts in high school for a minimum of 5 years, and plan to continue as an arts
    teacher in 2006-07. Previous fellowship recipients cannot re-apply.
     
    CONTACT:
    Kimberly Bartosik, Associate Program Officer for Arts , Arts
    Teachers Fellowship Program , Surdna Foundation, 330 Madison Avenue,
    30th Floor, New York NY 10017. You may visit the website at
    http://www.surdna.org/programs/artsteachersfellowships.html.
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
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    Toshiba America Foundation
    Enhancing Classroom Teaching
     
    PROGRAM:
    Toshiba America Foundation en
    courages programs, projects,
    and activities which have the potential to improve classroom teaching in
    science and mathematics. They have a strong focus on projects designed to
    increase awareness of the environment.
     
    DEADLINE:
    No deadline for grants for 7
    th through 12
    th grade programs
    seeking less than $5,000. Requests for more than $5,000 must be received
    by August 1, 2005, for September consideration. K-6
    th grade programs
    seeking funding are due October 1, 2005. Applicants are strongly
    encouraged to contact the foundation before or during the proposal
    preparation process.
     
    FUNDING:
    Varies.
     
    ELIGIBILITY:
    Public or private schools.
     
    CONTACT:
    (212) 596-0620. You may visit the website at
    http://www.toshiba.com/taf/.
     
     
    Visit the FLDOE Grants Management Website at
     
    http://www.firn.edu/doe/grants/grants.htm.
     
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