Funding Opportunities
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Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
August 29, 2005
The information in
Funding Opportunities
comes from a variety of sources and is
compiled by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Contracts, Grants, &
Procurement, Grants Training & Development Unit 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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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Television Projects:
Planning and Scripting Grants Initiative
Funding Source - Foundations/Private
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American History and Civics Initiative / Corporation for Public
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Broadcasting (CPB)
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Coca Cola Scholars Foundation
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Mix It Up Mini-Grants
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National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF) / ProLiteracy Worldwide
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SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Television
Projects: Planning and Scripting Grants Initiative
Providing Planning and Scripting Opportunities
PROGRAM:
Applications are being accepted for the National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH) Television Projects: Planning and Scripting Grants
Initiative. The projects must concentrate on television documentary
programs or historical dramatizations that focus on figures and/or events in
the humanities. The proposed projects also must be intended for national
prime-time broadcast, whether on public television, commercial television,
or cable networks. Funding can be provided for DVD’s and websites that
expand the television program’s subject matter. The two areas of interest
that NEH supports are Planning and Scripting.
Planning grants
can be used to draft a process. Applicants should be
familiar with the humanities topic they have chosen, clarify the themes the
project will explore, and obtain commitments from the principal scholars who
will guide their project. They should also make preliminary decisions about
the format and storyline and locate essential materials for the film. Finally,
they should recruit the appropriate media professionals.
Scripting grants
can be used to prepare a script or detailed process.
Applicants should have a solid command of the humanities topic they have
chosen and consult with a team of scholarly advisers to work out the
intellectual issues the program will explore. Applicants should also draft a
preliminary process that provides a concept for the storyline or narrative of
the program, identify the principal materials available for production, and
think about how they will integrate the analysis and interpretive content into
the storyline. Finally, they should identify the producer, director, and
scriptwriter.
DEADLINE:
November 3, 2005.
FUNDING:
Planning Grant awards may be up to $30,000 each. Scripting
Grant awards are usually made for a period of six to twelve months and
average $60,000 for a single television program or small series and $70,000
for a large series.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations and state and local
government agencies.
CONTACT
: David Weinstein, (202) 606-8308, Television Projects: Planning
and Scripting Grants, Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for
the Humanities, Room 426, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20506, (202) 606-8269. You may visit the website at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/tvplanning.html.
American History and Civics Initiative / Corporation for
Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Increasing Knowledge of American History and Civics
PROGRAM:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is focusing on
improving people’s knowledge of American history and civics. The CPB
believes that declining knowledge of history and civics represents a national
crisis, and it is vital for young people to gain knowledge of who they are,
what they stand for, and where they are headed through an understanding
of American History and civics.
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The American History and Civics Initiative will be a three-phase grant that
will span over a three year period. The first phase will be a Research and
Development (R&D) phase, Phase two of the initiative will be Prototype
Creation, with guidelines developed on an individual basis with the R&D
grantees and Phase three will be Production and Implementation.
This initiative will forge unique and sustainable partnerships between public
television producers and broadcast outlets, the educational community,
curriculum developers, the high tech industry and other appropriate
partners, to design, test and create integrated interactive multimedia
platforms that improve learning.
DEADLINE:
November 1, 2005.
FUNDING:
Awards ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 for phase one
research and development grants; $350,000 to $750,000 for phase two; and
$2 to $4 million for phase three. All for a total of $20 million.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations.
CONTACT:
American History and Civics Initiative, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, Attn: Ms. Melissa Maher, Television Programming, 401 Ninth
St., N.W., Washington, DC 20004-2129, email: History.Civics@cpb.org. You
may visit the website at http://www.cpb.org/grants/historyandcivics.
Coca Cola Scholars Foundation
Awarding Hard Working Students
PROGRAM:
Coca-Cola is awarding scholarships based on character,
personal merit and commitment. Merit is demonstrated through leadership
in school, civic and extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and
motivation to serve and succeed.
DEADLINE:
Timeline to apply is from September 1, 2005 through October
31, 2005.
FUNDING:
Fifty (50) awards for $20,000 over a four-year period and 200
awards for $4,000 over a four-year period.
ELIGIBILITY:
A current high school or home-school senior carrying a
minimum 3.00 GPA at the end of their junior year of high school.
CONTACT:
You may visit the website at
https://www.coca-colascholars.org/cokeWeb/jsp/scholars/Index.jsp.
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Mix It Up Mini-Grants
Crossing Social Boundaries
PROGRAM:
The Mix It Up project was created to help support students in
their efforts to cross social boundaries within their schools and out in the
community. The goal
of the
grant program is to have projects created and
put into practice by students that focus on promoting collaborations that
cross social boundaries. The project or program should be a part of an
ongoing effort, or an effort that's just getting started, but will continue.
DEADLINE:
Open.
FUNDING:
$500 per award.
ELIGIBILITY:
Programs directed by youths who have the assistance of
adult allies. Youth groups, clubs, and community groups are encouraged to
work together to reach the goal of the program.
CONTACT:
Mix It Up Grants, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL
36104. You may visit the website at
http://www.tolerance.org/teens/stories/article.jsp?p=0&ar=149.
National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF) / ProLiteracy
Worldwide
Providing Local Literacy Programs
PROGRAM:
The purpose of the National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF) is to
provide local literacy programs throughout the United States with New
Readers Press books and other educational materials needed to support their
literacy initiatives. First priority will be given to programs that focus on
family literacy. English as a second-language (ESL) projects, adult basic
educational programs and projects that involve women-focused basic literacy
or ESL programming will also be considered for support.
DEADLINE:
December 8, 2005.
FUNDING:
Grants will be made in the form of the New Readers Press
materials. The material value has ranged between $500 to $7,000 with an
average of $2,000.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations.
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CONTACT:
Mara Roberts, Program Administrator, National Book Scholarship
Fund, ProLiteracy Worldwide, 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, New York
13210. You may visit the website at
http://www.proliteracy.org/go_nbsf.asp.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental
Excellence Awards
Protecting and Nurturing Our Environment
PROGRAM:
The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence
Awards are designed to recognize the accomplishments of students and
teachers who work at the grass-roots level to protect and nurture our
environment nationwide. The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm
Environmental Excellence Awards will provide schools and community groups
with a monetary award, national recognition and fun at one of their parks.
DEADLINE:
November 30, 2005.
FUNDING:
Eight group awards of $10,000 per award.
ELIGIBILITY:
K-12 public, private, licensed home schools, and nonprofit
501(c)3 organizations.
CONTACT:
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence
Awards, c/o SeaWorld Orlando, Education Department, 7007 SeaWorld
Drive, Orlando, FL 32821, (877)792-4332. You may visit the website at
http://www.seaworld.org/conservation-matters/eea.
Visit the FLDOE Grants Management Website at
http://www.firn.edu/doe/grants/grants.htm.
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