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12/12/09 Greetings
all... While looking
for a grant for a video project, I came across a "Ton" of
grant possibilities and links. I'll list some here and more
in a future post. If you have any grant sources to list,
please forward them to be posted.
Everett
Swift M.S.
HP Technology
for Teaching Grant Initiative...
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/
In 2008 we celebrated 5 years of commitment
to innovative educators who are transforming teaching and
learning through the effective use of technology as part of
the HP Technology for Teaching program. HP believes that
teaching excellence, combined with the right technologies,
has a positive impact on student achievement.
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed
to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16
education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two-
and four-year colleges and universities that HP might
support with future grants.
The HP Technology for Teaching initiative encompasses a
total investment of nearly $60 million since 2004, impacting
over 1000 educational institutions in 41 countries.
Building on the successes of the HP Technology for Teaching
program, the
HP Innovations in Education program has been launched
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AT&T
Citizenship and Sustainability...
http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7736
AT&T is committed to advancing education,
strengthening communities and improving lives.
Through its philanthropic initiatives and partnerships, AT&T
and the AT&T Foundation supports projects that create
opportunities, make connections and address community needs
where we — and our customers — live and work. In 2008, we
contributed $169 million through corporate, employee and
AT&T Foundation giving programs. Supporting education has
been a major focus for AT&T for more than a century, and
education is our key philanthropy focus. We are driven to
help students succeed — in school, in the workforce and in
life.
Visit
the
AT&T
AT&T Aspire media kit
for
additional information.
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Foundation for Rural
Education & Development...
http://www.fred.org/tech.html
2009 Technology Grants
Technology Grants for Rural Schools program was created to
help meet the growing need for innovative technology in the
classroom. The grants are funded by a donation from
Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
(RTFC) and strive to help public schools in rural areas
served by OPASTCO members bring modern computers to every
classroom, connect schools to the information superhighway
and make sure that effective and engaging software and
online resources are an integral part of the school
curriculum.
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National Institute of Standards &
Technology...
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/grants.htm
NIST funds industrial and academic research in a variety of
ways. The Small Business Innovation Research Program funds
R&D proposals from small businesses. We also offer other
grants to encourage work in specific fields: precision
measurement, fire research, and materials science.
Grants/awards supporting research at industry, academic, and
other institutions are available on a competitive basis
through several different Institute offices. For general
information on NIST grants programs, contact
Melinda Chukran, (301)
975-5266.
There are 5 grants on this site
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Teacher Grants: Technology...
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/Grants/grants_technology.htm
This site has about a dozen grants for:
Vernier/ NSTA: Tech Award...
Vernier Software &
Technology/National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Tech
Award recognizes the innovative use of data collection
technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or
handheld in the science classroom.
Society of Amateur
Radio Astronomers (SARA)
...
Grant program was established
to encourage young people in the study of science and radio
astronomy and to help students fund their projects.
The Pitsco/Hearlihy/Foundation
for Technology Education Grant...
Recognizes and encourages
the integration of a quality technology education program
within the school curriculum.
Microsoft DigiGirlz High
Tech Camp...
For girls works to dispel
stereotypes of the high-tech industry and gives young people
a chance to experience firsthand what it is like to develop
cutting-edge technology.
Reinventing Education Program...
IBM's lead philanthropic program.
Toshiba's Grade 7-12 Grant
Program...
The Toshiba America
Foundation encourages programs with the potential to improve
classroom teaching and learning of science, mathematics, and
the science and mathematics of technology.
RGK Foundation...
Awards grants to programs that focus on
formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science,
and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher
education.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Foundation Classroom Grants...
Are awarded to encourage excellence in educating students
about math, science, technology, and engineering.
The Personnel Exchange...
Provides travel funds for state or local
elementary/secondary education agency staff to visit other
education organizations in order to share knowledge about
education data issues.
The SMARTer Kids Foundation...
The Connections Program equips North American and
Canadian upper elementary school classes with leading-edge
technology, promotes collaborative learning projects between
schools, provides teacher training on the technology,
Share the Technology...
A nonprofit organization that provides a
free, public-service online database listing computer
donation offers and requests for donations from public and
private schools, churches and other nonprofit organizations
See the links on the page listed above
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10/20/09
Dear Members:
We are forwarding on this grant opportunity for your
organizations to consider.
Cindi Hartshorn
CT Academy for Education The New England Board of Higher
Education (NEBHE) has been awarded a three-year $900,000
grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a new
project titled Problem Based-Learning (PBL) for Sustainable
Technology: Increasing the STEM Pipeline. Funding is
provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education
(ATE) program to improve science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) education to help America develop
sustainable technologies.
NEBHE is recruiting
STEM
high school and college educators to participate in the
professional development project. To learn more, visit www.stempbl.org.
Please forward the brief announcement to any educators who
you think could benefit from this opportunity. For more
information contact project Principal Investigator, Fenna
Hanes, at 617-357-9620, x129 or by email at fhanes@nebhe.org.
Are
you and your STEM students interested in Sustainable
Technology?
Are you
looking for STEM problem-based learning instructional
materials?
The New England Board of
Higher Education (NEBHE) has been awarded a three-year
$900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a
new project titled Problem Based-Learning (PBL) for
Sustainable Technology: Increasing the STEM Pipeline.
Funding is provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological
Education program to improve science, technology,
engineering and math education to help America develop
sustainable technologies.
Your
participation in the
STEM PBL will
include:
Ø Introduction
to STEM PBL two-day professional development on-site
workshop during summer 2010.
Ø Fifteen-week
professional development Introduction to
STEM PBL
distance-learning course. The course will be divided into
three five-week sessions during academic year 2010-2011.
Ø Field-testing of two or
more STEM
PBL Challenges between fall 2010 and spring 2012. A $500
stipend per Challenge (up to $1000) will be paid upon
submission of implementation reports.
Ø CEU
and/or graduate college credit for a fee for successfully
completing the distance-learning course.
Ø Capstone
Showcase workshop during academic year 2011-2112.
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9/10/09
$500 mini-grants for Pay it Forward
activities
The Pay It Forward Foundation administers a mini-grant
program for Pay It Forward activities designed by and
involving youth in service to their school, neighborhood or
the greater community. Mini-grants up to $500 are available
to schools, churches and community-based groups of youth for
service activities of all types. A Pay It Forward project is
defined as one or more service activities that benefit a
school, neighborhood, or the greater community and include
learning goals for its youth participants.
Posted By Gregory C. Kane to
Technology Education in Connecticut at 9/10/2009
10:04:00 PM
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Please contact
Everett if you find
errors or have information to post.
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