The WCPSS Board
of Education approved the following grant opportunities at their meeting on
October 20:
GRAMMY Foundation
GameTime
Playground Grant
North Carolina
Association of Educators
Special Olympics
North Carolina – Project UNIFY
Town of Cary
Themes &
Variations Musicplay Grant
The Walking
Classroom Institute
Newly Posted
Grant Opportunities
There are three
recently opened grant opportunities that we’d like to highlight for your
review:
Biogen Idec is
offering grants of up to $2,000 for teachers and $5,000 for schools to support
STEM education. More information can be
found at
https://www.biogen.com/en_us/responsibility/ignite-the-power-of-STEM-NC.html.
Proposals are being accepted through November 10, 2015.
The Burroughs
Wellcome Fund PRISM grant is now open and provides up to $3,000 for math and
science education. Application information is available at
http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/science-education/promoting-innovation-science-and-mathematics. The deadline is December 7, 2015.
The Voya Unsung
Heroes Award honors 100 teachers each year with $2,000 grants for innovative
classroom projects. The application form is now available at
https://unsungheroes.scholarshipamerica.org/.
The deadline for applying is April 30, 2016.
Details about
these and more grant opportunities can be found in our current Grant Alerts,
located in three places:
On the Intranet
at http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/grants/alerts.htm
In the Office of
Grants Blackboard course, click on “Grant Alerts in the left hand navigation
bar
At the Office of
Grants Google site which can be accessed from anywhere with no sign in
required.
https://sites.google.com/a/wcpss.net/wcpss-grants-office/calendar
Should you decide
to apply for a grant, please let the Office of Grants know by submitting an
Intent to Apply form. Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.
Happy grant
writing!
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