Grant Alerts - March 17, 2016

We’ve been having a record setting year for the number of grants submitted by school-based staff—over 600 (and it is just mid-March!). It is wonderful to see your creative ideas for helping our students learn and thrive, and to see so many people taking the initiative write grants. As you and your colleagues receive notification from funders, please let us know by sending us a copy of the award email or letter. We currently have about 130 grants still pending, and we are eager to know whether or not they receive funding.

Grant Alerts

The WCPSS Board of Education approved the following grant opportunity at their meeting on March 15:

Best Buy Community Grants

Application: https://corporate.bestbuy.com/community-grants-page/

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to $10,000

Deadline: June 29, 2016

Don't forget about the Wake Ed Partnership Teacher Innovation grant, offering $1000 for individuals or $3,000 for teams.  Grant writing workshops are being held on March 22 and April 7.  For details, visit http://www.wakeed.org/programs/teacher-innovation-grants/

Other Upcoming Deadlines include:

• Raleigh Moms Care is offering a grant of $500 to Wake County teachers. The deadline is March 30.To access the application form, click here.

• The Actuarial Foundation provides up to $10,000 for STEM education, deadline 3/31, http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/teachers/what_asa_grant.shtml

• Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers grants of up to $500 for literacy work at school libraries, deadline March 31, http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/ezra-jack-keats-mini-grant-program-for-public-libraries-public-schools/.

• NC Farm Bureau – Ag in the Classroom grant provides $500 for agricultural education, deadline April 15, https://goo.gl/VZg0Ke

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

PS. Check us out on FaceBook and Twitter! We post grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

Grant Alerts - March 3, 2016

Here are a couple of great local grants to be thinking about . . . . WakeEd Partnership's Teacher Innovation Grant WakeEd Partnership’s annual Teacher Innovation Grant period opened February 8, 2016. All WCPSS educators, including specialists, counselors, and other related services professionals, are invited to apply. Grants are awarded in Arts, Entrepreneurship, Literacy, STEM, and Exceptional Children with Autism. Writers workshops will be held March 10 and 22. All proposals must be submitted by May 2. To learn about the grant programs, visit http://www.wakeed.org/programs/teacher-innovation-grants/ Raleigh Moms Care Raleigh Moms Care has opened its spring grant cycle.  One grant of $500 will be awarded to a teacher in Wake County.  The deadline is March 30. Click here to access the application form. Happy grant writing!

Grant Alerts - February 22, 2016

Here are a few new grant opportunities that recently have been approved by the WCPSS Board of Education:

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Application: http://asbmb.org/Outreach/Grants/Seed/

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

NIKE Product Donation

Application http://help-en-us.nike.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/777/~/nike-sponsorship-and-donation-requests

Subject: Physical education

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

North Carolina School Counselor Association

Application: http://www.ncschoolcounselor.org/page-1535575

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to 1,000

Deadline: April 30, 2016

National Weather Association Grants

Application: http://nwas.org/committees/ed_comm/application/index.php

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

Sharon Gewirtz Kids to Concerts

Application: https://sites.google.com/site/gewirtzkidstoconcerts/

Subject: Music

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: June 30, 2016

NC Farm Bureau – Ag in the Classroom

Application: https://goo.gl/VZg0Ke

Subject: Agricultural education

Funding Level: $500

Deadline: April 15, 2016

Other Upcoming Deadlines include: 

• NC Music Educators Association, Up to $1,000, deadline March 15, 2016, http://www.ncmea.net/programs/grants/ 

• The Actuarial Foundation provides up to $10,000 for STEM education, deadline March 31, http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/teachers/what_asa_grant.shtml 

• Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers grants of up to $500 for literacy work at school libraries, deadline March 31, http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/ezra-jack-keats-mini-grant-program-for-public-libraries-public-schools/.

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

PS. Check us out on FaceBook and Twitter! We post grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

Grant Alerts - February 3, 2016

New Grant Opportunities: The WCPSS Board of Education met on February 2 and approved the following:

American Chemical Society – Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grant

Application: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/hachhighschool.html

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Up to $1,500

Deadline: Opens February 1 – April 1, 2016

Lemelson - Mit InvenTeam Initiative

Application: https://lemelsonmit.slideroom.com/#/login/program/26943

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Up to $10,000

Deadline: March 7, 2016

The American Turkish Society

Application: http://www.americanturkishsociety.org/curriculum-development-grants

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to $2,500

Deadline: May 31, 2016

American Immigration Council

Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Rq8r8lX6e3Rxk2Jj9a1y4f5Rv_q3prEc5nXIezhN7VE/viewform

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: $100 – $500

Deadline: July 1, 2016

Youth Service America Grants

Application: http://www.ysa.org/schools

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)

Application: https://www.neefusa.org/grants

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Application: https://www.paemst.org/

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for dates

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

Application: http://www.ftpf.org/apply.htm

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Rolling

Other Upcoming Deadlines include:

• Lowe’s Toolbox for Education, up to $5,000, deadline February 12, http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/

• NC Music Educators Association, Up to $1,000, deadline March 15, 2016, http://www.ncmea.net/programs/grants/ 

• The Actuarial Foundation provides up to $10,000 for STEM education, deadline March 31,http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/teachers/what_asa_grant.shtml

  

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

PS. Check us out on FaceBook and Twitter! We post grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

Grant Alerts - January 20, 2016

New Grant Opportunities: The WCPSS Board of Education met on January 19 and approved the following:

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Application: http://www.ala.org/alsc/bookapalooza-program

Subject: Literacy

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: February 1, 2016

NC Music Educators Association

Application: http://www.ncmea.net/programs/grants/

Subject: Music

Funding Level: Up to $1,000

Deadline: March 15, 2016

The Actuarial Foundation – Advancing Student Achievement

Application: http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/teachers/what_asa_grant.shtml

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Up to $10,000

Deadline: Opens January 11, 2016 – March 31, 2016

Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

Application: http://spie.org/education/education-outreach-resources/education-outreach-grants

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: January 31 and May 31 annually

Lois Lenski Covey Foundation

Application: http://www.loislenskicovey.org/6.html

Subject: Literacy

Funding Level: Up to $3,000

Deadline: Opens February 15 - May 31, 2016

Apex Chamber of Commerce

Application: http://apexpeakfest.com/community-grants/

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website for date

Wake Ed Partnership

Application: http://www.wakeed.org/programs/teacher-innovation-grants/

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to $3,000

Deadline: Check website for date

Freedoms Foundation

Application: http://www.freedomsfoundation.org/Grad-Classes

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Dates varies – check website

Upcoming Deadlines include:

Fund for Teachers, up to $10,000, deadline January 28, http://fft.fundforteachers.org/applications/guideline/program_id:182/step:overview

Captain Planet, funds environmental projects, deadline January 31, http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/

American Association of School Librarians, up to $2,500, deadline February 1, http://www.ala.org/aasl/awards

National Education Association, $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups, deadline February 1, http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/

Toshiba Foundation, funds math and science for grades 6-12, https://www.toshiba.com/taf/612.jsp

Lowe’s Toolbox for Education, up to $5,000, deadline February 12, http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

PS. Check us out on FaceBook and Twitter! We post grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

Grant Alerts - December 16, 2015

GRANT ALERTS: Several new grant opportunities were approved at the Board meeting on Tuesday, December 15.

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)

Application: http://www.firstinspires.org/#educators

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: Check website

Opal® Apple – Youth Make a Difference Initiative

Application: http://opalapples.com/grantees.aspx

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to $20,000

Deadline: Check website

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Application: http://www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/fellows-and-scholars

Subject: Professional development

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: February 1, 2016

Insperity Corporate Contributions Program

Application: http://www.insperity.com/community-involvement/corporate-contributions/

Subject: Miscellaneous

Funding Level: Up to $5,000

Deadline: Rolling

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.

PS.  NEW!  The Office of Grants is now on FaceBook and Twitter. We will use these communication tools to share grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, and to celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

Grant Alerts - December 2, 2015

NEW!  The Office of Grants is now on FaceBook and Twitter. We will use these communication tools to share grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines, and to celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click here. Our Twitter handle is @WcpssGrants.

GRANT ALERTS: Several new grant opportunities were approved at the Board meeting on Tuesday, December 1.   

General Mills, Nutrition and physical education, Up to $20,000

American Society of Plant Biologist, STEM, Up to $50,000

ASM International – ASM Materials Education Foundation, STEM, Up to $500

Fund for Teachers, Miscellaneous, Up to $10,000

Crayola Champion Creatively Alive Children, Miscellaneous, Up to $2,500 and Crayola products valued at $1,000

American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Foundation, STEM, Up to $3,000

National Air Transportation Foundation, STEM, $100 - $500

National Teachers Hall of Fame, Miscellaneous, $1,000 materials stipend

Southern Poverty Law Center, Miscellaneous, Up to $2,500

Kennedy Center – Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards, Up to $10,000

Grants with Rolling Deadlines

Arkema Incorporated Foundation, Science, ranges from $300 - $50,000

Extron Electronics – Classroom Technology Grant, STEM, Up to $20,000

Science House Foundation, STEM, funding level varies, currently accepting applications

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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions.