Education Grants – Ongoing
TI Foundation donates more than $1M to Texas university
Texas Instruments Foundation has presented the University of North Texas' Dallas Campus with a $1.1 million grant to establish the TI Math Scholars program. The program's goal is to encourage…
Student teams receive $100K in Siemens Competition
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced the winners of the 2006-2007 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology at New York University’s Kimmel Center. The top prize of…
Ga. elementary school receives $50,000 from Box Tops for Education
Georgia resident Beverly Hawkins was selected as a General Mills sweepstakes winner and chose Davis Elementary School in Trenton, Ga. as the recipient of the $50,000 award. Box Tops…
Chicago high school received federal Blue Ribbon School award
Jones College Prep is the first Chicago public high school to receive the federal Blue Ribbon School award. The school won for its large test-score improvement with a largely…
U.S. students receive scholarships to study in the U.K.
Forty-four post-grad students from the U.S. will be awarded Marshall Scholarships to study in the UK next year. They will study at the top British university of their choice,…
SUNY-Buffalo receives $550K in federal funding for architecture school
A team of faculty members in the State University of New York at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning have been awarded a grant of more than $550,000 from the…
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation donates $850,000 to research team
A research team from Indiana University and the University of Michigan has received a $850,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to begin the implementation phase of a searchable…
The Broad Foundation donates more than $10M to Calif. charter schools
Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, through The Broad Foundation, has donated more than $10 million to a California charter school organization. The money will help Green Dot Public Schools in…
Indiana U. Cancer Center receives $50 million
The Indiana University Cancer Center recently received a $50 million gift, from Melvin and Bren Simon of Indianapolis, to support both cancer research and patient-care initiatives. The cancer center…
CyberLearning Project
This project provides public schools with $400 million in “cyber scholarship” grants during the 2006-2007 academic year. Grants are provided in the form of online curriculum, and curriculum is provided…



