5 helpful grant opportunities for STEM teachers
Each month we feature a grant roundup for teachers. This month focuses in on STEM.
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6 small grants for teachers that could make a big difference
This month’s grants focus on mostly smaller sums ideal for individual classroom teachers or projects. Check out these funding opportunities for teachers, students, parents, and administrators–there’s likely to…
Buffalo Jones Elementary School wins nationwide ‘Healthy School Makeover Contest’
Buffalo Jones Elementary School in Garden City, Kan., beat out 200 entries and received a majority of the 129,000 total public votes to be named the winner of…
eInstruction announces ‘Flip Your Classoom’ winners
eInstruction, a global education software and technology company, today announced the three grand-prize winners of its sixth annual Flip Your Classroom – eInstruction Classroom Makeover Contest. The winners,…
National Science Foundation awards $5M national cybersecurity grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded Prince George’s Community College a $5 million National Advanced Technological Education Center continuation grant for its National CyberWatch - Cybersecurity Education Solutions…
Nursing school receives more than $2.1M
The University of North Alabama College of Nursing and Allied Health has just received a grant of $2.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health Resources and Services…
Professor wins $50K Hiett Prize
Dr. Elizabeth Samet, Professor of English at the United States Military Academy at West Point, is the 2012 recipient of the $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from…
Buick Achievers awards 1,100 scholarships nationwide
The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program, funded by the General Motors Foundation, today announced scholarships totaling approximately $4.2 million to 1,100 recipients during the NBC News Education Nation Summit…
Destiny Solutions awards scholarship to two non-traditional students
Moon Soe, 25, and Virginia Wilson, 58, have each been awarded a $2,500 scholarship as the 2012-2013 recipients of the Mary Cone Barrie Scholarship Award. The scholarship is…
ED awards more than $9.8M
The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $9.8 million in grants to 16 states to operate 25 Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers for…
2012 McGraw Prize in Education Winners Named; 25th Anniversary Honors Education “Game Changers”
Harold (Terry) McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies today announced the winners of the 2012 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.…
Toyota USA awards more than $1.3M
Toyota USA Foundation today announced $1.3 million in new grants to support innovative K-12 math, science, engineering and environmental science education programs, with a focus on programs that…
NY Life makes $300K grant for ed services
The New York Life Foundation announced today a three-year, $300,000 grant to support Inwood House’s educational services that help approximately 300 pregnant and parenting youth and their children…
Nissan awards $655,000 in grants
The Nissan Foundation awarded $655,000 in grants this past week to 26 nonprofit organizations from across the country during a special luncheon commemorating the institution's 20th anniversary, the…
Grants awarded to St. Mary’s College of Maryland physics department
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland physics department has been the recipient of several grants from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), each helping to build the small…
NYL Foundation awards NFTE $500K grant
The New York Life Foundation has awarded the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) a two-year, $500,000 grant to support programs in Boston, Chicago, New York City and Westchester…
Seven teachers win technology tools
CCS Presentation Systems, an Arizona audio and visual equipment company, has presented seven teachers statewide with teaching technology tools for the 2012-13 school year through the company’s fourth…
Clements teacher wins $40K wireless lab
A career math teacher, Charlene Hebert entered a nationwide drawing to win a $40K wireless computer lab. She had tried before and failed, but this time was different.
Small business wins grant to develop school iPad app
A Tucson, Arizona small business was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to create an educational app for middle school science…
MIND Research Institute receives $200K for math initiative
The OneWest Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OneWest Bank, awarded $200,000 to support the education nonprofit MIND Research Institute’s Orange County Math Initiative, a community partnership designed to…
Calif. teacher named 2012 National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers announced today that Rebecca Mieliwocki, a 7th grade English teacher in California is the 62nd National Teacher of the Year. Mieliwocki…
Libraries receive $30,000, travel scholarships
Better World Books and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) today announced that library programs in Columbus, Ohio; Providence, R.I., and Salinas, Calif., have won the annual…
Five grand prize winners announced in Samsung’s $1 Million Solve for Tomorrow National Education Contest
Samsung announced today the five grand prize winners in its nationwide Solve for Tomorrow contest, a competition to raise enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education…
First recipients of the LEGO Smart Schools Grant announced
LEGO Education North America and the Education Blueprints Association today announced the fourteen recipients of the Smart Schools Grant. Funded by LEGO Education and administered by the Education…
Winter 2012 Classroom Improvement Grants engage students in learning
The Turning Foundation, in partnership with SamsungT-Mobile, BrainPop and Turning Technologies announced the grant recipients of the Winter 2012 Classroom Improvement Grants. The 10 grant awards will directly…
Keep America Beautiful announces America’s school recycling champions
Keep America Beautiful, Inc. announced the winners of “Recycle-Bowl,” the first nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle, and high school students. Schools in 47 states competed, reaching more…
Colleges awarded Presidential Honor for Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education honored the nation's leading colleges and universities, students, and faculty members, and staff for their…
Kmart Latina Smart Fund scholarship winners announced
Kmart announced the names of 2011 Latina Smart Fund scholarship recipients. The Latina Smart Fund was created in 2011 as a means to make higher education more accessible…
Esri selects winners of ArcGIS Online Grant Program for Educators
Esri has awarded five grants to select university and college faculty members to create exemplary higher education course materials and implementations of ArcGIS Online. Grantees receive $10,000 each,…
McGraw-Hill Education and Kellogg Institute award scholarships to honor excellence in developmental education
McGraw-Hill Education and the Kellogg Institute at the National Center for Developmental Education announced the recipients of the first-ever McGraw-Hill/Kellogg Developmental Educator Scholarships, which are designed to honor…
DYMO/Mimio names Bridging the Gap technology grant winners
DYMO/Mimio announced that two K-12 educators in Mississippi and Texas have been awarded the "Bridging the Gap" grant. This grant from interactive teaching technology provider DYMO/Mimio provides the…
Lexus and Scholastic announce second round of winners in the 2011 – 2012 Lexus Eco Challenge
Sixteen student teams from 11 states have been named winners in the second round of the fifth annual Lexus Eco Challenge, an educational program and contest that inspires…
Winners named in Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement
The nation's top achievers in Advanced Placement science and mathematics courses were recognized as winners of the 2011 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. The annual awards honor America's…
Microsoft Imagine Cup grants awarded to students to help stimulate global change
Microsoft Corp. announced the winners of the inaugural year of the Imagine Cup Grants program, a three-year, $3 million competitive grant program for student technology and social entrepreneurs.
Teradata names Commitment to Caring award winners
Teradata, an analytic data solutions company, has named three individual associates, one team, and one office as 2011 Teradata Cares Celebration of Caring recipients for exemplary dedication to…
DemandTec crowns Retail Challenge winners
DemandTec, Inc., the collaborative analytics cloud for retailers and consumer products companies, announced that Kunal Sangani and Elliot Tan from Fayetteville-Manlius High School in Fayetteville, NY have won…
Kellogg’s and Action for Healthy Kids announce Share Your Breakfast grant recipients
Kellogg's and Action for Healthy Kids announced winners of nearly 100 Share Your Breakfast grants to schools across the country. Awarded for the 2011-2012 school year, the grants…
Six educators recognized for efforts in online and blended learning
The Online Learning Innovator Awards were presented by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) at the organization’s annual Virtual School Symposium (VSS), a three-day conference that…
New Jersey teacher wins Great American Teach-Off
Terry Dougherty, a third grade teacher at Roland Rogers Elementary School in Galloway Township, New Jersey has won the Great American Teach-Off earning a $10,000 classroom grant. Hundreds…
SLCC Library Program wins technology award
Salt Lake Community College Electronic Library and Information Environment (ELIE) has received a technology innovation in education award from the Center for Digital Education. The College developed ELIE…