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The Entertainment Software Association Foundation is dedicated to supporting positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the quality of life, health and welfare of America’s youth. It is inviting nonprofit organizations that provide youth programs to children aged 7 to 18 in at least two states to apply for funding. The program must be in one or more of the following areas: skills and personal development, general health and welfare, risk behavior prevention, education, and multimedia arts/technology related or applied.

To encourage teachers at elementary schools nationwide to help their students learn valuable and potentially life-saving lessons, Honeywell and NCMEC launched the Got 2B Safe! Contest in 2005 where teachers were invited to submit brief lesson plans emphasizing Got 2B Safe’s rules for personal safety. Five grand prize winners receive professional classroom makeovers worth $10,000 and more than 100 other winners receive gift certificates for school supplies worth up to $500.

The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, public policy, and law students in the analytical process that informs the creation of national policy-making with a science/technology element. As a result, students develop basic skills essential to working in the world of science policy.

Each year, World of Children Awards are given to honorees who are working on a wide range of issues affecting children — health, education, hunger, and human rights.
The 2009 Health Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant lifetime contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine or the sciences. The 2009 Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant lifetime contribution to children in the areas of social services, education or humanitarian services. The 2009 Founder’s Youth Award recognizes a young person under the age of 21, who is making extraordinary contributions to the lives of other children.

The Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program provides grants for emergency repairs and modernization of school facilities to certain eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive formula Impact Aid funds.
To be eligible for an emergency repair grant, an LEA must enroll a high percentage (at least 40 percent) of federally connected children in average daily attendance who
reside on Indian lands or who have a parent on active duty in the U.S. uniformed services, have a school that enrolls a high percentage of one of these types of students, be eligible for funding for heavily impacted LEAs under section 8003(b)(2) of the Act, or meet the specific numeric requirements regarding bonding capacity.

McGraw-Hill is asking individuals from communities and schools who personify all the ways student achievement can be improved; specifically, ensuring that students have qualified teachers, providing access to strong programs in and out of school, and supporting education from the highest levels of local, state and national government.
An individual will be awarded who has address innovation and education, focusing on the whole child, in the categories of professional development and teacher education, pre-K-, elementary-, and secondary-level education programs, or policy makers.