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Get That Grant!

By Karen Greenwood Henke

2008–2009 Deadlines
As summer approaches, teachers often
have more time to plan activities and look
for ways to fund them. What can you do
during the summer months to get ready
for new grant opportunities?
July 2008 Deadlines AUGUST 2008 Deadlines september 2008 Deadlines
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Here are five steps you can take this summer 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 www.intel.com/community/grant.htm 1 2 3 4 5 6
Student Photo Contest www.ezra-jack-keats.org
to find grant money for your classroom:
www.toolfactory.com
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 American Honda Foundation Grant 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 30 Captain Planet Foundation Grants
Create a toolkit http://corporate.honda.com
If at first you don’t succeed, you probably
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tell your students to keep trying. But do by Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. 1 NWA’s Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants Ongoing
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is a good time to create a grant toolkit. by Fuji Film USA, Inc.
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Your toolkit will include a basic proposal 1  SMARTer Kids Research Grants 24 1 Toshiba Large Grants (Grades 7–12, more ProductsForLearning.jsp
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refined and polished (reviewed by friends), www.smarterkids.org/research/details.asp 31 than $5,000)
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a list of target grants and a calendar NEC Foundation of America Grants
Ongoing
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So many resources, so little time. month but July. Evaluation System.
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technology or paying a program teacher’s Web-based survey tools such as developing your proposal Verizon Foundation Grants
workshops, guides and people who can grants_sched
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help with grant writing and research. for covering costs once grant funds are and analysis, particularly from off-campus their convenience by setting up an online
The amount of information can be gone. Putting it in writing makes it more stakeholders. Set up and administer a group or wiki. If security is a concern,
overwhelming. If you schedule some time likely to happen. new survey to gather current information. choose a tool that has access controls.
and set a few goals, you can narrow your Set up and administer a new survey to
gather current information.
research more quickly and focus on what
will help get funding for your classroom.

Set your own deadlines

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giving programs with rolling deadlines or 1 Toshiba Small Grants Program (for K–6) 1 Intel Community Grants 3 Association for Library Service to
1 2 3 4 www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/home/ 1 www.intel.com/community/grant.htm 1 2 3 4 5 6 Children’s (ALSC) Distinguished
no deadlines. They often fall below the
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radar without a pending date to apply.
When you discover one of these programs,
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15 Learning & Leadership Grants, http://corporate.honda.com
set your own deadline during the summer
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sponsored by the NEA Foundation 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8 National Schools of Character Program,
and be sure to apply. www.nfie.org sponsored by the Character Education
30 Environmental Excellence Awards
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Work together 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
15 Mr. Tu’s Next Excellent Example
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Exciting projects that require team teaching Talent Search 23 Ongoing 30 Olympus America/Tool Factory
often don’t happen because of a lack of 26 27 28 29 30 31 www.bestquest.com/talentsearch 24 25 26 27 28 29 Share the Technology 28 29 30 31 Podcasting Contest
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planning during the busy school year. If http://sharetechnology.org www.toolfactory.com
you and your colleagues have a great 17 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
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idea, schedule time during the summer to up to $5,000)
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creative and often more successful.
volunteers. This results in staff burnout your chances of success. An upfront for examples and read them carefully.
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Subscribe to a grants bulletin Building, Health and the Environment
implementation. Increase success and be repaid many times over when your graphics, etc. Use this information to
When the year gets started again, it’s www.dosomething.org/grants
buy-in through shared responsibility. proposals are consistently funded. polish your proposal.
easy to lose track of the deadlines for
the best grants. There are many grant
bulletins and alerts that can help. Find
one that has the most relevant grants
and sign up.
* 2008 deadline. Please check Web site for 2009 deadline.
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Karen Greenwood Henke runs

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listing service for teachers.
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2008–2009 Deadlines
As summer approaches, teachers often
have more time to plan activities and look
for ways to fund them. What can you do
during the summer months to get ready
for new grant opportunities?
January 2009 Deadlines February 2009 Deadlines March 2009 Deadlines

Here are five steps you can take this summer

5 Olympus America/Tool Factory 1 Intel Community Grants 3 National Endowment for the Humanities’
1 2 3 Student Photo Contest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.intel.com/community/grant.htm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Summer Seminar & Institute Programs*
to find grant money for your classroom: www.toolfactory.com www.neh.gov

Create a toolkit 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Learning & Leadership Grants, sponsored 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 The International Reading Association by the NEA Foundation 5 Dollar General Youth Literacy Grants*
If at first you don’t succeed, you probably sponsors several great opportunities for www.nfie.org www.dollargeneral.com
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tell your students to keep trying. But do IRA members:*
you practice what you preach? Vacation • Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowships 1 Toshiba Large Grants (Grades 7–12, more 7 Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for Excellence
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is a good time to create a grant toolkit. than $5,000) in Technology-Based Pre-K Education*
Your toolkit will include a basic proposal • Teacher as Researcher Grants www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/home/default.jsp www.iste.org
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refined and polished (reviewed by friends),
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of deadlines. Visual Learning from Inspiration* Administrators Awards*
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Schedule research time
So many resources, so little time. I dentify site needs to focus Build your budget from zero Prepare an “elevator pitch” Innovation Award*
grant-seeking efforts 28 Toyota TAPESTRY Grants* Some grant expenditures may be 1 American Honda Foundation Grant Grantors target creative ideas built on www.iste.org
The Internet is filled with grant listings, www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/
What are your site’s challenges and how mandated. Beyond that, avoid the http://corporate.honda.com sound strategies that are easy to
workshops, guides and people who can would additional funding help? Prepare temptation to use past practice to understand and can be quickly explained. 31 Captain Planet Foundation Grants
help with grant writing and research. a brief description, including data to 29 Toshiba and the National Science Teachers build this new budget. In addition, 13 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Summarize your proposal in a couple www.captainplanetfdn.org
The amount of information can be support your statements of need. Use Association’s ExploraVision competition* consider how the new program will be www.toolboxforeducation.com of sentences — the time it takes to ride
overwhelming. If you schedule some time this when selecting possible grants. www.exploravision.org sustained beyond the grant period. a few floors in an elevator.
and set a few goals, you can narrow your
research more quickly and focus on what
will help get funding for your classroom.

Set your own deadlines

Many foundations offer ongoing grant- April 2009 Deadlines May 2009 Deadlines June 2009 Deadlines
giving programs with rolling deadlines or 1 SMARTer Kids Research Grants 1 Intel Community Grants 1 Learning & Leadership Grants, sponsored
1 2 3 4 www.smarterkids.org/research/details.asp 1 2 www.intel.com/community/grant.htm 1 2 3 4 5 6 by the NEA Foundation
no deadlines. They often fall below the
radar without a pending date to apply. www.nfie.org

When you discover one of these programs, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 27 Lemelson-MIT Program’s InvenTeam 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 American Honda Foundation Grant 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
set your own deadline during the summer
Grants* http://corporate.honda.com 6 Student Achievement Grants, sponsored
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 http://web.mit.edu/inventeams 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 by the NEA Foundation*
and be sure to apply.
30 Parent Group of the Year Contest* www.nfie.org

Work together 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 www.ptotoday.com/pgy 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Exciting projects that require team teaching
often don’t happen because of a lack of
planning during the busy school year. If
you and your colleagues have a great
idea, schedule time during the summer to
make a plan for the next year. Working
together on researching and writing
grants makes the process more fun, more
creative and often more successful.
Subscribe to a grants bulletin
When the year gets started again, it’s
easy to lose track of the deadlines for
the best grants. There are many grant
bulletins and alerts that can help. Find
one that has the most relevant grants
and sign up.
* 2008 deadline. Please check Web site for 2009 deadline.
Award* 11 The Lindbergh Foundation makes Grants
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www.barronprize.org
12 Dollar General’s Back-to-School Grants*
strategy tip strategy tip strategy tip www.dollargeneral.com/Community
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Consider foundation grants Podcasting Contest  xplore forming a
E Use fundraisers for smaller projects
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education is typically a high funding school district, but is an independent than it’s worth. Look at the application
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Heroes Awards* entity with its own board of directors, 30 Captain Planet Foundation Grants
learn more about the kinds of projects staff and bylaws. Most support small investigate possible fundraiser activities www.captainplanetfdn.org
www.ing.com/us/unsungheroes
they are funding. projects such as teacher mini-grants. instead.
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Dell cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors in typography or photography. Some information, including deadlines, may be subject to change.

Karen Greenwood Henke runs

Grant Wrangler, a grants- and awards-
listing service for teachers.
Go to techlearning.com and click
on “Grants” for more information
and resources.
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