Grants & Program Resources
Current Grant Competitions:
NCCEP is now accepting proposals for the 2006 NCCEP Grants
Promoting Excellence and Innovation in Education. Grants will
support GEAR UP grantees by funding after-school and summer enrichment
programs in math, science, reading, and technological literacy, as well
as help both teachers and students use technology in the classroom to
enhance the teaching and learning functions and improve students'
academic performance. All current GEAR UP grantees throughout the
United States and U.S. territories are eligible to apply for this
supplemental grant opportunity. For more information, please click here.
Learn and Serve America, part of the Corporation for
National and Community Service, has released a Notice of funding
Opportunity for grant funds to support school-based, community-based,
higher education, and tribal and U.S. territory service-learning
projects. Funding is anticipated for the 2006-2007 school year, with
possible continued funding for two more years. Approximately $40 Million
in grant funds are available. For more information, please visit:
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
Now in its third year, the National School and Business
Partnerships Awards, created by the Council for Corporate and
School Partnerships, recognize exemplary school-business partnerships
that improve the academic, social, or physical well-being of students.
Partnerships involving public schools and/or districts and businesses
are eligible to apply. The Council will make six awards; those selected
will get $10,000. Applications are due by January 30. For more
information, please visit: http://www.corpschoolpartners.org/award.shtml.
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for
Engineering's Office of Industrial Innovation (OII) Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
programs, in collaboration with the Directorate for Education and Human
Resources' Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) invites all
active SBIR/STTR Phase II grantees to participate in a new supplemental
funding opportunity. The supplements for research teams are intended to
foster partnership between Minority-Serving Community Colleges (MSCCs),
which educate large numbers of underrepresented students, and the small
business community. NSF is seeking to increase the participation of
underrepresented groups in both academic and small business research by
encouraging careers in science and engineering. For more information,
please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06008
Grant Opportunity Databases:
School
Grants A number of grant
opportunities are available to PK-12 schools through the U.S.
Department of Education.
Schoolfundingcenter.com: One hundred thousand grants totaling $6 billion are available
for technology, programs, personnel etc.
U.S. Department of
Education
Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Program: The initiative for
institutions that focus on serving Hispanic and low-income students
has been shifted from Title III to Title V
Programs:
White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans:
Partners in Hispanic Education.
Technology Resources & Links
Techlearning.com: The resource
for education technology leaders
IDUES Technology Resources
Page: This page is an ongoing project to provide
institutions of higher education with access to web-based resources.
Technology in
Education: Critical Issues
Enhancing Education through
Technology (Ed-Tech) State Program:
The primary goal of the Ed-Tech program is to improve
student academic achievement through the use of technology in
schools.
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