Professional Development Funding Opportunities
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NFIE Innovation, Learning and Leadership Grants
SCOPE: The NEA (National Education Association) Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) makes grants to underwrite professional development or implementation of innovative ideas that result in improved student achievement.
DEADLINE: Applications are reviewed three times per year. NFIE accepts applications on an ongoing basis, but reminds potential applicants that if they apply by June 1, they will receive notification by Nov. 15.
FUNDS: Grants range from $2,000 to $5,000 each.
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. public school teachers of grades K-12; public school education support professionals; and higher education faculty and staff at U.S. public colleges and universities. Preference will be given to members of the National Education Association.
NFIE specifically encourages grant applications from teachers and staff with less than seven years of experience in the profession and education support professionals such as para-educators, school bus drivers, maintenance and custodial staff, food services staff, school nurses, office assistants, school security officers and technicians.
AREAS: Learning and leadership grants fund high-quality professional development experiences or collegial study groups leading to improvements in practice, curriculum and student achievement. NFIE will award up to 75 of these grants per year. Innovation grants support collaborative efforts by two or more colleagues to develop and implement novel ideas resulting in high student achievement, especially for underserved students. The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving that deepens their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. NFIE will award up to 250 of these $2,000 grants per year.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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NFIE Innovation |
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Coca-Cola Foundation
SCOPE: The Coca-Cola Foundation offers grants to improve educational opportunities and increase classroom resources for both K-12 and higher education. The Foundation encourages new solutions to countless problems impeding educational systems.
ELIGIBILITY: Elementary and secondary schools, teacher-training programs, educational programs for minority students and global educational programs.
DEADLINE: None
FUNDS: Not given.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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Coca-Cola Foundation |
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2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy
SCOPE: Let your third-through-fifth grade teachers know how special they are by choosing them for a chance to go to a cool math and science camp next summer.
ELIGIBILITY: Available to third- through fifth-grade teachers only. A group of math and science experts will pick 100 teachers from across the country.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2008.
AWARD: A free camp where teachers go and learn about math and science through fun ways! The 2009 camp will be one week long and your teacher will learn with other teachers from across the country.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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