Tammy's Top Grant Picks

With the tightening of budgets I am often asked if I know of any grant opportunities for schools. Below are some of my latest grant picks for schools. This page will be updated monthly.

AASL Distinguished School Administrators Award $2K for library-minded school administrators

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Interwrite Learning and TeacherTube Video Contest

Interwrite Learning, in partnership with TeacherTube, announces the company's first video contest to recognize teachers and students for their creativity and use of technology in the classroom. Participants of the contest are asked to create a short music video parodying the song of their choice. The video should demonstrate how different kinds of technology are being used in the classroom. The contest is not limited to users of Interwrite Learning's products or members of TeacherTube. It is open to all teachers and students who can creatively show how they are using technology in the classroom or how they would like to use technology in their classroom. One winner in each at the elementary, middle, and high school level will be announced.

Polycom Offers Free Grant Writing Services

Polycom is a company that sells web conferencing software.  Their company offers free grant writing and E-Rate assistance to school districts.

Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Initiative

Microsoft Corp. plans to commit more than $1 billion over the next five years to Unlimited Potential (UP), a global initiative focused on providing technology skills to disadvantaged individuals through community-based technology and learning centers. In the first round of UP grants, Microsoft awarded $8.1 million in cash and software to 82 nonprofit organizations. Initially, UP will provide funding to help community-based technology and learning centers hire and train technology instructors. Subsequent phases of the initiative will offer an online global support net work delivering technology curriculum, research, tools, and help-desk services. UP also will sponsor a global and regional awards program, which will invest in technology solutions that deliver a social benefit. The awards are designed to encourage innovation and provide the funding necessary to help the best technology solutions scale for broader use.

Contact: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/apply

Print Art Education Program

Lexmark's Print Art Education Program donates art-inspired lesson plans, CD-ROMs, and printers to schools across the country to help children learn history, language arts, math, and science. Through this program, Lexmark donates either a Lexmark Z53 or a Lexmark Z45 color art-quality inkjet printer to each elementary, middle, and high school in the district. The hardware comes with a warranty and the proper cabling. With this technology, Lexmark also donates a "Print Gallery" CD-ROM--the product of an exclusive collaboration between Lexmark and the largest consortium of art museums in Europe . The disc includes software and approximately 100 high-resolution works of art that allow the students to view, explore, and learn about art masterpieces from the great museums of Europe. Each school also receives a teacher's guide with sample lesson plans. This guide includes academic exercises that put the CD to use in virtually every discipline, from art, to language, to social studies, to math and science. In addition, program participants are eligible to receive one donated inkjet cartridge for every three inkjet cartridges purchased. Every order is shipped free of charge.

Contact: Maria Gambrell, (859) 232-6707, mgambrel@lexmark.com
http://printart.lexmark.com

RGK Foundation Grants

The RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of education, community, and medicine or health. The foundation's primary interests within education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science, and reading or literacy), after-school tutoring and enrichment, integrating technology into the curriculum, teacher development, and higher education. The foundation is particularly interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology. The foundation does not consider unsolicited grant proposals; instead, applicants are required to submit an electronic Letter of Inquiry on the foundation's web site. Letters of Inquiry are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so there is no deadline for submission. The foundation will respond to letters by eMail within three weeks to let applicants know if they should submit a formal proposal.

Contact: Jami Hampton, (512) 474-9298, jhampton@rgkfdn.org
http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php

Share the Technology Computer Recycling Project

Since 1995, privately-funded Tech Corps has provided no-cost assistance in maintaining their technology systems to schools connected to the inter net . The Tech4schools Online Mentoring Program provides online, volunteer technical assistance to educators and school technology coordinators. Typically, a team of as many as 10 volunteers (each with a specialty, such as software or net working) will support a single technology coordinator, who may represent an individual school or an entire district. Tech Corps volunteers are available in 43 states.

Contact: (978) 897-8282, info@techcorps.org
http://www.techcorps.org

Free Recycling from Apple

For a limited time, Apple is offering free recycling of all CPUs (any manufacturer), displays and related peripherals to any accredited K-12 or Higher Education institution with at least 25 systems to be recycled. There is no purchase required to take advantage of the offer.

Simply fill out the form below by June 30th (the pick-up date may be scheduled out as late as July 31st). You will be contacted by an Apple Recycling representative within 3 business days to coordinate the logistics.

http://education.apple.com/contact_me/recycle_promo_hed/

Site to Help You with Grant Writing

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/sectionHome/grantandfunding.html

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