The ASM Materials Education Foundation awards 20 grants of $500 annually to help K-12 teachers bring the real world of materials science into their classrooms. “Living in a Material World” grants recognize teacher creativity. The grant application is due May 25. Learn more >>>
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Changing Kids Lives Through Fitness – Apply Today for a $3,500 School Grant!
ING Run For Something Better® (ING RFSB) in partnership with the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) seeks to increase physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity nationwide through the creation of school-based running programs. The ING RFSB School Awards Program is proud to offer sixty (60) $3,500 grants to schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2014. Continue reading
2014 Junior Folklorist Challenge – Submissions Due May 26
The Smithsonian Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage and ePals present the 2014 Junior Folklorist Challenge. Discover a tradition in your community and share the story with the world!
Using the Folklorist Process—research, document, interpret, present—participants, ages 8-18, are asked to examine a local or regional tradition through the eyes of a community tradition bearer and create a video, podcast or slide show to share the story. Continue reading
ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grant – Deadline Extended to April 16
Since 2008, over 600 high school chemistry teachers have received ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grants to support ideas that enhance classroom learning, foster student development, and reveal the wonders of chemistry. Applications are now being accepted for the 2014-15 school year! Teachers can request up to $1,500 for their ideas. Applications must be submitted by April 16, 2014. Find out more >>>
Phi Delta Kappa Wants to Recognize Outstanding Educators – Nominate a Colleague by April 18
The University of Virginia Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) invites you to nominate your colleagues for recognition at their annual awards banquet this May. This is a wonderful opportunity to honor the educational excellence exhibited each day in our public schools! Continue reading
Arts, Culture & Design in Schools Grants – Apply by April 30
Thinking ahead to next year? Each Arts, Culture & Design in Schools Grant from Target is $2,000. Grant applications will be accepted through 1 p.m. EDT on April 30. Apply now!
Target funds in-school arts programs that enhance students’ classroom curricula by bringing the arts and cultural experiences to schools, such as in-school performances, artist-in-residency programs, and workshops in schools. Programs must take place between September 2014 and August 2015.
2014 STEM Essay Contest – Application Deadline: March 30
Young women in their junior or senior year in high school who hold at least a 2.5 GPA are invited to participate in the 2014 STEM Essay Contest, presented by the Virginia Council on Women in collaboration with the Science Museum of Virginia. The awardee will receive a $5,000 scholarship to an institution of higher education. Entries must be received by 9 p.m. on March 30, 2014. Governor Terry McAuliffe and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe serve as Honorary Co-Chairs for the contest. Find out more >>>
Shannon Foundation 2014-15 Teacher Grants
The Edgar and Eleanor Shannon Foundation for Excellence in Public Education wants to help teachers and schools implement their best ideas. The Foundation funds projects that directly involve and benefit students. Further, the Foundation encourages proposals for projects that would not ordinarily be funded as part of regular school budgets. Completed applications must be signed by the school principal and submitted on or before April 25, 2014. Learn more about funding criteria and submission. Continue reading
Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance
Get your students fired up about economics and personal finance through a live, online statewide competition!
How does the online challenge work? Teachers and high school students throughout Virginia may participate for free and without leaving school. Teams of up to four students may compete in one or two divisions: Personal Finance, and one of two Economics divisions. Each team member will have 35 minutes to complete a 30-question online exam with questions that align with Virginia’s economics and personal finance standards of learning. Registration is now open, and students can log in to compete anytime between March 3 and March 25 by 5 p.m. Learn more >>>
Virginia Holocaust Museum: Visual Arts Contest & Upcoming Events
Founded in 1997, the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia, strives to educate the public and promote tolerance towards all, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or creed.
Check out the Museum’s 2014 Visual Arts Contest for middle and high school students (entry deadline: March 14), and don’t miss out on these upcoming special events: Lecture on Righteous in Ukraine and Belarus on March 12, and the 2014 Yom Hashoah commemoration on April 27. Continue reading