Getting Started:

Where Do You Find Grants?

volunteer to read grants for agencies

 

Sources For Program Evaluation

 

W. K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide. Kellogg Foundation. Battle Creek, MI: 2001.

http://www.wkkf.org

Go to the Evaluation tool kit and print out the Logic Model Development Guide.

http://www.wkkf.org/Default.aspx?tabid=90&CID=281&ItemID=2810002&NID=2820002&LanguageID=0

 

Moon, Jennifer. on "Learning Journals and Logs, Reflective Diaries." Good Practices in Teaching and Learning.

Consider using reflective journals as a tool for evaluation education grants.

http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/goodPracticeT&L_sub/learningJournalsLogs.html

 

Van Manen, M. (1991). The act of teaching. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

 

Descriptions of the elements of the Evaluation Section of a grant proposal

http://www.uml.edu/College/Education/Faculty/lebaron/GRANTBEGIN/

 

Books on Grant Writing

 

Brown, Larissa Golden and Brown, Martin John. Demystifying Grant Seeking. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001

 

Browning, Bev. Grant Writing for Dummies. New York: hungry Minds, 2001.

This one has a really good chapter on "evaluation" which is one of the most challenging parts of grant writing.

 

Carlson, Mim. Winning Grants Step by Step. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

 

Local Grant Opportunities

 

Tennessee Arts Commission

Go to section on grants

http://www.arts.state.tn.us/

 

Tennessee Education Association (TEA)

Tennessee Space Week Grants

Up to $750 grants to use in the classroom for the following year.

http://www.teateachers.org/teachctr/index.php

 

Web Sites for Grant Writing and Sources of Grants

 

NASA Funding Sources

 

 

"Grantionary"

The Grantionary is a list of grant-related terms and their definitions.

http://www.eduplace.com/grants/help/grantionary.html

North West Regional Lab Gant Writing Assistance http://www.nwrel.org/evaluation/grant.shtml

 

"Fundsnet Online Services" - A comprehensive website dedicated to

providing nonprofit organizations, colleges, and Universities with

information on financial resources available on the Internet.

http://www.fundsnetservices.com/  

 

"eSchool News School Funding Center" - Information on up-to-the-minute

grant programs, funding sources, and technology funding.

http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/grantinfo.html

 

"Philanthropy News Digest-K-12 Funding Opportunities" - K-12 Funding

opportunities with links to grant seeking for teachers, learning

technology, and more. http://fdncenter.org/funders/  

 

"School Grants" - A collection of resources and tips to help K-12

educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of

projects. http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/fed_agencies.htm

http://www.schoolgrants.org  

 

"Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)" - More than 30

Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of

federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The

result of that work is the FREE website. http://www.ed.gov/free/   

 

"Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program" - The Jordan Fundamentals Grants

are awarded to teachers or paraprofessionals who work with students in

grades 6-12 in a U.S. public school who also demonstrate instructional

creativity and exemplify high learning expectations for economically

disadvantaged students. Application deadline: June 15, 2003.

http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/features/fundamentals/overview.html

 

"GrantsAlert"

Grants Alert is a website that helps nonprofits, especially those involved in education, secure the funds they need to continue their important work.

http://www.grantsalert.com/

 

"The Braitmayer Foundation" - The Braitmayer Foundation supports

organizations and programs that enhance the education of K-12 students

through curricular and school reform initiatives, professional

development for teachers, and local community efforts.  Normally the

grants are used as seed money, challenge grants, or to match other

grants to the recipient  organization.  Proposals are due by June 30,

2003. http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm  

 

 

Grant writing section on web site for the Fermilab. Fermilab carries out research in high-energy physics to answer the questions: What is the universe made of? How does it work? Where did it come from?

http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/issue_funding.shtml

 

"FastWEB"

FastWEB is the largest online scholarship search available, with 600,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars.  It provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications, all at no cost to the student.  Students should be advised that FastWEB collects and sells student information (such as name, address, e-mail address, date of birth, gender, and country of citizenship) collected through their site.

http://www.fastweb.com/

 

Office of School Improvement (OSI) at the Florida Department of Education

http://bsi.fsu.edu/schoolimprove/index.htm

 

NSTA Site for grant writing http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/nstaexpress_2003_06_23_extra.htm

 

Search for Public Education Foundations in your state

http://www.publiceducation.org/sitesearch.asp

 

AEL Appalachian Educational Laboratory announces upcoming grant opportunities

http://www.edvantia.org/about/news/index.cfm?&t=grants&c=grants

 

Prepare a timeline for writing your grant. NIH site on grant writing.

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/charts/timeline_prep.htm

 

NASA Ideas Grant Proposals Due in next few months

Home page http://ideas.stsci.edu/1999-ideas-info.shtml

Proposal PDF file: http://ideas.stsci.edu/CallforProposal.shtml

 

Catalogue of Federal and Domestic Assistance grant writing website

http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

 

Great self guided presentation on grant writing. Excellent resource. Worksheets provided.

http://www.rb-29.net/graa/GRAAgwggpgm/gwggintro.html

 

"Science Competition for Teachers"

Iron Science Teacher is a wacky, science experiment cook-off, where teachers compete live at the Exploratorium and are simultaneously webcast around the world. Science teachers have ten minutes to concoct a science activity that can be used in the classroom. In an atmosphere where

showmanship and creativity reign at a fast pace before a live audience, as many as fifteen teachers will compete for the title, "Iron Science Teacher."  Competitions take place on Fridays, August 1 and 8.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/03-8Iron1.html

 

"Philanthropy News Digest-K-12 Funding Opportunities"

K-12 Funding opportunities with links to grantseeking for teachers, learning technology, etc.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/

 

EduHound.com

A list of grants and funding sources

www.EduHound.com

 

 

 

NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education

Another source of grants for teachers to get professional development.

www.nfie.org/

 

Commercial Site for subscriptions and books

http://www.grantshotline.com/gs.shtml

 

 

Other Site

This is not a grant-writing site but a list of links to professional organizations, foundations, all the regional educational laboratories, and education topics of interest to educators. Many of the agencies listed here have grant writing information on their web sites. This is a great resource.

http://www.emTech.net/index.shtml

 

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

GRANT WRITING SECTION This is a fantastic site for navigating the maze of federal agencies and the links will lead to some great grant and educational resources.

http://www.goenc.com/