Funding Resources for the Classroom

HELPING HANDS FOR YOUR PROJECTS

Adopt-a-Classroom Grants—Teachers who register at the Adopt-a-Classroom Web site can be adopted by an individual, a business or a foundation. Once adopted, teachers will receive $500 worth of credit to purchase items that enrich the learning environment, including classroom technology. Every donor receives information about the classroom it has adopted, including an itemized list of what teachers bought so donors can see the impact of their contributions. For more information, go to www.adoptaclassroom.com.

Best Buy Te@ch Grants—The Best Buy Children's Foundation awards grants to support schools' "creative ideas to make learning fun by integrating interactive technology into the classroom." 1,200 awards of $2,500 each will be awarded. In addition, larger grants of $15,000 will be awarded to up to 35 schools that display the greatest creativity in their programs/projects. From these 35 regional winners, one national winning school district will receive $250,000. For more information, go to: http://communications.bestbuy.com/
communityrelations/teach.asp.

Fund for Teachers Awards—These awards are made available to educators from PreK-12 classrooms who have a minimum of three years full-time teaching experience. The maximum award is $5,000. Deadlines vary by state. For more information, go to: www.fundforteachers.org

Sea World/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards—These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of students and teachers who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment. A maximum award of $10,000 is available to all K-12 schools. For more information, go to: www.seaworld.org/conservation-matters/eea/about.htm.

Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grants—The Starbucks Foundation will offer grants of $5,000 to $20,000 to support innovative community literacy programs that build upon reading curricula and encourage personal development through tutoring or mentoring. Priority is given to proposals that specifically target low-income communities and underprivileged or at-risk youth. K-6 schools and community nonprofits in the United States are eligible to apply. For more information, go to: http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp

Target Field Trip Grants—This grant program from Target stores will provide small grants to help teachers bring learning to life for students via field trips. 800 grants up to $1,000 each will be awarded and applications will be available online beginning September 1. For more information, go to: http://target.com/teachers.

Toshiba America Foundation Grants—The Toshiba America Foundation seeks to support projects designed by classroom teachers to improve K-12 science and mathematics education. As many as 75 grants of up to $1,000 each will be awarded to K-6 classrooms, and many more, some as high as $25,000, will be awarded to grades 7-12. Application  For more information, go to www.toshiba.com/about/taf/grant.html.  

Science Teacher Fellowships—Tufts University's Wright Center for Science Education funds this fellowship for science teachers teaching at the secondary-school level (grades 6-12). Applicants must have a minimum of five years teaching experience. Each Wright Fellow receives a stipend of $45,000 in addition to a sum of up to $500 to be used for books, equipment and science education-related software, as well as a contribution of up to $2,000 toward transportation/relocation costs. Faculty and health benefits are also included. Fellows are expected to be in residence from September through July at the main Tufts University campus in Medford, Mass. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 1 annually. Awards will be given every March 1st. For more information, go to http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellowships/
fullfel.html. 

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