Grants Alerts-April 2006
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The
following is a list of promising grant opportunities for Anne Arundel
County Public Schools. The Development
Office may have more information or
contact the funder directly. Feel free to
contact us if you plan to apply for a grant.
We can help you with the approval process... |
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The
Maryland State Arts Council’s Arts in Education AiE Artists-in-Residence
Program
| Deadline: |
June 8, 2006
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Program
Summary: |
The AiE Artists-in-Residence Program provides
opportunities for hands-on intensive workshops involving a
small core group of students and teachers over a number of
days or weeks. Artists and companies selected by an advisory
panel to participate in the Artists-in-Residence Program are
listed on the Artists-in-Residence Roster of Artists.
Artists are selected for inclusion in the
Artists-in-Residence Program on the basis of their artistic
achievement and their ability to work with students and
faculty in a school environment. Residencies are available in:
Performing Arts: dance, multi-discipline, music, puppetry, and
theater; Playwriting; Poetry; and Visual Arts: architecture,
ceramics, dollmaking/puppetmaking, fiber arts, glass, handmade
paper/books/artist books, media, mixed media, murals,
photography, sculpture, site specific installation, and two
dimensional art.
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| Contact: |
School year 2006-2007 guidelines and application
forms for schools is available only on the internet and will no
longer be distributed to Maryland schools in printed form. Access the guidelines on the Maryland State Arts Council’s
website: www.msac.org.
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Summer
School in the Arts (NEA)
| Deadline: |
Submit a Statement of Interest through Grants.gov
by May 22. From these, up to 100 organizations will be invited to busmit
formal applications to be due August 28.
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| Program Summary: |
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Summer
Schools in the Arts program supports rigorous, challenging summer
arts education programs that enable children and youth to acquire
knowledge and skills in the arts as well as gain lifelong interests
in the arts and culture.
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| Eligibility: |
Independent school districts with at least a
three-year history of providing arts education instruction. Funding not
available for individual elementary, secondary, charter and private
schools directly.
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| Grant Awards: |
$15,000 - $35,000 |
| Contact: |
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American
Honda Foundation
| Deadline: |
Applications
accepted quarterly. Next upcoming deadline is May 1. |
| Program Summary: |
Honda will be making grants to help youth, pre-K
to age 21, learn about physical and life sciences, mathematics and
the environmental sciences. The
foundation seeks grantees that are: imaginative, youthful,
forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative.
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| Eligibility: |
Educational institutions, K-12, accredited higher
education institutions, and non-profit institutions.
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| Grant Awards: |
$40,000 - $80,000
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| Contact: |
corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf
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ASCAP Foundation music education grant
| Deadline: |
October 1 |
| Program Summary: |
These are annual grants supporting educational programs for aspiring songwriters
and composers
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| Eligibility: |
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations engaged in
music education and talent development programs.
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| Grant Awards: |
Average grant amount is $5,000
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| Contact: |
www.ascapfoundation.org/grants.html
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Discovery School and CDW-G Random
Drawing for Computer Lab
| Deadline: |
May 1
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| Program Summary: |
Through a random drawing, two schools will
receive 20 notebook computers and wireless access plus onsite
installation and training. In addition, 30 other runners up will
receive prizes.
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| Eligibility: |
Sweepstakes is open to employees of accredited
public, private or parochial schools serving K-12 graders in the U.S. |
| Grant Awards: |
See above |
| Contact: |
To enter, go to http://school.discovery.com/cdwg |
VSA
arts Playwright Discovery Award
| Deadline: |
April 15 and July 1 |
| Program Summary: |
VSA arts makes awards to encourage middle and
high school students to write a one-act play examining how disability
affects their lives and the lives of others.
Two scripts will be professionally staged at the Kennedy Center.
Winning playwrights receive $1,000 scholarship awards and a trip to
Washington, DC to watch the Kennedy Center production. |
| Eligibility: |
Disabled or non-disabled 6-12 grade students
working alone or in a group. Plays
may be autobiographical, biographical or fictional. |
| Grant Awards: |
See above |
| Contact: |
www.vsarts.org/x244.xm |
USA
Today All-USA Teacher Team
| Deadline: |
April 29 |
| Program Summary: |
USA Today newspaper seeks 20 excellent teachers or
teacher-teams (of no more than 4) to make up this year’s
All-USA Teacher Team. Currently
active, full-time, certified K-12 teachers and instructional teams with at
least 4 years of experience at a public or private school in the U.S. or
its territories are eligible |
| Eligibility: |
Candidates may be nominated by students, former
students, parents, colleagues, staff members or administrators.
An instructional team is a group of no more than 4 teachers
assigned to collaborate, plan, teach and evaluate the same group of
students. Teachers who team-teach a course are eligible, but those who
teach individually and work together only on special projects or programs
are not. |
| Grant Awards: |
Each winner’s school receives $2,500 to use in
instruction - $500 to each teacher and the remainder to the school for use
as designated by the teacher – and will be featured next October in USA
Today. |
| Contact: |
www.allstars.usatoday.com |
Kids in Need Teacher Grant Program
| Deadline: |
September 30 |
| Program Summary: |
The purpose of the grant is to provide funds for
classroom teachers who have innovative, meritorious ideas but lack the
budget to bring them to life. Project
must make creative use of common teaching aids, approach the curriculum
from an imaginative angle, or tie nontraditional concepts together for the
purpose of illustrating commonalities.
Innovation and merit account for 40% of the evaluation. |
| Eligibility: |
K-12 certified teacher teaching in the subject of the project at a
public, private, or parochial school within the U.S.
No pre-school!
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| Grant Awards: |
$100-$500
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| Contact: |
http://shopa.org/shopa_foundation |
Moss Foundation Teachers’ Awards
| Deadline: |
May 1
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| Program Summary: |
Honors teachers who have used art as a
cornerstone in effectively teaching special education students. |
| Eligibility: |
Teachers at schools and nonprofit organizations
that serve special needs students through art programs. |
| Grant Awards: |
From $2,500 - $1,000 for both teacher and school |
| Contact: |
www.mossfoundation.org/page.php?id+73 |
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