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Awards

First Book National Book Bank

April 28th, 2017|Awards, Grant Opportunities, School & Classroom Libraries|

Deadline: Rolling.

Funds: Unspecified.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are:

  • Libraries with an E-rate of 90
  • Museums
  • Military family support programs
  • Early Childhood Programs
  • Schools that are eligible for or receiving Title I funding
  • Out-of-School-time Programs
  • Faith-based Organizations
  • Shelters
  • Clinics
  • Head Start Programs
  • USDA Food and Nutrition Programs
  • Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • Title VII recipients
  • Programs primarily serving children with disabilities

Applicants must serve children of whom at least 70 percent are from low-income families.

Description: The purpose of this program is to raise the quality of education for children by making sure they have access to the resources they need to be successful in school and in life.  To support this goal, organizations that serve children in need may register for the First Book National Book Bank, which is an online resource that offers hundreds of new, high-quality books and educational resources for children age 0 to 18. Once registered, organizations will be able to receive materials free of charge.

Contact:  First Book, 1319 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20004, (866) 732-3669.

email:  help@firstbook.org

Web: www.fbmarketplace.org/register

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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

March 28th, 2017|Awards, Grant Opportunities|

Deadline: Varies by applicant’s location.  See website for list of deadlines.

Funds: Complimentary two-year membership in NAGT, award plaque, and $500 in travel funds to attend the Geological Society of American’s annual meeting or $500 in classroom improvement funds.

Eligibility: Any teacher or other K-12 educator who covers a significant amount of earth science content with their students.

Description: The National Association of Geoscience Teachers requests applications for the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Awards program.

The awards are given for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the earth sciences at the precollege level.

Areas:  The program seeks to:

  • Identify excellence in teaching.
  • Appropriately recognize and reward excellence in teaching.
  • Stimulate higher levels of teaching performance.
  • Establish NAGT as a strong support organization for precollege education.
  • Via active statewide and sectional programs, build a solid state, regional, and national liaison with administrators of precollege earth science education.

Email: michael@earth2class.org.

Web: http://nagt.org/nagt/awards/oest.html

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National Science Teachers Association

July 11th, 2016|Awards, Grant Opportunities, Professional Development, STEM|

Funder: National Science Teachers Association

Available Funds: Varies by award

Deadline: Varies by award

Summary: Sponsorships for the NSTA Awards help support the science educators and their science educational programs, professional development, and proactive efforts in the science education field. See all the opportunities at their website.

Website: http://www.nsta.org/about/awards.aspx

 

 

 

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