{"id":14561,"date":"2019-03-20T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?p=14561"},"modified":"2019-09-04T09:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:33:54","slug":"air-force-association-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/20\/air-force-association-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> The Air Force Association requests applications for the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AFA Educator Grants \u2014 the program supports projects that significantly influence student learning and supports the association\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Grants for Civil Air Patrol Units \u2014 funding to support Civil Air Patrol units to advance aerospace education and STEM initiatives for<br \/>\ncadets and in outreach initiatives. Grants must be used for aerospace\/STEM education-related items\/activities such as books, CDs, equipment, or aerospace-oriented field trips, projects, programs, and events for the cadets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Grants for JROTC Units \u2014 funds to JROTC units to advance aerospace education in the classroom. Funds may be used for any aerospace education-related activity, from purchasing textbooks or videotapes to going on a field trip to an aerospace museum, Air Force base, or another aerospace facility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> Educators grants accepted from Sept. 1 through Dec. 15. CAP grant deadlines are June 30 and Dec. 31, and JROTC grant deadlines are Oct. 10 and Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funds:<\/strong> Educators grants up to $500 awards, CAP up to $250 awards, and JROTC up to $250 awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> K-12 schools, Civil Air Patrol units, and JROTC units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts:<\/strong>\u00a0Air Force Association, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209; (703) 247-5800 Email: Educators grants: education@afa.org; CAP grants: afa@capnhq.gov; JROTC grants: hqopssupport@afjrotc.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web:<\/strong> www.afa.org\/education\/k-12-educator-grants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: The Air Force Association requests applications for the following: \u2022 AFA Educator Grants \u2014 the program supports projects that significantly influence student learning and supports the association\u2019s mission. \u2022 Grants for Civil Air Patrol Units \u2014 funding to support Civil Air Patrol units to advance aerospace education and STEM initiatives for cadets and in outreach initiatives. Grants must be used for aerospace\/STEM education-related items\/activities such as books, CDs, equipment, or aerospace-oriented field trips, projects, programs, and events for the cadets. \u2022 Grants for JROTC Units \u2014 funds to JROTC units to advance aerospace education in the classroom. Funds may be used for any aerospace education-related activity, from purchasing textbooks or videotapes to going on a field trip to an aerospace museum, Air Force base, or another aerospace facility. Deadline: Educators grants accepted from Sept. 1 through Dec. 15. CAP grant deadlines are June 30 and Dec. 31, and JROTC grant deadlines are Oct. 10 and Feb. 10. Funds: Educators grants up to $500 awards, CAP up to $250 awards, and JROTC up to $250 awards. Eligibility: K-12 schools, Civil Air Patrol units, and JROTC units. Contacts:\u00a0Air Force Association, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209; (703) 247-5800 Email: Educators grants: education@afa.org; CAP grants: afa@capnhq.gov; JROTC grants: hqopssupport@afjrotc.com Web: www.afa.org\/education\/k-12-educator-grants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,174,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community_engagement_opportunities","category-grant-opportunities","category-other_resources_opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14563,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14561\/revisions\/14563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}