Possible Sources for Technology Grants



Possible Sources for Technology Grants

Jamie Willis and Tressa Rozan

1. Grantor: IBM

Eligibility: Must be a non-profit organization. Priority is assigned to requests involving IBM technology or the volunteer efforts of IBM employees.

Grant Type: Grant to Educators/Schools

Regional Restrictions: United States

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-05

Description: Although most grant proposals are initiated by IBM, unsolicited proposals are also considered. IBM's primary focus is education and technology. A small amount of money is also available for adult education.

Award: Varies; Deadline is Ongoing

Contact Information:

For local projects, visit the website for contact information. For all other projects contact: Vice President, Corporate Community Relations, IBM Corporation, New Orchard Road Armonk, New York 10504

ibm/ibmgives/grant/grantapp.html

Details: Nonprofit organizations or educational institutions wishing to submit unsolicited proposals to IBM should make an initial inquiry in the form of a two-page letter. In the event that the proposal is of interest to IBM, additional information will be requested. Videotapes and other supplemental materials are strongly discouraged at this initial stage. The letter should include the following information:

Brief statement fully describing the mission of the organization, the amount of money requested, and the purpose of the contribution;

Description of the problem you wish to address, the solution you propose, and how IBM technology, and IBM volunteers, if appropriate, will be incorporated;

Proposed project budget with all other anticipated sources of income; Plans to measure and evaluate program results;

Copy of an IRS 501(c)(3) ruling or other documentation substantiating tax exemption status; and Name, address and telephone number of the project contact person.

Applications should be directed as follows:

Vice President

Corporate Community Relations

IBM Corporation

New Orchard Road

Armonk, New York 10504

2. Integrating Technology in the Classroom Grant Program

Grantor: InfoSource, Inc.

Eligibility: K-12 school districts

Grant Type: Grant to Schools

Regional Restrictions: United States

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-05

Description: Qualified K-12 school districts will receive the How to Master Learn It! Build It! Share It! suite of online tools and technology training. Although the deadline for submission is the end of December, grants will be made on an ongoing basis, and resources may be exhausted prior to the deadline.

Award: 100 grants of online tools and training (valued between $1000 and $75,000)

Contact Information:

Erin Kary, Marketing Communications Coordinator, InfoSource, Inc. Telephone: 800-

3. Best Buy Children's Foundation te@ch Grant

Grantor: Best Buy Children's Foundation

Eligibility: K-12 public, private, and parochial schools

Grant Type: Grant to Schools

Regional Restrictions: United States (must be located within 25 miles of a Best Buy store)

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-05

Description: These grants reward programs where inventive technology integration is used.

Award: Selected schools each receive a $2,500 Best Buy Gift Card.

Contact Information:

te@ch, Best Buy Children's Foundation, P.O. Box 9448, Minneapolis, MN 55440-9448



4. "Electronic Data Systems Gives

K-12 Classroom Teachers to Purchase Equipment"

Grantor: Electronic Data Systems

Contact information:

/community/grants/

Charlene Edwards, (972) 605-6557

e-mail: charlene.edwards@

Description: Electronic Data Systems will give $1,500 to teachers through an open application process. Grants must be used to pay for technology products, training and services not provided to the teacher by the school or the school district.. The grants are awarded to teachers through their schools Examples of qualified grant expenditures include, but are not limited to, computer software and hardware; multimedia equipment such as Web-Cams, CD-ROM libraries, digital cameras and, scanners and video boards; modems, internet access, and technical training.

5. "Internet Innovator Awards

Recognize Teachers Using the Internet"

Contact information:

Description: The Internet Innovator Awards are available for teachers using the Internet. Ten award winners will be chosen. One (1) cash prize award of $10,000, will be payable to the Teachers. The Internet Innovator Awards Program will recognize and reward educators who have gone above and beyond technology use requirements within the K-12 classroom, library, or computer laboratory and who take full advantage of Internet technologies such as the World Wide Web, email, and file sharing.

Sonya Breaux

The following list summarizes the most important webpage address to get funds and grants for technology:

1. This web page presents a grant bellsouth is offering for integrating technology in the classroom.

2. gives $1,500 to teachers through an open application process. This is only money for technology in class.

3. Theacher Innovator Award for the teachers who use wise ly the technology in class. There is a cash prize of $10,000, payable to the teacher.

4. Sponsored by Lemelson-MIT provide $10,000 for each ten High Schools teams nation wide for the academic year, it is based on the innovation created in the classroom.

5. . This webpage gives information about awards to praise the education’s effort to attain and share information about successful technology practices.

6. . provides with annual grants for teachers who research in education.

7. the district of Massachusetts provides entitlement Grants for 2006. This program supports levels from k-16. Georgia lottery provides grants to train teachers on technology use and to support this technology.

Drew Lawson

1. Alpha Smart offers two grants, one offering a thirty unit wireless mobile word processor lab along with a variety of software packages and one offering only a thirty unit wireless mobile word processor lab. According to Alpha Smart, “the purpose of these grants is to assist schools as they implement technology to improve instruction and student work in math, science, and/or language arts. These grants also support activities that increase student time on task and achievement” (www2.k12/solutions/alphagrants.html par. 1). This grant is perfect for the English department at Woodstock as we strive to give students more access to word processors in the classroom. Grant applications can be submitted via the Alpha Smart website or mailed to 972 University Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95032. Although the deadline for 2005 has passed, the website instructs those interested in 2006 grant to keep checking for information.

2. EDS offers several $1,500 grants that “must be used to pay for technology products, training, and services. EDS encourages teachers to propose innovative classroom projects or student exercises” (about/community/grants par.1). Applicants must teach at a public, private, or charter school, and only apply for one grant. The deadline for the 2005 program is January 31, 2005. I am interested in this grant because I could use it to install an Infocus in my classroom or buy another mobile Infocus for the Woodstock High School English department. To apply, I must contact Barbara W. McCann via email at EDS Global Community Affairs or call 1-972-605-1876.

3. Best Buy Co., Inc. offers 1200 $2500 Best Buy gift cards to non-profit K-12 schools located within fifty miles of a Best Buy store. Applications are available at teach. The deadline for applying is September 30, 2005. Teachers have a “good chance” of qualifying for this grant if they “use all levels of interactive technology in ways that genuinely engage students in the process of learning” ( .communityrelations/teach.asp par. 11). I could use this grant to buy an Infocus projector for my classroom or our English department, or I could buy three Dell laptops for my classroom instead.

4. IBM offers grant money for education, as well. In order to apply for grant money, the applicant must write a letter fully describing the mission statement of the organization, the amount of money requested, and the purpose of the contribution. The applicant must provide a detailed description of both the problem that is to be addressed and how IBM technology will be implemented to solve the problem. IBM also requires a detailed project budget and an IRS form confirming tax exemption status. A substantial grant from IBM could provide our department with several mobile laptop labs and/or Infocus projectors in each classroom. A smaller grant could provide us with one or two more mobile laptop labs and/or Infocus projectors. All applications must be directed to the Vice President of Corporate Relations, IBM Corporation, New Orchard Road, Armonk, New York, 10504.

5. Hewlett Packard offers a Leadership grant for K-12 teachers that consists of “an HP mobile cart equipped with fifteen wireless Tablet PC’s, [and] a wireless digital projector and a digital camera, which can be moved throughout the school for use in any classroom” ( par. 5). The grant also includes a professional development seminar conducted by members of the International Society for Technology in Education. The grant is valued at more than $57,000 and is awarded to twenty-five schools in the United States and Canada. The mobile laptop labs, digital projector, and technology training would meet three of our department’s highest prioritized needs, and the digital camera would certainly be a bonus, as well. In order to receive the Leadership grant, a five teacher team must offer a detailed proposal of how they would use the grant to promote student growth and achievement in its school. The timeframe for application for the 2005 Leadership grant has ended; however, Hewlett Packard’s website advises potential applicants to check the website in early October for 2006 Leadership grant application information.

Samara Frank

1. The Sprint Foundation

The Sprint Foundation has partnerships with the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic College Fund and several other programs that assist students interested in technology-related careers. However, the foundation does award a few grants to individual schools. The Sprint Foundation would be most likely to accept a proposal for purchasing a mobile, wireless, computer lab for the English department at Moses Middle School. I would be able to connect the use of this technology as a method of creating interest in technology and therefore generating interest in technology-related careers. In order to make a grant or contribution request, you must submit a proposal including demographic information, organization information, and any supporting documents. The Sprint Foundation notifies applicants of their request within thirty days. More information can be accessed at .

2. The Corning Incorporated Foundation

The Corning Incorporated Foundation approves about 225 grants per year resulting in $2, 250, 000. The foundation’s areas of involvement include instructional technology projects. This factor coupled with the amount of grants The Corning Foundation approves means I would have a good chance of getting one of my technology projects approved. Submitting a proposal for four to five desktop computers in each English classroom at Moses Middle School or the ten digital video cameras with video editing software would have a decent chance of getting approved. The first step in applying for a grant is submitting a two to three page letter of inquiry. Additional information can be accessed at .

All letters of inquiry should be sent to:

a. Ms. Karen C. Martin

Associate Director

Corning Incorporated Foundation

MP-LB-02

Corning, New York 14831

3. The EDS Technology Grant Program

The EDS Technology Grant Program awards $1,500 grants for technology products and services for teachers of children ages six through eighteen. Since this grant is designed specifically for teachers, it is realistic that I could receive funding for any number of my recommended technology purchases. Teachers are required to propose innovative classroom projects, so this grant would probably be best served to purchase the ten digital video cameras and video editing software or the LCD projectors. One requirement that limits applicants is finding a local EDS office to sponsor the grant. The school must be located within fifty miles of the sponsoring EDS office. Since the list for 2006 sponsoring offices is not available until October, I am unsure if there is a nearby sponsoring office. Applications must be obtained directly from the local EDS sponsoring office. More information can be found at .

4. The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative

The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiatve was designed specifically for implementing mobile technology in K – 16 education. HP has donated over two million dollars to schools in the United States and Canada since the commencement of their grant initiative. Applying for a mobile, wireless computer lab for my school meets the specifications of this grant. While the deadline for 2005 has passed, information for 2006 grant opportunities will be available in October. More information can be accessed at .

5. IBM Reinventing Education Grant Program

The Reinventing Education Grant Program is part of IBM’s goal to use technology to solve problems faced by educational institutions. There grants are aimed at increasing student achievement through purchasing equipment as well as providing consultants. Since the program only considers projects that involve IBM equipment, requesting funding for the mobile, wireless computer lab or the four to five desktop computers for each English Classroom would have the best chance of being accepted. While the majority of IBM’s current grants are ongoing, they do accept unsolicited grants on an ongoing basis. Unsolicited grants should be proposed in the format of a two page letter. More information can be found at .

Suzy Lolley

1.

o This grant, provided by the Electronic Data Systems Corporation, is an award of $1500 given through a selective process.  The school must be near an EDS account, and the criteria for application is that the money be used directly for technology or training.  Teachers must design an innovative lesson that increases learning through technology.  This grant is appropriate because multiple grants are awarded, and the 6-18 age bracket certainly fits with the middle school age group I teach.

2.

o Scholastic offers two awards that apply to my needs, so I will address both separately.  The program they offer is called “Schools of Distinction”  and the first division of interest is the grant for technology excellence.  Though the application and information has to be emailed at a later date, the basic premise of the award is that the school must be operating at a level of comfort and competency in using technology on a daily basis.  I feel that I would qualify for this award in my classroom through the use of the AR and Successmaker software programs, a website I expand often, and the implementation of computerized brainstorming and journaling.



3.

o The second award, for technology innovation, would be possible somewhere down the road when my classroom becomes what Kajder () would consider a true innovation.  My vision is to create not only a website, but a portal similar to WebCT or Blackboard for students to submit work, receive feedback, interact with one another through reader response, and grow in technological proficiency.



4. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.

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o The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s aim is focusing on improving life for people in Metro Atlanta.  They serve as a channel for about six hundred donors that seek the same goal.  Thus, they would be a great candidate for a grantee for improving our school’s technology resources. The website is the resource for all contact information and applications.

5. The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia

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o The aim of this foundation is to be a "catalyst for constructive programs and initiatives." It gives grants to several disciplines, one of which is education. The web site lists some general guidelines for funding, but it is broad enough that technology funding is certainly a possibility.  I feel like my chances are greater to receive this award than some others since it is specifically focused in our local area.  If they can see the impact that technology is having and what it could have if I had more funding, I feel that they will give me the grant.

Carol Morreale and Tammy Westfall

1. The Ready-to-Teach Grant is made to carry out a national telecommunications-based program to improve teaching in core curricular areas. This grant would enable us to buy digital and video cameras for our classroom. It would also allow us to research other sources such as narrative videos and documentaries focusing on students and their writing capabilities. It would enhance our students understanding of the writing process and different genres or writing and literature.

Contact Information:

Name: Sharon Morgan

Email Address: sharon.morgan@

Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Education, OII

Technology in Education Programs

400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 4W250, FB-6

Washington, DC 20202-5980

Telephone: (202) 205-5880

Fax: (202) 205-5720

2. The Star Schools Program would fund us with the resources to assist our

ESOL and inclusion class students. The money would bring in new software and software instructors to teach staff members, teachers, and community members the proper way to execute the software into the classroom. Many other project opportunities would be offered as well with this grant money.

Contact Information:

Name: Donald Fork

Email Address: Donald.fork@

Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Education, OII

Office of Innovation and Improvement, Technology in Education

Programs

400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 4W219, FB-6

Washington, DC 20208-5900

Telephone: (202) 205-5633

Fax (202) 205-5633

3. The Enhancing Education Through Technology Program is made to improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. This program will help students become more technologically savvy by the end of the eighth grade. It would provide teacher training and curriculum development ideas for projects. This would give us the ability to establish research-based instructional methods that could be implemented easily and amongst many students and teachers.

Contact Information:

Name: Janelle Leonard

E-mail Address: jenelle.leonard@

Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Education, OESE

School Support and Technology Programs

400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 3E303, FB-6

Washington, DC 20202-6400

Telephone: (202) 401-0039

4. The Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Program is intended to be used for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This program would allow us to implement a program with start-up activities in year that would help students with new learning content. The program would allow devotion to refinement and expansion of technology based implementation in year three and four. The support of this program would finally help students and teachers to become self-sustaining after the fifth year because faculty members would be well trained to incorporate new activities involving technology with the new technological equipment.

Contact Information:

Name: Donald Fork

E-mail Address: Donald.fork@

Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Education, OII

400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 4W219, FB-6

Washington, DC 20202-5980

Telephone: (202) 205 5633

Fax: (202) 208-4046

5. The Ed-Tech Program Grant is designed to enhance reading and writing achievement through the use of technology. Its intent is to bridge the gap between students and technology. The grant offers assistance in effective integration of technology. Teacher training and research based strategies are provided with the ed-tech grant which will offer teachers the opportunity to learn and implement technology effectively in their classroom.

Contact Information:

Website: edgov/print/programs/edtech/index.

Program office: Office of School Support and Technology Programs

CFDA number: 84.318X

Program Type: Formula Grants

Liz Saunders

1. Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development – National Endowment for the Humanities



The National Endowment for the Humanities offers up to $100,000 for projects that promote learning through resources and curriculum. The projects that can receive money include those that, according to the web site, “develop materials and tools for classrooms that enhance the acquisition of advanced knowledge and understanding of the humanities, especially materials that apply to digital technologies.” Money is available to those humanities teachers who wish to promote learning particularly through technology.

2. NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE)



This grant allows for individual teachers to claim money for their “Big Ideas” that would promote education. The grant is open to any public school teacher K-12 as well as higher education instructors. Preference is given to NEA members, but anyone who meets the qualifications can apply. The $5,000 grant can be used for any “big idea,” a title which could certainly be applied to utilizing technology in the English classroom.

3. Inspiration Grant Fund



The company that creates Inspiration software will give five awards of $750 to teachers who are trying to incorporate technology into their classrooms and are still “rookies” at it. There are also awards available for those who are more experienced at integrating technology. The awards are given to individual teachers for grades K-12.

4. Citigroup Foundation



The Citigroup Foundation provides grants for strategies that improve student learning, which would include technological advances. Grants must be applied for on their site and the stipulations are not clear. Applicants must state the amount they are requesting, which leaves it open for almost any amount. They do not seem to cater to individual teachers, but they do not say individual teachers may not apply.

5. Educational Grants



This site has connections to grants offered through the government. The stipulations vary with each grant. Applications are available online. The technology grant offered through the government promotes the use of technology in the elementary and secondary schools.

Angela Gisi

Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship Fund

National Council of Teachers of English

Contact Information:

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Attn: Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship Fund

1111W. Kenyon Road

Urbana, IL 61801

Ms. Wheadon, a member of the NCTE, believed in the career-long education of classroom teachers. As a result, her family established this fund as an honor and memorial for her passion. The only specified qualifications are that the applicants must be teachers of English/Language Arts in a publicly funded institution.

This fund, if attained, would provide the desperately needed teacher training in the area of technology integration within the classroom. Since this program does not specify the actual training or course that must be used by teachers, each school/department/teacher is able to select training programs that are best suited for individuals and/or the departments needs. The ultimate goal for each teacher could and should vary. While one teacher may be at the “basic” level and need assistance in the fundamentals of technology itself, others may possess adequate technology skills and simply need guidance in how to best integrate the technology in the classroom and curriculum.

1. The Coca-Cola Foundation Grant

Contact Information:

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Grants Administration

P.O. Box 1734

Atlanta, Georgia 30301

The Coca-Cola Foundation provides support for quality learning opportunities aimed at helping youth become knowledgeable and productive citizens. Their commitment is multifaceted. Assistance is provided in areas ranging from teacher training to resource procurement and from supporting existing proven programs to backing new and innovative teaching approaches. They realize that the challenges of education are broad, and provide support to programs, which provide for solutions for such challenges.

This could be a source of funding for equipment such as Smart Boards for teachers’ rooms. These smart boards provide not only a visual, teacher-centered approach to teaching, but also a student focused, interactive learning experience through possibilities made available with Smart Boards. Furthermore, the grant could be a possible source for funds needed to provide computers within the language arts classroom/department.

2. Rookie Awards for Visual Learning Inspiration Software, Inc.

Contact Information:

Inspiration Software, Inc.

Attn Inspired Teacher Scholarships

7412 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Suite 102

Portland, OR 97225-2167

This grant also supports educators in their quest to continue professional development. This program, however, is limited to development that focuses on the use and implementation of visual learning aids within the classroom. Inspiration software is a visual learning product and therefore, promotes the continued, enhanced, and innovative integration of visual aids as a means to teach thinking skills. Funding is provided for professional development that focuses on visual learning and technology in education.

Our school has, as part of its technology software resources, Inspiration software. I have witnessed its positive effects on students working with the writing process: kids excited, focused, engaged, and producing much improved writing pieces as a result of the benefits of visual learning techniques achieved through this technology. I am, however, a “rookie” and often don’t fully realize or utilize this program (or the art of visual learning during writing) to its fullest potential. This program would enable me to receive the additional training that I believe would move me beyond the “rookie” status in my integration of visual learning through technology. The true and ultimate benefactors would be the students who would reap the rewards of the new approach.

3. The NEA Foundation

Contact Information:

The NEA Foundation

Attn: Learning & Leadership Grants

1201 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 416

Washington, DC 20036-3207

The NEA provides grants to teachers and educational support personnel who desire high-quality professional development. Professional development may be geared toward summer institutes of learning and/or action research projects. The content of the professional growth must be based on assessment of student growth and promote success for all students.

Within the language arts department at my school are some individuals who are either skeptical or otherwise resistant to the necessity of technology integration within the English curriculum. This type grant would strengthen the knowledge base of those desiring the training while clearly providing evidence needed to sway the negative opinions of those resistant. If obtained, funds received from this type grant would enable not only professional development but also the opportunity to implement action research. While I believe the knowledge gained from the professional development would impact many, I further believe that the results evidenced through the action research studies would validate the need for technology within the English curriculum.

4. Georgia Council of Teachers of English

Contact Information:

Dr. Jim Cope

English Department

Kennesaw State University

1000 Chastain Road

Kennesaw, GA 30144

Current GCTE members may apply for grants to support innovative, classroom based projects. The goal of the project must focus on improvement within the English classroom and directly impact students. The grant may be used for professional development and/or classroom supplies. Consideration is given to the ability to provide research-based evidence to support the need for the requested project.

This grant would be great for supplementing our literature program. While we do have all selections from the literature textbook in CD format, we are extremely limited in providing the same resource for novel studies. Furthermore, very few, if any, selections from the literature anthology or novel students are available in video format. Most evidence/research is readily available to prove and support the benefits achieved when literature is paired with video formats, and professionally developed readings allows students to hearing interaction with the text by someone else other than themselves or the teacher. This grant would provide resources that would help to benefit those students who are already readers as well as motivate those who are struggling or reluctant readers.

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