Funding Opportunities

Due	Description
NA	U.S. Department of Education's "i3" Grant Competition
NA	Investing in Innovation Fund: $650M in Federal Grants to School Districts in 2010
DUE: 09/15/09	Students invited to submit afterschool projects for $500 and $1000 grants
DUE: 09/30/09	Share Our Strength Grants to Fight Childhood Hunger
DUE: 11/01/09	Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope offers technology donation competition for U.S. schools
DUE: 01/04/10	Nominations open for National Teachers Hall of Fame
DUE: 04/30/10	ING Unsung Heroes Program offers grants for K-12 Projects

Additional resources to assist you in searching and applying for grants:

Department of Education Forecast of Funding - This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications.

EDInfo - EDInfo provides 1-2 email messages a week describing federal teaching and learning resources and ED funding opportunities. To subscribe to EDInfo, address an email message to: listserv@listserv.ed.gov Then write SUBSCRIBE EDINFO YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME in the message (if you have a signature block, please turn it off).

Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast - This weekly news service contains articles of interest as well as funding opportunities. To subscribe, visit:
http://www.publiceducation.org/subscribe.asp

Grantionary - The Grantionary is a list of grant-related terms and their definitions.

GrantsAlert - GrantsAlert is a website that helps nonprofit organizations, especially those involved in education.

Grant Writing Tips - SchoolGrants has compiled an excellent set of grant writing tips for thosethat need help in developing grant proposals.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) - More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find.

Fundsnet Online Services - A comprehensive website dedicated to providing nonprofit organizations, colleges, and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet.

Philanthropy News Digest - Philanthropy News Digest, a weekly news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide.

The RFP Bulletin, This publication from the Foundation Center lists grant opportunities broken down into many categories including youth and education. To subscribe visit: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/

School Grants - A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects.