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Proposal Writing (The Foundation Center Online): This site is a short course on proposal writing. The process described is not a formula to be rigidly adhered to. Rather, it is a suggested approach that ca be adapted to fit the needs of any nonprofit and the peculiarities of each situation. 

Yahoo's Directory of Educational Grants

Grant-Writing Resources: Information links to online and print-based grant-writing resources. The resources on this site will help you gain the background knowledge and tools needed to write a good proposal. 

Designing Successful Grant Proposals by Donald C. Orlich
Copyright © 1996 by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 

Locating Information About Grants: Information links to online resources and search engines as well as a list of print and other useful resources. Guides to foundation, corporate and government support, as well as grant information and funding assistance information.

What Should I Know About ED Grants?: The information provided at this site is a non-technical summary of the Department of Education's discretionary grants process and the laws and regulations that govern it. 

SchoolGrants: Your one-stop site for K-12 Grant Opportunities!

The Chalkboard: The Classroom Corporate Connection

Education Grants on Fundsnet Services

ODGS Newsletter: The grants newsletter from the School District of Philadelphia's Office of Grants Development and Support. Includes lists of grant opportunities, teacher scholarship and conference opportunities, student opportunites, and training opportunities.

The Foundation Center Online: grants, funding, resources, proposal-writing. "The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public."

Federal Government Funding Info: information on current federal government funding programs, funding currently available, and types of assistance.

University of Virginia's Fellowship, Grant, and Study Opportunities for Teachers has a nice directory of opportunities. 

TeachNet: Teacher Grant Opportunities is a bulletin board where opportunities are posted.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Carnegie Corporation Grants

The Dana Foundation Education Grants: The Foundation's current commitment is to the spread of well-tested innovations that have the potential to strengthen education in American public schools, especially for students in the early years of education. Many of these innovative ideas will be identified through the annual Charles A. Dana Awards for Pioneering Achievements in Education.

Spencer Foundation: "The Foundation has as its primary mission, by the intent of its founder, "to investigate ways in which education can be improved, around the world." To achieve this goal, the Foundation is committed to supporting high quality investigation of education through its research programs and to strengthening and renewing the educational research community through fellowship programs and related activities."

Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grants: The Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grants from the Spencer Foundation are intended to support the development of strong communities of teacher researchers. In general, grants range from $2,000 to $15,000 annually. 

Scientific American Educator Grants: This site lists and describes a number of grants opportunities for science teacher of all grades.

Toshiba America Foundation Grants: The Toshiba America Foundation is an American, privately endowed, not-for-profit, grant-making organization, dedicated to supporting education programs and activities in the United States. Toshiba invests in projects designed by classroom teachers to improve science and science-related education for students in grades 7-12. The Toshiba America Foundation is most interested in encouraging programs, projects and activities related to improvements in the classroom teaching of science, mathematics and technology. Teachers should be sure to request guidelines from the Foundation before proceeding with applying for grants.

Hewlett Packard Philanthrophy Page

ICPrize for Collaboration Through Technology
Collaborative teams of AASL members and classroom teachers can apply for one of the five $1000 ICPrizes awarded annually that encourage the use of Internet resources to develop meaningful curriculum connections.

U. S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant

ATT Foundation Grants: AT&T Foundation concentrates on the role of technology in education and its capacity to connect students, teachers, classrooms, institutions and communities. The AT&T Learning Network Grants Program provides funding to projects which demonstrate effective and innovative uses of technology in supporting families, schoolsand communities to accomplish the following: encourage family involvement in education; provide professional development opportunities for educators and assist in the preparation of future teachers; and develop and implement plans to promote lifelong learning and community collaboration. 

IBM Philanthrophy