Index of course materials Course designed by Gail Gruber, WNMU, Silver City, NM

Funding Technology

In order to bring equity to the schooling of the world's children, teachers will need to write grants proposals requesting funding. Some school districts are able to hire grant writers. In reality, most funded proposals start in the trenches. Teachers know what is needed for optimum learning to take place in their classrooms.

Below are some resources to help you in this process:

WWW Resources on Grant Writing http://www.ashland.edu/~bweiss/grants.html

Educator's Guide on Beginning Grant Writing http://www.lib.ouhk.edu.hk/online/english/all/res5581.htm

ASCD Grant Writing Tips http://www.ascd.org/services/grantinfo/tips.html

Grants can take a large part in the solutions for the problems we solve. Look in your email for a Request for Proposal (RFP). Everyone must respond, through email, with a "proposal" that is two pages or less. This assignment is worth 50 points. The winning proposal gets an extra ten points.

Samples of Real Funding Opportunities

The American Physiological Society offers a terrific opportunity fo science educators of grades 6-12. We would greatly appreciate your placing the following announcement on your listservs, electronic bulletin boards, and in your newsletters announcements columns:
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$5,000 Summer Fellowships Available!

The American Physiological Society's Frontiers in Physiology fellowship provides science teachers in grades 6-12 a full-time, hands-on, summer laboratory experience for 7-9 weeks at a local research institution. Teachers receive a stipend of $500 per week for their laboratory research work. In addition, teachers receive a $250 stipend to attend an all-expense-paid Summer Retreat to explore inquiry-based teaching methods recommended by the National Science Education Standards. Teachers receive a $250 stipend for writing and submitting an inquiry-based laboratory activity for classroom use, and a $300 mini-grant for lab activity field testing and development, as well as an $850 travel/housing allowance to attend the APS annual conference, Experimental Biology 2001 in Orlando, Florida, allowing them to experience a scientific conference, interact with scientific researchers worldwide, view and participate in poster sessions, and learn about cutting-edge physiology research.
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For more information on the Frontiers in Physiology program contact APS at: educatio@aps.faseb.org or visit our web site at:>http://www.faseb.org/aps/educatn/froninfo.html

Printed applications for Summer 2000 will be available August 30, 1999.
Applications are due Friday, January 7, 2000.

RECENT "NOTICES INVITING APPLICATIONS" (grant opportunities) from the U.S. Department of Education (published in the Federal Register) include those related to:

* Fulbright-Hays Programs: Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship, Group Projects Abroad, & Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship -- multiple CFDA#s

* Projects With Industry -- CFDA# 84.234P

* Special Education: State Program Improvement Grants Program -- CFDA# 84.323A

* International Studies & Foreign Language Program -- CFDA# 84.016A

* National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language & Area Studies or Foreign Language & International Studies & Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships Program --CFDA#s 84.015A & B

These & other notices can be found at:
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http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/

Application packages can be found at:
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http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/

Index of course materials Course designed by Gail Gruber, WNMU, Silver City, NM

WWW Resources on Grant Writing	http://www.ashland.edu/~bweiss/grants.html
Educator's Guide on Beginning Grant Writing	http://www.lib.ouhk.edu.hk/online/english/all/res5581.htm
ASCD Grant Writing Tips	http://www.ascd.org/services/grantinfo/tips.html