The NEA Foundation supports a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation’s public schools, colleges, and universities.
NEA Grants
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Entries from March 2005
March 23, 2005
NEA Grants
March 21, 2005
List of Federal Grants
These are ridiculously hard to read through, but it’s a pretty comprehensive list of the big federal grants available for 2005.
Big List of Grants
March 21, 2005
Interesting grant for doctoral students
SBE DDRI Grants
Program Title:SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Synopsis of Program:The National Science Foundation’s Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student’s university. Additionally, [...]
March 21, 2005
Small Grants for Teachers
Education World has great grant resources:
Grant Resources listed by Education World
March 21, 2005
NSF: Advanced Learning Technologies
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Program Title:Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT)
Synopsis of Program:Through the Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) program, the CISE and EHR Directorates of NSF support research that (1) enables radical improvements in learning through innovative computer and information technologies, and (2) advances research in computer science, information technology, learning, and [...]
March 21, 2005
School Leadership Program
$12 million to prepare principals to serve in high-need schools
Grant Title: School Leadership Program
Organization: U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Eligibility: High-need local educational agencies (LEAs), consortia ofhigh-need LEAs, or partnerships that consist of at least one high-need LEAand at least one nonprofit organization (which may be a community- orfaith-based organization) or institution of higher education.
Value: $250,000 [...]
March 21, 2005
Gear Up
$187 million to prepare low-income students for college
Grant Title: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for UndergraduatePrograms (GEAR UP)
Organization: U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Eligibility: (1) A state; or (2) a partnership consisting of (A) one or morelocal educational agencies acting on behalf of (i) one or more elementaryschools or secondary schools, and (ii) the secondary schools [...]
March 3, 2005
iPod Fever
It’s catching! Drexel gives iPods to its education majors…
Students entering the School of Education at Drexel University this
fall will receive iPods as part of a program to explore and evaluate
the educational potential of the devices. Duke University launched a
similar program last fall, distributing iPods to all 1,650 of its
incoming freshmen. The program at Drexel, however, [...]
