Most Popular Funding Opportunities Last Month
In the previous month, educators searched for professional development grants; programs for underserved students; technology equipment; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Check out which grants GetEdFunding educators viewed the most in the month of April.
Sponsored by Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics aims to enable women in mathematics to attend conferences in their fields to provide them with a valuable opportunity to advance research activities and visibility in the research community. The Mathematics Travel Grants provide full or partial support for travel and subsistence for a meeting or conference in the applicant’s field of specialization.
Deadline: Applications are due October 1, 2019.
Sponsored by NWEA
NWEA offers Educators for Equity Grants that strive to foster academic growth among underserved students, including those that are economically disadvantaged and English language learners. Proposed programs should be equity-focused, evidence-based, culturally relevant to students served, and explicitly designed to improve academic opportunities and outcomes.
Deadline: Applications are due June 30, 2019.
Computers for Learning Program
Sponsored by US General Services Administration
The Computers for Learning (CFL) program evolved as a guide for implementing Executive Order 12999, Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for all Children in the Next Century. The executive order encourages agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to transfer excess computers and related peripheral equipment directly to schools and some educational nonprofit organizations. The CFL program specifically matches the computer needs of schools and educational nonprofit organizations with excess equipment in federal agencies. The CFL program’s ambitious goal is to make modern computer technology an integral part of every classroom so that every child has the opportunity to be educated to his or her full potential.
Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round.
Sponsored by Verizon Foundation
The Verizon Foundation supports kindergarten through grade 12 education in STEM and domestic violence education and prevention for youth, women, and older adults. In STEM education, funding supports activities such as summer or after-school programs, teacher training, and research on improving learning in STEM areas through use of technology.
Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round.
Sponsored by Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
The mission of Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is to invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills, and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information now and for the future. The foundation makes grants to journalism schools and other nonprofit organizations focused on the news media.
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry are due May 15 and November 15, annually.
