In the previous month, educators were looking for funding opportunities in the areas of robotics, wellness, STEM, and civic engagement. Check out which grants GetEdFunding educators viewed the most in the month of December.

Draper Richards Kaplan Grants

The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation supports outsized impact through entrepreneurs and enterprises that create a transformational paradigm shift to meaningfully address a pressing societal problem affecting people’s lives. Grants are made in the areas of arts and culture, civic engagement, economic empowerment, education, environmental and climate change, food and agriculture, health, social justice, and systemic poverty. 

Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round.

Academic Enrichment Grants

The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers Academic Enrichment Grants designed to develop classroom and extracurricular programs that improve student learning. The foundation considers proposals that foster understanding, deepen students’ knowledge, and provide opportunities to expand awareness of the world around them.

Deadline: Online applications are accepted January 15 through April 15, annually.

STEM Education and Diversity & Inclusion Matching and Employee-Requested Grants

Linde’s Global Giving Program awards grants in association with Linde employees to support Linde’s areas of interest, which include science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; diversity and inclusion initiatives sponsored by educational and professional organizations; and environmental, health and wellness, disaster relief, and good neighbor grants in communities where Linde operates. 

Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Education Grants, Fluor Foundation

Fluor Foundation makes grants that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in communities where the company operates. Priority is given to programs that inspire and prepare students to excel in STEM and are committed to developing the next generation workforce, improving teacher effectiveness with emphasis on STEM student proficiency and persistence, and cultivating leadership skills in youth.

Deadline: Letters of Inquiry are accepted year-round.

National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics

The National Robotics Initiative 3.0 builds upon preceding programs to support fundamental and cross-disciplinary research projects focused on the innovative integration of robotics systems and technologies in the United States. Proposals are accepted in a variety of content areas relevant to the sponsoring agencies as listed in the program solicitation.

Deadline: Applications are accepted February 8 through February 22, 2022; and February 8 through February 22, annually thereafter.