The NEA Foundation is accepting applications for $2,000 and $5,000 grants. To apply online for a Learning & Leadership Grant, click here. To apply for a Student Achievement Grant, click here.
To learn more about our new Teaching Improvisation Grants, Learning & Leadership and Student Achievement grants that have been earmarked to support public educators’ work to teach improvisation to middle- and high-school music students, download this document. The NEA Foundation announces these grants in partnership with MENC: the National Association of Music Education.
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.
Learning & Leadership Grants: provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study. Application deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 15.
Student
Achievement Grants: provide $5,000 to improve the academic achievement of students by engaging in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students' habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection. (These grants replace the Foundation's Innovation Grants program, which has been discontinued.) Application deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 15.
NEA's Books Across America Library Books Awards:
In collaboration with the National Education Association, the Foundation is pleased to announce 50 awards of $1,000 each to public schools serving economically disadvantaged students to purchase books for school libraries. The awards are made possible with support from corporations and individuals who donated to the NEA’s Books Across America Fund to bring the gift of reading to students. Click here for a complete list of 2009 recipients.
Closing
the Achievement Gaps: Many economically disadvantaged and minority
students do not have the same opportunities for academic success as their more
affluent peers. With support from the NEA Foundation, partnerships led by NEA
affiliates, school districts, and community organizations will take action to
accelerate the achievement rate for disadvantaged and minority students, while
raising achievement for all groups of students. Details.
Application is by invitation only. Additional
resources.
