Grants and Other Funding Sources

Lucent has written an online educational grant-writing seminar titled "In Search of Technology Treasures" in PDF format. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat, you can download it for free here.

"Smaller Is Better: New Grants To Help Personalize America's Large High Schools" U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley awarded $42.3 million in grants to help large high schools create smaller, more personalized learning communities. "In smaller high schools, students can get to know their classmates and teachers better," Riley said. "It's these personal connections that can be so important to success in school. Size matters. We know that students thrive in smaller school settings."

In his 1997 State of the Union Message, President William J. Clinton said, "As the Internet becomes our new town square, a computer in every home -- a teacher of all subjects, a connection to all cultures -- this will no longer be a dream, but a necessity. And over the next decade, that must be our goal." He also referred to "Remarks by The President In Announcement of Technology Learning Grants", a speech on October 10, 1995. In it he sets a goal to "put a computer in every classroom, and a computer whiz at every desk."

The U.S Department of Education awards grants and contracts to schools, school districts, researchers, and others to implement new methodologies, research effective practice, and implement educational reform. Information about what is available and how to apply can be found at its web site. For the grants management policies and guidelines that are adopted by each grantmaking agency, see the U.S. Office of Management and Budget: Grants Management.

The Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company provides affordable access to telecommunications services for all eligible schools and libraries in the United States. Funded at up to $2.25 billion annually, the program provides discounts on telecommunications services, Internet access and internal connections.

We have a list of organizations that make educational grants.

Open Here has links for Funding for Schools including grants and fundraisers.

Eschoolnews maintains a "funding center" for news about grant programs and other funding news.

The publication, Technology Grant News, provides some of its information online. Of course, you must subscribe to their publication to obtain all of their information.

"Deconstructing a Grant" published July 15, 2001 in Technology and Learning Magazine. The article give suggestions on how to write a winning grant proposal.

"The Art of the Deal - No Trump: Grant-Writing and Educational Foundations for Difficult Times", an article from From Now On A Monthly Electronic Commentary on Educational Technology Issues, Vol 1, No 7, September, 1991, Editor: Jamieson McKenzie, Ed.D.

The DOE Carlsbad Area Office, Westinghouse Waste Isolation Division has a Technology Transfer and Economic Development Program (TTED) that includes a Grant Proposal Self-Assessment Tool, Writing Winning Grant Proposals I and Writing Winning Grant Proposals II

The magazine, Electronic School had an article titled "When Computers Come Home" in the June 1996 issue about how the computer can be a catalyst for school achievement. This article is a sidebar to the cover story titled "The Great Divide; Closing the gap between technology haves and have-nots", both by Andrew Trotter. The June 1996 issue also contains an article titled "The Funding Puzzle; Looking for funding? Look at an education foundation" by Anne Ward. This issue of Electronic School was published as a supplement to the American School Board Journal and the Executive Educator, June 1996.

Microsoft, in its Connected Learning Community subweb, has a series of articles about how various schools obtain funding for technology programs. Once such article is, "Return Through the Looking Glass: Developing Business Partnerships in K-12 Schools." This article contains pointers to other articles on creative financing ideas.

Beaufort County SchoolBook Foundation - Read about how one school district created a non-profit foundation to help fund their laptop computer program. They use the foundation to lower the base cost from $55 to $35 per month for all students in their first year and to further lower the cost for those students who have financial need.

For information about technology grants, see the AskERIC InfoGuide. For many other grant related links, see The Information Services Division of the Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Information and Resources Clearinghouse on the Campus of Louisiana State University.

The Foundation Center fosters public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. Their web site has annotated links to over 1000 grant making web sites.

Others sites with lists of grants are www.finaid.org, and eduplace. The grantsmanship center claims to be "the worlds's leader in grant information and grantsmanship training.

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