Polk County Public Schools, Staff
Please direct all questions related to technology grant funding opportunities to:
Dell Griffin Quary
Analyst IT: eRate/Grants Developer
(863) 647-4253
Program: Sponsored by Toshiba and the NSTA, ExploraVision encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill, and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. To enter ExploraVision, students work in groups of two, three, or four — simulating a real research and development (R&D) team. A teacher serves as team coach, and teams can also choose an optional mentor.
Deadline: January 28, 2009
Funding/Award: ExploraVision prizes include a savings bond worth up to $10,000, notebook computers for schools, and a special gift for each student, teacher, and mentor.
Eligibility: K-12
Contact: Web Site Toshiba NSTA ExploraVision Awards
Program: Inspiration Software, Inc. offers an annual educator awards program. The 2008-2009 Inspired Visual Learning Awards will recognize 15 K-12 educators and their students who are creatively using visual learning in their classrooms. To win an award, educators must submit student-created examples using Inspiration Software's visual learning software tools. Inspiration Software will select three Gold Star and twelve Silver Star award winners.
Funding/Award: All award packages will include a new Intel-powered Classmate PC, donated by Intel Corporation. In addition, each Gold Star award will include $2,500, a 10-pack volume license for an Inspiration Software product with corresponding lesson plan books, and a 6-month Atomic Learning training resource subscription
Deadline: February 27, 2009
Eligibility: K-12 educators and their students
Contact: Web Site: Inspired Visual Learning Awards
Program: Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams High School Invention Grants are awarded to teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors who are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that they want to research, solve, and then develop a prototype invention as an in-class or extracurricular project. Grants of up to $10,000 will support each team's efforts. InvenTeams are encouraged to work with community partners, specifically the potential beneficiaries of their invention.
Deadline: March 20, 2009
Funding/Award: Grants of up to $10,000 will support each team's efforts
Eligibility: K-12
Contact: Web Site•Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams High School Invention Grants
Program: Educational Resources is offering $2,500 technology vouchers to two schools that can demonstrate how they are implementing technology for the advancement of student learning. Entrants must submit an essay detailing the technology used, how it is utilized, and how it has impacted student achievement. Winners will be announced at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) 2009 in Washington DC. Entrants need not be present to win.
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Funding/Award: Two $2,500 technology vouchers to two schools
Eligibility: Participants must be at least 18 years of age and a legal U.S. resident
Contact: Web Site•Educational Resources is Giving Back