Grants and Workshops Available

Middle and high school students can head to Oklahoma colleges and universities this summer and experience life on campus while exploring exciting careers in math, science and technology. Architecture, forensics and "smart sensors" are a few examples of the fields students can explore at the free 2010 Summer Academies in Math, Science and Technology.
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The Store Grant has another category--Field Trip Grants. This category has awarded 7,400 grants, totaling more than $6 million, to educators in all 50 states. More than 729,000 students have explored the world outside the classroom with a Target Field Trip Grant. Target staffers tell Federal & Foundation Assistance Monitor that applications will begin being accepted for this grant category on Aug. 1. http://www.cdpublications.com/d092


NanoFocus 2010
April 1-2, 2010 at the Reed Conference Center, Midwest City
Sponsored by The State Chamber of Oklahoma
Due to Spring Break, registration is $95 until Monday, March 22nd. After this date, registration is $125. For more information, see www.oknano.com ( http://www.oknano.com/ ).


Grant Resource - American Honda Foundation
Category - Youth Education
Description - The funding focus of the American Honda Foundation is youth education, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the environment, job training and literacy, including K-12, colleges and universities, community colleges and trade schools are eligible, as well as nonprofit organizations and other foundations. "Scientific education" encompasses physical and life sciences, mathematics and the environmental sciences.
Size of Grant -$60,000
Cost Sharing or Match - No
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Deadline Date - April 1, 2010 Letter of Intent, May 11, 2010 Proposal
Grant Resource - US Department of Education
Category - ARRA Innovation in the Classroom
Description - These ARRA funds support efforts to expand the implementation of innovative classroom instruction techniques. There are three tiers of i3 grants: Scale Up grants (awards up to $50 million each): Funds go to "scale up" practices, strategies or programs with strong evidence that they are having significant effect on improving student achievement or student growth. Validation grants (awards up to $30 million each): These funds support practices, strategies or programs that show promise, but for which there is currently only moderate evidence of success. Development grants (awards up to $5 million each): Funds support proposals that are each based on a "reasonable" hypothesis or theory. Applicants must meet one of the following four absolute priorities to be eligible for funding: 1) Innovations That Support Effective Teachers and Principals. 2) Innovations That Improve the Use of Data. 3) Innovations That Complement the Implementation of High Standards and 4) Innovations That Turn Around Low- Performing Schools. Technical assistance workshops Denver, March 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Marriot Denver Airport at Gateway Park, and Atlanta, March 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport.
Cost Sharing or Match -No
Web - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-5139.htm