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Open Competitions

Advanced Technological Education
The Advanced Technological Education program at NSF promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels.
APAP Building Bridges Campus Community Engagement Program
Public media stations (especially university-licensed stations) would be excellent partners for this initiative to engage young adults with Muslim communities and cultures. Deadline: April...
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges
NEH will make 7-9 grants of $120,000 for projects that use collaboration with humanities institutions to enrich humanities education and scholarship at community colleges.
Enduring Questions
This NEH grant program supports the development of a new undergraduate course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question.
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The NEH will grant awards of up to $100,000 for projects that strengthen and enrich humanities education at historically black colleges and universities.
School Leadership Program
Funds from this Department of Education program will assist high-need LEAs in recruiting and training principals and assistant principals.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program
NSF will make grants of up to $2 million for projects that increase the number of students receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program
The DOL offers as much as $25 million for projects aimed at improving education and career training programs, with a new special emphasis on innovation and online curriculum development.
Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms
NSF will make a total of $20 million in grants for projects that improve STEM education practices at a large scale. Planning, research and implementation grants are available.

Rolling Deadlines

Carnegie Corporation of New York
With a long history of leading support for public media, the Corporation now funds media initiatives around areas including education, democracy/voting and integration of immigrants.
Cord Foundation
Founded in 1962, this foundation awards grants in four interest areas: higher education, human services, secondary education and youth.
Davis Family Foundation
This foundation supports higher education, medical programs, and arts and culture organizations that promote music, theater, drama, history and literature.
Foundation for the Mid-South
This foundation is committed to comprehensively solving the problems affecting the region and supports education, health and community development programs.
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
With a mission to enrich Utah, this foundation makes grants in arts and culture, community, education, health care, and preservation and conservation.
J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation
This foundation focuses specifically on improving education in Idaho from kindergarten through college.
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
This foundation provides general support to public media, mainly in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Kresge Foundation
The Foundation’s future Arts and Culture grantmaking will focus on “creative placemaking.” Grants also available for college readiness and access.
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
This foundation supports organizations working in Idaho in education, health care and social services. It has been a long-time supporter of Idaho Public Television.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Giving priorities for this foundation include community development, education, religion, youth and philanthropic leadership education.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Lumina Foundation for Education
The Lumina Foundation makes project implementation grants nationwide.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.
Publix Super Markets Charities
Provides small grants to organizations serving Florida and the Southeast.
Walmart Foundation
The Foundation has interests in workforce development and education, including dropout prevention.

WEBINARS/CONFERENCE CALLS

Building a Strong Art Works Proposal for the National Endowment for the Arts
Watch the recording and download the resources from this May webinar on NEA's Art Works program and other NEA Media Arts grant opportunities. Air Date: May 29, 2013.
Strategies for Grantseeking Success: Building for the Future
Watch the recording from this webinar in the Grant Center's Strategies for Grantseeking Success series for tips on building long term relationships with foundations. Air Date: January 29,...

NEWSLETTERS

Grant Center Funding Newsletter -- May 2013
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Grant Center Funding Newsletter -- April 2013
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