Grant Funding
by Darcy Markham
List of Technology Grants Available
Partial Requirements for ETC 657
EDS Technology
The EDS Technology Grant Program helps teachers
children ages 6 through 18 purchase information technology products and
services that will improve their students' ability to learn. Each year, EDS
offices worldwide sponsor and award $1,500 grants to teachers through a
competitive application process. The grants are awarded to teachers through
their schools, and schools applying for a grant must be located within 50 miles
of a sponsoring EDS account.
Grants
must be used to pay for technology products, training and services. EDS
encourages teachers to propose innovative classroom projects or student
exercises. Teachers are asked to explain the innovative nature of their
project, how they or their students will use the requested technology and how
the technology will improve their students' ability to achieve curriculum
objectives. Examples of qualified grant expenditures include computer software
and hardware, multimedia equipment, Web-cams, CD-ROM libraries, scanners,
modems, Internet access, technical training, specialize technology tools and
equipment such as Robotics Kits and other classroom learning aides that are
considered advanced in the area of technology.
http://www.eds.com/community_affairs/com_tech_grants_03.shtml
Corporate
Headquarters
5400
Legacy Drive
Plano,
Texas 75024-3199
Tel:
1 972 604 6000
E-mail:
info@eds.com
TOP Program
The
Department of Commerce's Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) promotes the
widespread availability and use of digital network technologies in the public
and non-profit sectors. As part of the Department's National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA), TOP gives grants for model projects
demonstrating innovative uses of network technologies. TOP evaluates and
actively shares the lessons learned from these projects to ensure the benefits
are broadly distributed across the country, especially in rural and undeserved
communities.
TOP
makes matching grants to state, local and tribal governments, health care
providers, schools, libraries, police departments, and community-based
non-profit organizations. TOP projects demonstrate how digital networks support
lifelong learning for all Americans, help public safety officials protect the
public, assist in the delivery of health care and public health services, and foster
communication, resource-sharing, and economic development within rural and
urban communities. To date, TOP has awarded 555 grants, in all 50 states,
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, totaling
$204.9 million and leveraging $282 million in local matching funds. TOP
projects are demonstrations of how digital network technologies can be used to
extend and improve the delivery of valuable services and opportunities to all
Americans. By serving as models that can be replicated in similar communities
across the country, TOP projects extend their benefits far beyond the
communities in which they take place, and provide economic and social benefits
to the nation as a whole.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/grants/briefhistory_gf.htm
For
more information about TOP:
Email:
top@ntia.doc.gov
Fax:
(202) 501-5136
Phone:
(202) 482-2048
21st Century
Community Learning Centers
Designed
to help communities plan, implement, expand school-based learning activities,
including after-school, weekend and summer school enrichment programs. Examples
of fund usage include technology education, academic enrichment before and
after school community service opportunities and promote parental involvement
in education.
Title III,
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF)
http://www.ed.gov/technology/edgrants.html
Provides
financial assistance to schools so they can meet technology challenges head on
and accelerate the rate in which children become technologically literate.
Funded projects include a broad spectrum of educational technology applications
including purchasing technology products to improve teaching and learning,
communications and networking
Infrastructure,
professional development for educators to integrate technology into the
curriculum and school reform.
Title III,
Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG)
http://www.ed.gov/technology/challenge/
Supports
new applications of technology to strengthen the school reform effort, improve
student learning and outcomes and provide continued professional development of
educators. It is designed to complement the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
(TLCF) by supporting a wide range of projects utilizing various new technologies to improve teaching and learning in schools.
Additional Sources
Toshiba America
Foundation
http://www.toshiba.com/taf/apply.html
Toshiba America Foundation
1251 Avenue of the
Americas
41st Floor
New York, NY 10020
Phone: (212)
596-0620
Fax: (212) 221-1108
Email: foundation@tai.toshiba.com
Grant
Cycle:
Funded
throughout the year:
For
grants $5,000 and under, there is no deadline.
For
grants over $5,000, the deadline is February 1st and August 1st.
Type
of funding:
Grants
are given to improve education in the area of science and math.
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SMARTer Kids
Foundation
http://www.smarterkids.org/k12/smartproducts/index.asp
Grant
Application and contact information:
Phone
Number: 403.228.8565
Application
Information:
http://www.smarterkids.org/k12/smartproducts/iStep1.asp?start=true&check=yes&theSessionID=622967465
Deadlines
Applications
must be received prior to midnight, September 30, 2003.
Grants
must be utilized by October 31, 2003. Applications received between August 1,
2003, and September 30, 2003, for which a Grant has been approved, but not
utilized, will be automatically reprocessed and approved by the Foundation
using the new guidelines for the 2003-2004 Grant year.
This
Grant is an educational award that assists educators in the purchase of SMART
products for their classrooms. Developed by the SMARTer Kids Foundation, the
Grant helps thousands of K-12 schools, higher-education facilities and
technical institutions acquire interactive technology by increasing its
affordability and accessibility.
e-Beam.com
http://www.e-beam.com/links/techfund.html
On-Line
Application at:
http://www.e-beam.com/links/techfund_app.shtml
Deadline:
April 30, 2003
Free
or discounted whiteboard technology provided to worthy educational institutions,
government agencies and other eligible non-profit organizations. Organization
can qualify to receive technology grants from EFI in the form of a free or
discounted eBeam System 1. This system allows the capturing of information from
a regular whiteboard to your Mac or PC. This system attaches to your whiteboard
so information/brainstorming can be saved for later use.
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Coca-Cola
Foundation
Organization Coca-Cola
Foundation
The
Coca-Cola Foundation has three focuses for its philanthropic giving, one of
which is support of innovative classroom teaching and learning in K-12 schools.
In total, the foundation gave nearly $11.5 million in 1999 and $12.5 million in
1998. The foundation looks especially favorably upon programs that are small and
well targetede.g., helping elementary and secondary students with a particular
issue, such as civil rights or the environment. Funds can be applied toward
tuition for training that will result in new instructional techniques in the
classroom. Public and private school educators serving children of all ages may
apply for these grants. Although the monetary size of grants varies
considerably, a quick review of successful applicants from the past two years
indicates that $5,000 to $25,000 is typical.
Contact Coca-Cola
Foundation
N/A
http://www.cocacolacompany.com/
Computers for
Learning
Organization Federal
Government
Through
its Computers for Learning program, the federal government has placed hundreds
of thousands of surplus computers in schools across the country on a
needs-first basis. In fiscal year 2000, the Defense Department alone donated
nearly $60 million in computers and peripherals. Schools register and request
equipment on the Computers for Learning web site, and federal agencies match
their surplus equipment to schools with those needs. Most, but not all, of the
available computers are IBM-compatible PCs rather than computers made by Apple.
Most of the donated machines are older models but as the government continues
to upgrade its computer systems, the number of surplus Pentium computers will
sharply increase. Computers and equipment are not refurbished by the government
before being shipped to schools, nor are they covered by warranty.
Contact Federal
Government
(202)
501-3846
N/A
http://www.computers.fed.gov
The Beaumont
Foundation
The
Beaumont Foundation of America grants Toshiba branded equipment to support
digital inclusion for underserved individuals. The Foundation will grant $350
million over 5 years in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The
Foundation has three distinct grant programs:
Community Grants of technology equipment to community-based
organizations
Education
Grants of technology equipment for school
Individual Grants of technology equipment
directly to individual
In
2003, the Foundation will award grants in 21 states and the District of
Columbia (Group A) and in 2004, in the remaining 29 states (Group B).
Additional grants will be available in
subsequent
years.
http://www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/
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