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Title Deadline Beneficiary
Character Ed: National and State Schools of Character Awards
These awards are given to schools that reach an exemplary level of implementation of Character Education Partnership's Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education.
12/01 Elementary Schools
High Schools
K-12 Teachers
Middle Schools
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants
Public school libraries and public libraries that host programs encouraging literacy and creativity in children can apply for an Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant of $500.
09/15 Elementary School Students
Elementary School Teachers
Elementary Schools
Preschool/Kindergarten Teachers
Healthy Living School Grants
Cabot Creamery offers matching grants for supplies for exhibits, healthy snacks, printed materials, or whatever your project needs.
Kids Care Week Mini-Grants
Apply for a $250 mini-grant to support a service project related to a social issue like Aging & the Elderly, Animals, Civil Rights, Disabilities, and Disaster Relief.
09/27 K-12 Students
K-12 Teachers
KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Search
Five children between the ages of 6 and 15 will win a 12-month term as a KIDS FIRST! film critic. Contestants must submit both written and videotaped reviews.
10/10 Elementary School Students
High School Students
Middle School Students
Kids in Need Teacher Grants
These grants fund projects that make creative use of common teaching aids, approach curriculum from an imaginative angle, or tie nontraditional concepts together for the purpose of illustrating commonalities.
09/30 K-12 Teachers
Math Mentoring Using Actuaries in the Teaching
This grant is awarded to public and private schools that agree to set up a mentoring project that involves actuaries in the teaching of mathematics.
Colleges and Universities
High Schools
Middle Schools
Media Specialist-Teacher Collaboration for Student Achievement
This award is presented for effective collaboration during the 2010-2011 school year.
06/15 Elementary Schools
High Schools
K-12 Teachers
Middle Schools
Music: Fender Music Foundation Awards
These awards provide funding and resources for music programs.
Elementary Schools
High Schools
K-12 Students
K-12 Teachers
Middle Schools
NEA Friend of Education Award
NEA's highest honor is bestowed on an individual or organization whose leadership significantly benefits education on a national scale.
04/01
NEA HIN: Ryan White HIV Prevention Awards
NEA Health Information Network presents this award annually to an NEA member or affiliate who has demonstrated a commitment to implementing or supporting innovative HIV prevention education programs.
04/01 Local NEA Association
NEA Members
NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards
The Human and Civil Rights Awards honor individuals and affiliates who stand up and defend human and civil rights.
12/10 NEA Members
NEA Rural Grants
These grants support local NEA affiliates in rural school districts develop programs for preK-12 to higher education faculty and education support professionals.
02/15 Local NEA Association
Rural and Small Schools
NEA Student Organizing and Assistance Resources (SOAR) Grants
These grants encourage and support NEA Student program members in their efforts to recruit new members or organize a student chapter.
01/31 NEA Student Program Chapter
NEA Urban Education Community Collaborative Grants
Grant money is to help local urban affiliates build or enhance relationships with parental, political, business, religious, and community groups through collaborative projects.
02/01 Local NEA Association
NEA Urban Grants
Each year, NEA awards 25 Urban Grants in the amount of $5,000 each to local affiliates to help in the development of education reform leadership programs for preK-12/graduate school faculty and education support professionals.
09/30 Local NEA Association
NEA-Retired Grants
Grant dollars are used for membership organizing projects, issue organizing, development of intergenerational mentoring programs, or fostering community partnerships.
02/15 NEA Retired
NEA: The NEA Foundation Grants
Opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and growth.
10/15 K-12 Teachers
NEA's Urban Grants Winners for 2009-2010
Find out what this year's 25 winners plan to do with their grant money.
Nutrition: Free School Salad Bars
Any public school within a 50-mile radius of a Whole Foods Market is eligible to apply.
11/01 Elementary Schools
High Schools
K-12 Students
Middle Schools
P21 Video Contest
Submit your video by August 16, 2010. For a chance to win a trip for two to attend the National Cyber Summit on 21st Century Readiness, October 4 and 5, 2010.
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
These grants fund service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community.
09/15 Elementary Schools
High Schools
Middle Schools
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
During September 2010-February 10, 2011, schools are invited to participate in classroom and school-wide contests, advancing to a state competition and then to the National Finals, to take place on April 28-29, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
High School Students
High Schools
Scholarship: NEA-Retired Jack Kinnaman Scholarship
This scholarship provides support for NEA Student Members.
04/15 College and University Students
Scholarship: Questbridge College Prep
This grant is designed to level the playing field of college admissions by equipping high-achieving, low-income students to successfully apply to leading schools.
High School Students

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