Funding

Educational innovation gets boost under new programs »

A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms....

July 30 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

College IT officials: Show us the money … please »

Technology funding in higher education will remain flat or decrease for the “foreseeable future,” according to an annual education technology report released June 10, as campus IT officials said funding...

June 11 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

House passes major science, technology bill »

The U.S. House of Representatives gave its assent on May 28 to $84 billion in federal funding to help keep the country competitive in the fields of scientific and technological...

June 1 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

UNC expects to save $100K through eBilling »

Paying bills online is nothing new for 20-somethings, but the University of North Carolina’s elimination of traditional snail mail in sending out tuition bills means students will have to grant...

May 19 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Changing fonts could help schools save money »

A Wisconsin university expects to save up to $10,000 a year by making a small change in computer users’ habits: Changing the fonts in the documents they print....

April 9 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Social media: Colleges’ newest battlefield for students, alumni donations »

Colleges’ unending campaign to attract more students and alumni donations has higher-education officials looking to two technologies that consume a growing chunk of people’s free time: social media and video...

April 5 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »

Funding

Educational innovation gets boost under new programs

Educational innovation gets boost under new programs »

A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms....

July 30 2010 / Read More »

Broadband grants mean millions more for higher education

Broadband grants mean millions more for higher education »

Colleges and universities will be among anchor institutions in an ultra high-speed nationwide internet network after President Obama announced July 2 more than $760 million in grants designed to expand broadband web access....

July 6 2010 / Read More »

Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness

Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness »

Six months after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pumped $3.6 million into a national certification program for teachers of remedial college courses, a new initiative will dole out grants to education-technology projects aimed at...

June 29 2010 / Read More »

Deadline Grants

IRA John Chorlton Manning Public School Service Award

IRA John Chorlton Manning Public School Service Award

The award is intended to encourage and support the improvement of public education by recognizing the importance of integrating teacher preparation, professional development, and related research with the work of public schools, classrooms,...

Nov 25, 2008 / More »

Key Change Grant

Key Change Grant

DoSomething.org and the GRAMMY Foundation have teamed up to give out $25,000 in community action grants to fund teen-led projects that use music to make a difference. This can be a project that...

Nov 25, 2008 / More »

HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program

HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program

The HHMI-NIH Research Scholars Program, also known as the Cloister Program, gives outstanding students at U.S. medical schools the opportunity to receive research training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland....

Nov 11, 2008 / More »

Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge (SPECA) Grants Program

Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge (SPECA) Grants Program

This grant aims to enhance curricula in agricultural education; increase faculty teaching competencies; interest young people in pursuing higher education in order to prepare for scientific and professional careers in the food and...

Nov 11, 2008 / More »

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowships

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowships

KSTF Teaching Fellows are young men and women who have received a bachelor's or advanced degree in science, engineering, or mathematics and are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in U.S....

Nov 11, 2008 / More »

Ongoing Grants

$300,000 for professional development to increase use of the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program works with an educational consortium of schools, universities, libraries, and foundations to help teachers use the Library's vast collection of digitized primary sources...

Jul 2, 2009 / More »