GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESSpecial Olympics/YSA: Get Into It Grants
Special Olympics is partnering with Youth Service America to offer Get Into It grants, which bring together students of all abilities to fight childhood obesity in their schools and communities. The Get Into It curriculum helps to develop a service-learning program that gives youth the opportunity to make a change by creating and implementing local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Get Into It grant projects launch on Spread the Word to End the Word Day (March 2, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011). Maximum award: $1,000. Eligibility: teams from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply; each team must comprise a teacher and a unified pair of students (one with and one without an intellectual disability). Deadline: January 19, 2011.
http://www.ysa.org/getintoit AASL: Collaborative School Library Award
The American Association of School Librarians Collaborative School Library Award recognizes and encourages collaboration and partnerships between school librarians and teachers in meeting goals outlined in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs through joint planning of a program, unit, or event in support of the curriculum, using school library resources. Maximum award: $2,500 to the recipient's school library. Eligibility: school librarians who are personal members of the AASL. Deadline: February 7, 2011.
http://www.goeshow.com/aasl/awards/2010/collaborative_school_library_media_award.cfm AASL: Innovative Reading Grant
The American Association of School Librarians Innovative Reading Grant supports the planning and implementation of programs for children that motivate and encourage reading, especially for struggling readers. Selection criteria include the potential to measure and evaluate a literacy project that promotes the importance of reading and facilitates the learners' literacy development by supporting current reading research, practice, and policy. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibility: reading programs specifically designed for children (grades K-9) in the school library setting. The program must encourage innovative ways to motivate and involve children in reading. Applicant must be a member of AASL. Deadline: February 7, 2011.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslawards/innovativereadinggrant/aaslreading.cfm
Special Olympics is partnering with Youth Service America to offer Get Into It grants, which bring together students of all abilities to fight childhood obesity in their schools and communities. The Get Into It curriculum helps to develop a service-learning program that gives youth the opportunity to make a change by creating and implementing local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Get Into It grant projects launch on Spread the Word to End the Word Day (March 2, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011). Maximum award: $1,000. Eligibility: teams from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply; each team must comprise a teacher and a unified pair of students (one with and one without an intellectual disability). Deadline: January 19, 2011.
http://www.ysa.org/getintoit AASL: Collaborative School Library Award
The American Association of School Librarians Collaborative School Library Award recognizes and encourages collaboration and partnerships between school librarians and teachers in meeting goals outlined in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs through joint planning of a program, unit, or event in support of the curriculum, using school library resources. Maximum award: $2,500 to the recipient's school library. Eligibility: school librarians who are personal members of the AASL. Deadline: February 7, 2011.
http://www.goeshow.com/aasl/awards/2010/collaborative_school_library_media_award.cfm AASL: Innovative Reading Grant
The American Association of School Librarians Innovative Reading Grant supports the planning and implementation of programs for children that motivate and encourage reading, especially for struggling readers. Selection criteria include the potential to measure and evaluate a literacy project that promotes the importance of reading and facilitates the learners' literacy development by supporting current reading research, practice, and policy. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibility: reading programs specifically designed for children (grades K-9) in the school library setting. The program must encourage innovative ways to motivate and involve children in reading. Applicant must be a member of AASL. Deadline: February 7, 2011.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslawards/innovativereadinggrant/aaslreading.cfm
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