Upcoming Grants Related to STEM/Technology

Northrop Grumman Corporate Contributions Program

Deadline: Jun 30, 2016

Northrop Grumman’s philanthropy programs help to address the challenges facing the nation and the company’s local communities, and strives to meet the diverse needs of the people of those communities. The main focus of Northrop Grumman corporate contributions programs is science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. It partners with local organizations that provide unique...

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Food Security Challenge Area

Deadline: Jul 7, 2016

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Food Security Challenge Area focuses on the societal challenge to keep American agriculture competitive and end world hunger by ensuring the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious food. The long-term goal of the AFRI Food Security Challenge Area is to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and the availability...

Northrop Grumman Foundation: Fab School Labs

Deadline: Jun 17, 2016

Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation are committed to expanding and enhancing the pipeline of diverse, talented STEM students globally. They provide funding to sustainable STEM programs that span from preschool to high school and through collegiate levels, with a major emphasis on middle school students and teachers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation Fab School...

New Mexico Public Education Department: STEM and Hard-to-Staff Teacher Initiative

Deadline: Apr 8, 2016

The purpose of this initiative is to provides stipends to effective, highly effective, and exemplary STEM (grades 6-12), special education (K–12), bilingual (K–12), or other hard-to-staff teaching positions to serve in low performing (D/F) schools. These funds can be used as a stipend to recruit these hard-to-staff experts to teach in hard-to-staff schools or to...

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: School In-Service Training Grants (6-8)

Deadline: May 6, 2016

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is offering grants to provide financial assistance to middle schools for in-service education in mathematics. Schools may apply for funding for honoraria and expenses for consultants, materials, substitute time, and conference or workshop registrations. NCTM believes that creating effective classrooms and learning environments in every school and...

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Elementary School In-Service Training Grants

Deadline: May 6, 2016

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is offering grants to provide financial assistance to elementary schools for in-service education in mathematics. Schools may apply for funding for honoraria and expenses for consultants, materials, substitute time, and conference or workshop registrations. Amount: Up to $4,000 each. Eligibility: Schools with a current (on or before...

U.S. Department of Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program

Deadline: May 3, 2016

The Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program supports eligible Hispanic-Serving institutions (HSIs) in developing and carrying out activities designed to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This competition specifically acknowledges the importance of student-centered programs that will increase the number of...

National Science Foundation: Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science

Deadline: Apr 15, 2016

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive national initiative designed to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discoveries and innovations focused on NSF’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in these fields. NSF INCLUDES supports efforts to...

U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency: Cool & Connected

Deadline: Feb 24, 2016

Communities interested in using broadband service to help revitalize small-town main streets and promote economic development are encouraged to apply for Cool & Connected, a pilot program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service and EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities. Through Cool & Connected, a team of experts will help community...

Knight Foundation: News Challenge

Deadline: Mar 21, 2016

The Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. Its current News Challenge is to answer the question: “How might libraries serve 21st century information needs?” This is an open call for ideas focused on advancing libraries to better serve individuals and communities in the...

Best Buy Community Grant Program

Deadline: Jun 29, 2016

The Best Buy Foundation is on a mission to provide teens with places and opportunities to develop technology skills that will inspire future education and career choices. It strives to leverage its local community presence, its technology resources, and its talented employees to provide new and creative programs to serve its communities. The Foundation will...

Department of Veterans Affairs: Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology Grant Program

Deadline: Feb 29, 2016

The Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grant Program’s purpose is to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for adapted housing. Through the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) program, the Loan Guaranty Service (LGY) of the Veterans Benefits Administration provides funds to eligible Veterans and Servicemembers with certain service-connected disabilities to help purchase or construct...

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative

Deadline: Mar 24, 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences in six priority areas. The six priority areas include: 1) plant health and production and plant products;...

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative

Deadline: Mar 18, 2016

National Science Foundation: STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C)

Deadline: Mar 28, 2016

The STEM+Computing (STEM+C) Partnerships program seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and computing by K-12 students and teachers through research on, and development of, courses, curriculum, course materials, pedagogies, instructional strategies, models, or pedagogical environments that innovatively integrate computing into one or more other STEM disciplines, or...