Grant Opportunities

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting a list of funding opportunities for music, arts, and education.


Using Music to Teach Mathematics Grants National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Using Music to Teach Mathematics Grants are available for the incorporation of music into the elementary school classroom to help young students learn mathematics.

Maximum Award: $3,000
Eligibility: Current NCTM members or those who teach in a school with a current K–8 NCTM school membership and currently teach mathematics or collaborate with teachers of mathematics in grades K–2.
Deadline: November 3, 2006.
Contact: http://www.ascapfoundation.org/grants.html

Grants for Arts, Education, and Health Projects
The Milagro Foundation seeks grants applications from community-based, grass-roots organizations that work with underprivileged children and youth in the areas of arts, education, and health.

Maximum Award: $5000
Eligibility:501(c)3 organizations in the United States.
Deadline: N/A.
Contact: www.milagrofoundation.org/apply.asp

Grants to Support Art and Music Programs
The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund invites elementary and middle school teachers to submit proposals for art and music programs that their schools are unable to fund.

Maximum Award:$10,000.
Eligibility: elementary and middle school teachers in both public and private schools.
Deadline:October 1, 2006.
Contact: http://www.airbornetrust.com/index.aspx

Grants for Successful Interactive Teaching Programs
The Best Buy te@ch program rewards schools for successful interactive programs they have launched using available technology. Winning te@ch programs focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based curriculum, rather than on teaching students to use technology or educators using technology that children aren’t able to use hands-on.

Maximum Award:$2,500.
Eligibility:Accredited K-12 public, private, parochial, and nonprofit charter schools located within a 50-mile radius of a Best Buy store.
Deadline: September 30, 2006
Contact: bestbuyteach.scholarshipamerica.org

Art Contest Celebrates the Diverse Heritages of All Students
NCCREST is sponsoring a national art contest in conjunction with its National Forum to capture the vision of all artists about what schools look like when they value and include the background, experiences, and heritage of all students.

Maximum Award: $300 and a trip for two to Washington for the 2007 NCCREST National Forum.
Eligibility: students K-12 and adults.
Deadline: October 31, 2006.
Contact: http://www.nccrest.org/events/events/art_contest.html

Art Teachers Fellowship Program
Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship Program is a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. Through the program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields to enhance the effectiveness of arts teachers and directly benefit the young people they teach.

Maximum Award: $6,500
Eligibility:permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in specialized, public arts high schools.
Deadline: November 17, 2006.
Contact: Surdna Foundation

Grants for Formal K-12 Education
RGK Foundation awards grants within education to programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.

Maximum Award: $25,000
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations
Deadline: N/ A
Contact: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php#programs