Potential Funding Sources
National Science Foundation
- Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047&org=DRL&from=home;
- Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12834&org=DRL&from=home;
- Advanced Technological Education (ATE) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5464&org=DRL&from=home;
- Informal Science Education (ISE) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5361&org=DRL&from=home;
- Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467&org=DRL&from=home;
- Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13667&org=DRL&from=home;
- Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&org=DUE&from=home;
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=DUE&from=home;
- Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13510&org=CNS;
- Engineering Education Programs (EEP) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13374&org=EEC;
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&from=fund.
- Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07578/nsf07578.htm
Mini-grants (up to $1,000) from the National Girls Collaborative Project
http://www.pugetsoundcenter.org/ngcp/mini-grant/index.cfm
Motorola Foundation, http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8152
Science,
Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) programs in K-12 schools
or in universities and colleges; programs reaching traditionally under-represented
groups in STEM programming.
U. S Dept. of Education, Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education—Comprehensive Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-5782.htm
Staples Foundation
Program: Staples Foundation for
Learning
http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html