Teacher Grants

Lots of teacher/education grant opportunities at GrantsAlert http://www.grantsalert.com/grants/all

Would you like a class pet but you really don't have the money to fund one? Well, now you can apply for a grant at http://www.petsintheclassroom.org/

Toshiba America Foundation offers grants for K-12th math and science education

Vernier website lists several grant opportunities for teachers http://www.vernier.com/grants/fulllist.html

Check out the Adopt-a-Classroom organization and how you can get grants to fund your classroom

Digital Wish, is an organization all about helping teachers get technology in their classrooms, check them out

2011 Subaru Healthy Sprouts Award, an award to help you get a school garden for 2012

Sweepstakes & Contests 2011

Newmark Learning on facebook has weekly giveaways for summer 2011, go like them to be automatically entered

Disney Planet Challenge is for grades 3-5 and 6-8; winning class will receive $5000 and a class trip to Disneyland! Woo hoo!

Nascar and 3m have teamed up to award a school with $15,000 for sports equipment and 3m products! Tell them in 500 words or less why physical fitness is important to you and your school; entries must be in by 9/15/11 http://nascar.3m.com/fitnesscontest/?WT.mc_id=www.3m.com%2Ffitnesscontest

Martin Public is awarding one classroom with 25 brand new chairs for the new school year! Submit a photo or description of your current classroom and the judges will pick 10 finali sts; then the public will vote and the entry with the most votes wins! Get your entries in by 8/31/11 http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/140131

Scotch Brite has a sweepstakes that could win your family $250 and your classroom $1000; this contest ends 8/31/11 http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/scotchbrite/britestart2011/

Henkel also has a Help Get Kids Fit Contest and you could win $10,000 to go towards fitness in your school! Nominate your school here http://www.henkelhelps.com/nominate.aspx

Glue Dots has a sweepstakes and you could win $2000 towards school supplies and Glue Dots Adhesive Products ends 9/30/11 http://www.gluedots.com/backtoschool.html

Carnation Instant Breakfast has a back to school backpack giveaway; you get a backpack filled with pencils, crayons, notebooks, folders and of course Carnation Instant Breakfast; enter by 9/13/11; http://apps.netbiscuits.com/74042/WD911carnation/index.rbml

Hertz Furniture Back to School in Comfort Sweepstakes; win an executive office chair either for your classroom or home use; enter by 8/31/11; http://www.prleap.com/pr/180054/

Education Nation will award 3 teachers a trip to the Teacher Town Hall in New York on September 25th; You will need to answer this question in essay form and 3 winners will get to attend the town hall and have their essays published on Education Nation. The question is, "What are the biggest challenges you face in your job and how do you measure your own success on a daily basis?" http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=4F14BA90-BC7C-11E0-920B000C296BA163

Dollar General has a great back to school sweepstakes, as well; tell them in essay form what you would do with a $50,000 educational grant? http://dollargeneral.promo.eprize.com/ican/

Campbell's Soup and Labels for Education have a great promotional for schools right now; you could win a $45,000 Technology Makeover for you and your school; you can enter daily for this until 12/31/11 http://campbellsoup.promotionexpert.com/labelsforeducation/fs/index.html

Nestle Family has a back to school contest, as well; you could win $5000 towards back to school essentials, as well as a $2000 Literacy Grant for your school! How cool is that? You can enter daily for this until 10/15/11 http://www.nestlefamily.com/back-to-school/sweepstakes/

Engadget has an awesome back to school gear sweepstakes; win an Engadget Messenger back filled with the latest tech gear! Ends 9/9/11 http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/02/engadgets-back-to-school-2011-sweepstakes-were-giving-away-3/

The History Channel has a back to school sweepstakes where you can win a new prize each week; http://shop.history.com/register.php?sweepstakes=HISEDUBackToSchool07212011&v=history-education

Avery has an Enter my School Supply List Teacher Sweepstakes; submit your school supply list including Avery products and you could win a grand prize package worth $1200; ends 9/15/11; http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/My-School-Supply-List-Sweepstakes.htm

Building with Box Tops Promotional; you could win 250,000 box tops for your school; enter by 11/13/11; http://generalmills.promo.eprize.com/buildingwithboxtops/:b=safari/

Publix.com has a promotional that you could win 100,000 box tops for your school; enter by 9/1/11; http://clickcallmail.com/promotions

Oprah.com has a back to school sweepstakes; you could win 2 iPads loaded with educational apps, 10 books of your choice from their Kids Reading List, a new fall wardrobe, and must have office/school supplies; enter by 8/29/11; https://www.oprah.com/relationships/The-Oprahcom-Back-to-School-Sweepstakes/1

Family Dollar has some awesome contests for you: one, they will match your total box tops earning; another contest you could win 1 of 8 $8000 grants for your school; and if you have children at home, you could win a $25,000 education grant for him/her. http://www.facebook.com/familydollar?sk=app_197413460310846

Scholastic has a month long of back to school giveaways during the month of August; just click on today's date to enter; http://www.facebook.com/ScholasticTeachers?sk=app_206076439440501

DYMO/Mimio has an amazing grant opportunity, their JumpStart Grant will award 10 winners with 1 MimioTeach interactive whiteboard, 1 MimioView document camera, and 1 MimioPad wireless tablet for their classrooms. The application deadline for this grant is Aug. 26th. See the link for more details on the grant application!

Fund for Teachers, is a website filled with great funding opportunities for teachers, including grants, professional development & awards

Thursday, 11 August 2011 06:04